EU–Türkiye customs union
Also called: Decision 1/95 · AB–Türkiye Gümrük Birliği
The customs union between the EU and Türkiye, in force since 31 December 1995 under Association Council Decision 1/95. It covers industrial goods and processed agricultural products, which move without duty when in free circulation, while basic agricultural products, coal and steel are covered by separate preferential arrangements. Türkiye aligns its external tariff for industrial goods with the EU.
In practice
Turkish exporters to the EU use A.TR for industrial goods but EUR.1 for agricultural and steel products, and Türkiye must align with EU trade measures, which affects third-country sourcing.
EU
TürkiyeRelated terms
- Customs union
- An arrangement in which members remove duties between themselves and apply a common external tariff to the rest of the world. Goods in free…
- A.TR movement certificate
- The document used in the EU–Türkiye customs union to show that industrial goods are in free circulation in the EU or in Türkiye, which allows them to…
- EUR.1 movement certificate
- A preferential proof of origin issued or endorsed by the customs authority of the exporting country under many EU, EFTA, Turkish and UK agreements.…
- Additional customs duty (İGV)
- An extra duty levied by Türkiye under the Import Regime Decree on many products from countries outside the EU, EFTA and its FTA partners. It is…
- Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention
- A regional convention that brings together common preferential rules of origin for the EU, EFTA, Türkiye, the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova,…