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Morocco-EU farm agreement yields real benefits for Sahara Population

The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that the European Union-Morocco farm agreement that entered into force on July 19, 2019, has been properly implemented, resulting in real benefits for the Sahara provinces, even in times of the COVID-19 crisis, noting that these provinces have become a real “economic hub” linked to important partners such as […]

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EP Committee Votes for Renewal of Morocco-EU Farm Agreement

A new step towards the renewal of the Morocco-European Union farm agreement was made with a favorable vote in Strasbourg. The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament on Monday voted with a majority of its members for the renewal of the agreement. The vote reflects the position of the majority of […]

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EP’s Draft Resolution Highlights Development Efforts in Sahara

A draft resolution by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA), drawn up in the context of the approval of the Morocco-EU farm agreement and the extension of tariff preferences to agricultural and fisheries products originating from the Sahara provinces, underlined the important development efforts being made in the Moroccan southern provinces and the […]

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Morocco-EU: Southern Provinces’ Population Does Benefit from Fisheries, Farm Agreement

The population of the Moroccan southern provinces benefits from the fisheries and farm incomes reaped from the related agreements concluded between Morocco and the European Union. This was highlighted during a debate on the renewal of the farm agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco that took place Tuesday at the European Parliament Committee […]

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EU Commissioners Agree on Including Sahara Products in Morocco Agricultural Agreement

The College of European Commissioners unanimously adopted the exchange of letters covering the Sahara region in the agriculture agreement with Morocco. The decision will be submitted to the vote of the European Parliament after a European Court of Justice decision on the Sahara. Sources from Morocco and the EU said that under the new agreement […]

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EU, Morocco Strengthen Partnership under Farm Agreement

Morocco and the European Union have initialed in Brussels this Wednesday (January 31) a document strengthening their partnership under the farm agreement binding the two parties. “The signing of this document is part of the strengthening of the Morocco-European agricultural partnership on the basis of the farm agreement between the two parties”, said Foreign Minister […]