34In the light of the general objective pursued by Decision No 1/80, which is, unlike that of a cooperation agreement such as the agreement concluded between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco, signed in Rabat on 27 April 1976 and approved on behalf of the Community by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2211/78 of 26 September 1978 (OJ 1978 L 264, p. 1), to improve, in the social field, the treatment accorded to Turkish workers and members of their families with a view to achieving gradually freedom of movement (see, inter alia, Case C-179/98 Mesbah [1999] ECR I-7955, paragraph 36, and Case C-329/97 Ergat [2000] ECR I-1487, paragraph 43), the system put in place by, in particular, the first paragraph of Article 7 of that decision is thus intended to create conditions which will promote family reunification in the host Member State (see Pehlivan, paragraph 45).
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