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TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 20-624 

ARMS CONTROL 

Seismic Monitoring 

Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and MOROCCO 

Extending the Agreement of 

December 31, 2008 

Signed at Rabat June 24, 2020 

Entered into force June 24, 2020 
 

 

NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)— 

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO 

REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A SEISMIC 

MONITORING STATION IN THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO 

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, 

hereinafter referred to as "the Parties"; 

Recognizing the station operated by the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et 

Technique (hereinafter the CNRST) of the Kingdom of Morocco as a vital element of the global 

seismic monitoring network; 

Agree as follows: 

1. To extend the agreement between the Parties regarding the development and operation of 

a seismic monitoring station in Morocco signed at Rabat on December 31, 2008 

(hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"). Under this Memorandum, the Agreement is 

extended for ten (10) years, from December 31, 2018, to December 31, 2028. 

2. All other terms and conditions as stated in the Agreement remain in effect. 

3. The executive agent for the United States of America remains the Air Force Technical 

Applications Center (AFT AC) of the U.S. Department of Defense. The executive agent 

for the Kingdom of Morocco remains the CNRST. 

Done at Rabat this JV\ day of June, 2020, in two originals, each in the English, French, and Arabic 

languages, all three language texts being equally authentic. 

FOR FOR 

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO: 
MEMORANDUM POUR LA PROROGATION DE L'ACCORD ENTRE LE 

GOUVERNEMENT DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE ET LE GOUVERNEMENT DU 

ROYAUME DU MAROC CONCERNANT LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET 

L'EXPLOITATION D'UNE STATION DE CONTROLE ET SURVEILLANCE 

SISMIQUE AU LE ROYAUME DU MAROC 

Le gouvemement des Etats-Unis d'Amerique et le gouvemement du Royaume du Maroc, ciapres designes "les Parties"; 

Conscients de !'importance que revet la station exploitee par le Centre National pour la Recherche 

Scientifique et Technique (Ci-apres designe le CNRST), du fait que ladite station constitue un 

element essentiel du reseau mondial de surveillance sismique ; 

Sont convenus de ce qui suit : 

1. Le present memorandum a pour objet de proroger l'accord signe a Rabat le 31 decembre 

2008 entre les Parties concemant le developpement et l'exploitation d'une station de 

surveillance sismique au Maroc (Ci-apres designe I' Accord). En vertu du present 

memorandum, la duree de l'accord est prorogee de dix (10) ans, a partir 31 decembre 2018 

et arrive a expiration le 31 decembre 2028. 

2. Tousles autres termes et conditions stipules dans I' Accord demeurent en vigueur. 

3. L'agent executif pour les Etats-Unis reste le Centre d'Applications techniques des Forces 

Aeriennes des Etats-Unis (AFTAC) du departement de la Defense des Etats-Unis. L'agent 

executif du Royaume du Maroc reste le CNRST. 

Fait a Rabat, le i, .juin 2020, en deux exemplaires originaux, chacun en langues Anglaise, 

Fran9aise et Arabe, les trois xtes faisant egalement foi. 

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