Press Release: Seventh meeting of the Accession Conference at ministerial level with Turkey, Brussels, 30 June 2009

The seventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference with Turkey at ministerial level was held today (30.6.09)in Brussels, following the start of the accession negotiations on 3 October 2005. At the Conference, negotiations were opened on a new negotiating chapter (with closing benchmarks): Chapter 16 - Taxation, thus advancing further the negotiating process. This
chapter covers areas that are of crucial importance for Turkey's preparations in implementing European policies.