Date: 2018-11-19Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Recommendation No 1/2018 of the EU-Morocco Association Council of 9 November 2018 approving the extension by one year of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017) [2018/1783]
**Summary:**
This document is Recommendation No 1/2018 of the EU-Morocco Association Council, issued on November 9, 2018. The recommendation, based on the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Kingdom of Morocco, approves the extension of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status 2013-2017 by one year. This extension serves as the foundation for EU-Morocco relations for the year and facilitates the commencement of negotiations to establish new priority thematic areas of EU-Morocco relations for future years. The legal basis for this recommendation includes Article 80 and 90 of the Agreement, as well as Article 10 of the Association Council's rules of procedure. The recommendation was adopted via written procedure. The President of the EU-Morocco Association Council at the time of the recommendation was F. Mogherini.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: One of the parties in the Euro-Morocco Association Council.
Kingdom of Morocco: One of the parties in the Euro-Morocco Association Council.
EUMorocco Association Council: The entity issuing the recommendation to extend the EUMorocco Action Plan.
EUMorocco Action Plan: The action plan implementing the advanced status between the EU and Morocco, which is being extended.
EuroMediterranean Agreement: The agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and Morocco.
Brussels: The location where the recommendation was finalized.
F. MOGHERINI: The President of the EUMorocco Association Council.
European Communities: One of the parties in the EuroMediterranean Agreement.
19.11.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 292/7
RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATION No 1/2018 OF THE EU-MOROCCO ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
of 9 November 2018
approving the extension by one year of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced
status (2013-2017) [2018/1783]
THE EU-MOROCCO ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,
Having regard 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 (1),
Whereas:
(1) 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 (hereinafter referred to as the
‘Agreement’) entered into force on 1 March 2000.
(2) In accordance with Article 80 of the Agreement, the Association Council has the power to issue recommen
dations it considers necessary to attain the objectives of the Agreement.
(3) Under Article 90 of the Agreement, the parties are to take any general or specific measures necessary to fulfil
their obligations under the Agreement and to ensure that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.
(4) Article 10 of the rules of procedure of the Association Council provides for the possibility of issuing recommen
dations between sessions by written procedure.
(5) The extension of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017) will constitute the
basis of EU-Morocco relations for the current year and will enable negotiations to begin in order to establish new
priority thematic areas of EU-Morocco relations in the years ahead,
RECOMMENDS:
Sole Article
The Association Council, by written procedure, recommends that the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the
advanced status (2013-2017) be extended by one year.
Done at Brussels, 9 November 2018.
For the EU-Morocco Association Council
The President
F. MOGHERINI
(1) OJ L 70, 18.3.2000, p. 2.