Considerations on JOIN(2018)19 - EU position in the Association Council EU-Morocco with regard to a recommendation on the extension of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017)

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dossier JOIN(2018)19 - EU position in the Association Council EU-Morocco with regard to a recommendation on the extension of the EU-Morocco Action ...
document JOIN(2018)19 EN
date September 18, 2018
 
table>(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 (1) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’), was signed on 26 February 1996 and entered into force on 1 March 2000 (2).
(2)In accordance with Article 80 of the Agreement, the Association Council established by the Agreement has the power to adopt decisions and also to make recommendations.

(3)On 16 December 2013, the Association Council adopted a recommendation with regard to the implementation of an EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017) (3) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Action Plan’).

(4)In order to ensure continuity between the Action Plan and the future priorities of the partnership, the Association Council, by means of an Exchange of Letters, should adopt a recommendation approving the extension of the Action Plan.

(5)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the Association Council, with regard to the adoption of a recommendation approving the extension of the Action Plan, given that the recommendation has legal effects.

(6)The extension of the Action Plan will constitute the basis of EU-Morocco relations for the current year and will allow discussions to take place to establish the direction of and the new priorities for the EU-Morocco partnership in the years ahead,