Protocol

amending Annexes I and II to the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO,

of the other part,

hereinafter referred to as "the Parties",

Having regard to the Agreements between Bulgaria and Romania and the Kingdom of Morocco, signed on 14 October 1966 at Rabat and 6 December 1971 at Bucharest respectively,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Morocco on certain aspects of air services, signed at Brussels on 12 December 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the horizontal Agreement),

Having regard to the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union and hence to the Community on 1 January 2007,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following provisions shall be added to Annex 1(a) of the horizontal Agreement:

- "- Aviation Agreement between the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Morocco signed at Rabat on 14 October 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the Morocco-Bulgaria Agreement);

- - Civil Aviation Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco signed at Bucharest on 6 December 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the Morocco-Romania Agreement),

as amended by the Memorandum of Understanding signed at Rabat on 29 February 1996."

Article 2

The following provisions shall be added to Annex II of the horizontal Agreement:

in point (a) (Designation by a Member State):

- "- Article 3 of the Morocco-Romania Agreement.";

in point (b) (Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions):

- "- Article 7 of the Morocco-Bulgaria Agreement;

- - Article 3 and 4 of the Morocco-Romania Agreement.";

in point (c) (Regulatory control):

- "- Article 8 of the Morocco-Bulgaria Agreement.";

in point (d) (Taxation of aviation fuel):

- "- Article 3 of the Morocco-Bulgaria Agreement;

- - Article 8 of the Morocco-Romania Agreement.";

in point (e) (Tariffs for carriage within the European Community):

- "- Article 16 of the Morocco-Bulgaria Agreement;

- - Article 7 of the Morocco-Romania Agreement."

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force on the date on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of their respective internal approval procedures to that end.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be drawn up in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Arabic languages, each text being equally authentic.

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