Council Decision (EU) 2025/2023 of 2 October 2025 on the position to be taken, on behalf of the European Union, within the Association Council established by 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, as regards the amendment of Protocol 4 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2025/2023
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Association Council established by 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, with regard to the amendment of Protocol 4 shall be based on the draft Decision of the Association Council attached to this Decision.

Article 1 Exceptions to the application mutatis mutandis of Protocol 4

A Title III* is added to Protocol 4 to 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, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation:

‘Title III  ( 1 ) *

Article 8*

Exceptions to the application mutatis mutandis of Protocol 4

When applying the Convention and the transitional rules,

The terms “its vessels” and “its factory ships” in Title II of the Convention and in the transitional rules refer to a Member State of the Union, Morocco or Western Sahara.

The provisions of Title III of the Convention and of the transitional rules shall not be affected by any working, processing or modification in Morocco or consignments exported from Morocco to the Union.

The proofs of origin shall be completed as follows:

In the movement certificate EUR.1:

In box 2 “Certificate used in preferential trade between … and …”, a reference to the “Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement of … 2025” is to be entered.

Box 4 “Country, group of countries or territory in which the products are considered as originating” is to be left blank.

References to “Dakhla Oued Ed-Dahab” or “Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra”, as appropriate, are to be entered in Box 7 “Remarks”.

In the origin declaration, references to “Dakhla Oued Ed-Dahab” or “Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra”, as appropriate, are to be entered in connection with footnote (2) of the annexes on the text of the origin declaration.’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

It shall apply from …

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Specimen of movement certificate EUR.1

1.

Exporter (Name, address, country)

(No change)

EUR.1

No A

000.000

See notes overleaf before completing this form.

2.

Certificate used in preferential trade between

.......................................

and

Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to 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

( Insert appropriate countries, groups of countries or territories )

3.

Consignee (Name, address, country) (Optional)

( No change )

4.

Country, group of countries or territory in which the products are considered as originating

(Leave blank)

5.

Country, group of countries or territory of destination

(No change)

6.

Transport details (Optional)

(No change)

7.

Remarks

Reference to the regional origin (Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Dakhla Oued Ed-Dahab)

8.

Item number; Marks and numbers; Number and kind of packages ( 1 );

Description of goods ( 2 )

(No change)

9.

Gross mass (kg) or other measure (litres, m 3 , etc.)

(No change)

10.

Invoices (Optional)

(No change)

Specimen of the origin declaration

English version

The exporter of the products covered by this document (customs authorisation No …( 1 )) declares that, except where otherwise clearly indicated, these products are of preferential origin.

Reference to the regional origin (Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Dakhla Oued Ed-Dahab)( 2 ).

..........................................................................................................................................................

(Place and date) ( 3 )

..........................................................................................................................................................

(Signature of the exporter; in addition, the name of the person signing the declaration has to be indicated in clear script) ( 4 )

(1)

When the origin declaration is made out by an approved exporter, the authorisation number of the approved exporter must be entered in this space. When the origin declaration is not made out by an approved exporter, the words in brackets shall be omitted or the space left blank.

(2)

Origin of products to be indicated. When the origin declaration relates, in whole or in part, to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla, the exporter must clearly indicate them in the document on which the declaration is made out, by means of the symbol ‘CM’.

(3)

These indications may be omitted if the information is contained on the document itself.

(4)

In cases where the exporter is not required to sign, the exemption of signature also implies the exemption of the name of the signatory.