Date: 2025-12-10Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (EU) 2025/2484 of 10 July 2023 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia
**Executive Summary**
This Council Decision (EU) 2025/2484, dated July 10, 2023, authorizes the signing and provisional application of a Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and Morocco. The Protocol accounts for the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Protocol will be applied provisionally from the date of signature.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Protocol Authorization:**
* The signing of the Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement on behalf of the EU and its Member States is authorized, subject to the Protocol's conclusion.
* The Protocol considers the accession of Croatia to the EU.
* **Signatory Designation:**
* The President of the Council is authorized to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the Union and its Member States.
* **Provisional Application:**
* The Protocol will be applied on a provisional basis from the date of signature.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption (July 10, 2023).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Union and Member States**
* **Impact:** The EU is authorized to sign and provisionally apply the Protocol, updating the aviation agreement with Morocco.
* **Action Required:** The President of the Council needs to designate a person to sign the Protocol.
**Kingdom of Morocco**
* **Impact:** The Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement with the EU is amended.
* **Action Required:** Signature and application of the Protocol.
**Republic of Croatia**
* **Impact:** The Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement is updated to include the accession of the Republic of Croatia.
* **Action Required:** No immediate action required.
Key Entities Referenced
Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement: An aviation agreement between the European Community and its Member States, and the Kingdom of Morocco, amended to include new member states.
Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement: A protocol designed to incorporate the accession of the Republic of Croatia into the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement.
European Union: The political and economic union to which this decision applies, involving its Member States.
Kingdom of Morocco: One of the parties to the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement.
Republic of Croatia: The country whose accession to the European Union necessitates the Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2484 10.12.2025
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/2484
of 10 July 2023
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application
of the Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European
Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part,
to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2), in conjunction
with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 6(2), second subparagraph, thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one
part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part(1) (the ‘Agreement’) was signed on 12 December 2006 and
entered into force on 19 March 2018. The Agreement was amended to take account of the accession to the
European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania(2).
(2) The Treaty concerning the Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union(3)was signed in Brussels on
9 December 2011 and entered into force on 1 July 2013.
(3) On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries
concerned in view of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Union.
(4) The negotiations on the Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European
Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account
of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (the ‘Protocol’) were successfully concluded and
the Protocol was initialled on 23 December 2022.
(5) The Protocol should therefore be signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and applied on a provisional
basis in accordance with Article 4(2) thereof, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into
force,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The signing on behalf of the Union and its Member States of the Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation
Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the
other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia(4)(the ‘Protocol’) is hereby
authorised, subject to the conclusion of the Protocol.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of
the Union and its Member States.
(1) OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 57.
(2) Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the
one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania (OJ L 200, 27.7.2012, p. 25).
(3) OJ L 112, 24.4.2012, p. 10.
(4) The text of the Protocol is published in OJ L, 2025/2485, 10.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2025/2485/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2484/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 10.12.2025
Article 3
The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis with effect from the date of signature by the parties, in accordance with
Article 4(2) thereof.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 10 July 2023.
For the Council
The President
P. NAVARRO RÍOS
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2484/oj