considérant que les relations d'association au sens de l'article 5 de l'accord d'Ankara entrent dans leur phase finale, fondée sur l'union douanière, qui mettra fin à la phase transitoire, les deux parties contractantes s'acquittant de leurs obligations réciproques, et qui conduira à l'élaboration des modalités d'un fonctionnement effectif de l'union douanière dans le cadre de l'accord d'Ankara et du protocole additionnel;
Considering that the Association relations as provided for in Article 5 of the Ankara Agreement are entering into their final phase based on the Customs Union, which will complete the transitional phase through the fulfilment by the two parties of their reciprocal obligations and which leads to the elaboration of the modalities for the effective functioning of the Customs Union within the framework of the Ankara Agreement and Additional Protocol;