Turkish Sources: EU Screening Process for Agriculture to Start in December
Posted on: Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 15:00 CDT
Excerpt from report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia, subheadings as received
Ankara, 5 October: The screening process in areas of agriculture and rural affairs will be launched on 5 December, sources said on Wednesday [5 October].
Sources told the AA [Anatolia] correspondent that Turkish Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry set up a team comprising five people to carry out negotiations with the EU in area of agriculture. Nebi Celik, undersecretary of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry, will lead this team.
Topics to be negotiated are agriculture and rural development, veterinary medicine, vegetable health and food, fisheries and free movement of goods.
According to the same sources, the EU expects Turkey to brief the union on its agricultural regulations in the first week of December. Screening of regulations will start as of the beginning of 2006. [passage omitted]
Agricultural strategy document to be implemented in 2006
In the meantime, Turkey will start to implement the Agricultural Strategy Document as of 2006. This document lists agricultural priorities and lays the groundwork for agricultural policies to be implemented till 2010.
According to the same sources, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry will be re-structured under the title of "Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry". Under the draft law regarding this change, the ministry will become "a market regulatory institution, and an institution planning the future of Turkish agriculture."
An advisory unit named "Strategy Development Directorate" will be set up to serve the minister, ministry and related institutions.
As a part of adjustment to agricultural organs in the EU, the state will not make direct purchase of agricultural products. Some new institutions will be formed, and they will intervene in prices. Within this framework, Soil Products Office (TMO) is expected to be turned into an agricultural intervention and incentive organ.
Turkey carries out joint projects with EU
Currently, Turkish Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry is carrying out joint project with the EU in areas such as food safety, veterinary medicine, vegetable health, aquaproducts, integrated control system, rural development, and organic agriculture. Some 100m euro fund has been allocated for these projects. Also, an "Directorate General of Aquaproducts" will be established on the road to EU membership.
According to the sources, Turkey has to adopt 17 laws, 211 regulations and circulars to adjust its agricultural system with that of the EU. Seven laws and 34 regulations have been adopted so far. Ten laws and 58 regulations are being currently drafted.
Source: BBC Monitoring European
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