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| 17.12.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 327/108 |
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17.12.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 327/108

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RECOMMENDATION No 1/2019 OF THE EU-MOROCCO ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 4 December 2019

approving the extension of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017) by two years [2019/2159]

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 (the ‘Agreement’) entered into force on 1 March 2000. |
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(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 (the ‘Agreement’) entered into force on 1 March 2000.

| (2) | Pursuant to Article 80 of the Agreement, the Association Council may issue any recommendation which it considers appropriate for the purposes of attaining the objectives of the Agreement. |
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Pursuant to Article 80 of the Agreement, the Association Council may issue any recommendation which it considers appropriate for the purposes of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

| (3) | In accordance with Article 90 of the Agreement, the Parties are to take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement and to ensure that the objectives set out in the Agreement are achieved. |
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(3)

In accordance with Article 90 of the Agreement, the Parties are to take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement and to ensure that the objectives set out in the Agreement are achieved.

| (4) | Article 10 of the rules of procedure of the Association Council provides for the possibility of issuing recommendations between sessions by written procedure. |
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(4)

Article 10 of the rules of procedure of the Association Council provides for the possibility of issuing recommendations between sessions by written procedure.

| (5) | The Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017) (‘Action Plan’) was extended by one year in 2018. The further extension of the Action Plan by two years will constitute the basis of EU-Morocco relations for 2019 and 2020 and will enable new priority areas for EU-Morocco relations to be established for the years ahead, |
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(5)

The Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017) (‘Action Plan’) was extended by one year in 2018. The further extension of the Action Plan by two years will constitute the basis of EU-Morocco relations for 2019 and 2020 and will enable new priority areas for EU-Morocco relations to be established for the years ahead,

RECOMMENDS:

Sole Article

The Association Council, acting by written procedure, recommends the extension of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017) by two years.

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2019.

For the EU-Morocco Association Council

The President

N. BOURITA

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(1)  
  OJ L 70, 18.3.2000, p. 2.

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