Legal provisions of COM(2010)485 - Conclusion of an Agreement with Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products, the replacement of Protocols 1, 2 and 3 and their Annexes and amendments to the association agreement with Morocco

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dossier COM(2010)485 - Conclusion of an Agreement with Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products, processed ...
document COM(2010)485 EN
date March  8, 2012

Contents

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters (hereinafter the ‘Agreement’) between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products, the replacement of Protocols 1, 2 and 3 and their Annexes and amendments to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, is approved on behalf of the European Union.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

Where the Union needs to take a safeguard measure concerning agricultural products, fish and fishery products, as provided for in the Association Agreement, that measure shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article 159(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (2); or by Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (3). For processed agricultural products, the safeguard measures shall be adopted according to the procedures provided for in Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 614/2009 of 7 July 2009 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (4), or Article 11(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (5).

Article 3

The President of the Council is authorised to appoint the person or persons empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, to the deposit of the instrument of approval provided for in the Agreement, in order to bind the Union.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.