CELEX: 51987PC0170
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-22
Title: Draft COUNCIL DECISION concerning the Conclusion of the Protocol of Accession of Morocco to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                         COM(87 ) 170  final .
                                                         Brussels , 22 April   1987
                                         Draft
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
             concerning the Conclusion of the Protocol of Accession
                                      of Morocco
                  to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
                          ( submitted by the Commission )
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                             Explanatory mémorandum
On 8 March 1985 Morocco announced its intention of acceding to GATT .
In June 1986, the GATT Council accepted the draft protocol of accession
presented by the Working Party set up to examine this request .
Following the conclusion of the bilateral tariff negotiations , Morocco
circulated its schedule of tariff bindings in January 1987 . The GATT Council
of 4 February 1987 consequently opened the voting procedure for Moroccos
accession according to Article XXXIII .
The necessary two-thirds majority has been reached , all the Member States
of the Community having voted in favour . The Protocol is now open for
signature by Morocco , the Contracting Parties and the European Economic
Community .
The Protocol should thus be signed on behalf of the Community .
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                                  COUNCIL DECISION
             concerning the Conclusion of the Protocol of Accession
                                     of Morocco
                   to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,       ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
                                                                                   \
Whereas Morocco entered into negotiations with the European Economic Community    \
and the other Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
                                                                                     I
Trade with a view to its accession to the General Agreement ;
Whereas the results of these negotiations are acceptable to the Community ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                     Article 1
The Protocol of Accession of Morocco to the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community .
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision .
                                     Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person
empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community .
Done at Brussels ,                                For the Council
                                                  The President
                                                                               I
 ---pagebreak---                  PROTOCOL FOR THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
                  TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE
      The governments which are contracting parties to the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referred to as " contracting parties" and
" the General Agreement ", respectively ), the European Economic Community and
the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco (hereinafter referred to as
"Morocco ") .
      Having regard to the results of the negotiations directed towards the
accession of Morocco to the General Agreement ,
      Have through their representatives agreed as follows :
                                 PART I - GENERAL
1.    Morocco shall , upon entry into force of this Protocol pursuant to
paragraph 6 , become a contracting party to the General Agreement , as
defined in Article XXXII thereof , and shall apply to contracting parties
provisionally and subject to this Protocol :
      (a)    Parts I , III and IV of the General Agreement , and
      (b )   Part II of the General Agreement to the fullest extent not
             inconsistent with its legislation existing on the date of this
             Protocol .
      The obligations incorporated in paragraph 1 of Article I by reference
to Article III and those incorporated in paragraph 2(b ) of Article II by
reference to Article VI of the General Agreement shall be considered as
falling within Part II for the purpose of this paragraph .
2.     ( a ) The provisions of the General Agreement to be applied to
contracting parties by Morocco shall , except as otherwise provided in this
Protocol , be the provisions contained in the text annexed to the Final Act
of the second session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Employment , as rectified , amended or otherwise
modified by such instruments as may have become effective on the day on
which Morocco becomes a contracting party .
       (b ) In each case in which paragraph 6 of Article V , sub-paragraph
4(d ) of Article VII , and sub-paragraph 3(c ) of Article X of the General
Agreement refer to the date of that Agreement , the applicable date in
respect of Morocco shall be the date of this Protocol .
                                PART II - SCHEDULE
3.    The schedule in the Annex shall , upon the entry into force of this
Protocol , become a Schedule to the General Agreement relating to Morocco .
4.     (a ) In each case in which paragraph 1 of Article II of the General
Agreement refers to the date of the Agreement , the applicable date in
respect of each product which is the subject of a concession provided for
in the Schedule annexed to this Protocol shall be the date of this
Protocol .
 ---pagebreak---      (b )  For the purpose of the reference in paragraph 6(a ) of Article II
of the General Agreement to the date of that Agreement , the applicable date
in respect of the Schedule annexed to this Protocol shall be the date of
this Protocol .
                           PART III - FINAL PROVISIONS
5.   This Protocol shall be deposited with the Director-General to the
CONTRACTING PARTIES . It shall be open for signature by Morocco until
1 August 1986 . It shall also be open for signature by contracting parties
and by the European Economic Community .
6.   This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following
the day upon which it shall have been signed by Morocco .
7.   Morocco , having become a contracting party to the General Agreement
pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Protocol , may accede to the General
Agreement upon the applicable terms of this Protocol by deposit of an
instrument of accession with the Director-General .     Such accession shall
take effect on the day on which the General Agreement enters into force
pursuant to Article XXVI or on the thirtieth day following the day of the
deposit of the instrument of accession , whichever is the later . Accession
to the General Agreement pursuant to this paragraph shall , for the purposes
of paragraph 2 of Article XXXII of that Agreement , be regarded as
acceptance of the Agreement pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article XXVI
thereof .
8.   Morocco may withdraw its provisional application of the General
Agreement prior to its accession thereto pursuant to paragraph 7 and such
withdrawal shall take effect on the sixtieth day following the day on which
written notice thereof is received by the Director-General .
9.   The Director-General shall promptly furnish a certified copy of this
Protocol and a notification of each signature thereto , pursuant to
paragraph 5 to each contracting party , to the European Economic Community ,
to Morocco and to each government which shall have acceded provisionally to
the General Agreement .
10 . This Protocol shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of
Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations .
     Done at Geneva this                 day of            one thousand nine
hundred and eighty-six in a single copy , in the English , French and Spanish
languages , except as otherwise specified with respect to the Schedule
annexed hereto , each text being authentic .
                                         ANNEX
                               Schedule LXXXI - Morocco
             ( The schedule may be consulted at the GATT Secretariat in Geneva )