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11 July  2019 
(19-4621) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Trade and Development  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGI ONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notifying:    
Morocco  
2. Date of notification:  19 June 2019  
3. Notification pursuant to  
[ ] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[ ] Article V:7(a) of GATS  
[X] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause  
4. Parties to the Agreement:    
Morocco and United Arab Emirates  
5. Date of signature:    
25 June 2001  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:    
9 July 2003  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:    
The Morocco -UAE Free Trade Agreement provides for the annual reduction of customs 
tariffs and taxes having equivalent effect at a rate of 10 percentage points mor e than the 
rate applied in the G AFTA framework , as well as the elimination of all non -tariff barriers 
and the decision not to apply new non -tariff measures  after the entry into force of the FTA .  
The aforementioned preferential  treatment does not apply  to: 
- The list of products forbidden to be traded  for religious , environmental, health, 
morals, and security  reasons ; 
- The products from the free zones in both countries . 
The FTA further provides for the applic ation of rules of origin adopted  within the G AFTA 
framework . 
8. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
[x] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[x] available (in Arabic) from the following official Internet link(s):  
http://www.mcinet.gov.ma/ce/AccordsCommerci aux/EmiratsArabes.asp  
 
 