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

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.

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

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.’

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. It shall apply from …