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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey

Ankara signs protocol - EU to take position on annexed statement in September

Brussels, 01/08/2005 (Agence Europe) -On Friday evening, Turkey signed the infamous protocol extending its customs union agreement with the European Union to the 10 new Member States of the EU, including Cyprus. This signature was the final condition for the launch of accession negotiations on 3 October, but in order to be certain of whether it has been completely fulfilled, it remains to be seen what position the European Union takes on the declaration on Cyprus which was added by Turkey...