European Parliament
Angelika Werthmann  (NI ),
in writing.
– The draft agreement will allow Morocco to immediately liberalise 45% of the value of imports from the European Union while the Community will liberalise 55% of its imports from Morocco. The agreement also provides for increased concessions in the fruit and vegetable sector, in which Moroccan products account for 80% of the EU’s imports. This agreement should not go into effect without fulfilling import control mechanisms as pointed out by OLAF because it does not benefit small farmers in Morocco (over 70% of exports are in the hands of three firms), it includes the disputed Saharan territories (the UN does not recognise the sovereignty of Morocco) and it would mean the progressive disappearance and marginalisation of a number of European agricultural products.

