2008/275/EC: Council Decision of 17 March 2008 on the conclusion of a Protocol amending Annexes I and II to the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services, in order to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania
Date: 2008-03-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Morocco, Romania, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), air transport, protocol to an agreement

L 87/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.3.2008

COUNCIL DECISION

of 17 March 2008

on the conclusion of a Protocol amending Annexes I and II to the Agreement between the
European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services, in order
to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania

(2008/275/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community
conjunction with Article 300(2),
Article 300(3) and Article 300(4),

and in particular Article 80(2)

establishing the European
in
the first subparagraph of

thereof

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

and Romania

Bulgaria
Agreements with
14 October 1966 and 6 December 1971 respectively.

signed bilateral Air Service
on

the Kingdom of Morocco

The Commission has negotiated with third countries on
the replacement of certain provisions appearing in the
existing
Community
Agreement.

agreements

bilateral

by

a

The Agreement between the European Community and
the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air
services (2)
the horizontal
Agreement) was signed at Brussels on 12 December
2006 and has been applied provisionally from that date.

referred to as

(hereinafter

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

A Protocol amending Annexes I and II to the horizontal
Agreement is necessary in order to take account of the
accession of the two new Member States.

to the
The Protocol amending Annexes
Agreement between the European Community and the
Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services
was initialled on 19 March 2007.

I and II

(7)

The Protocol should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Protocol amending Annexes I and II to the Agreement
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Morocco on certain aspects of air services (hereinafter referred
the
to as the Protocol)
Community.

is hereby approved on behalf of

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community,
give the notification provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol (4).

Done at Brussels, 17 March 2008.

The Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union (3) was
signed at
Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 and entered into force
on 1 January 2007.

For the Council
The President

I. JARC

(1) Opinion of 11 December 2007 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 11.

(4) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the
Council.