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EU parliment approves Moroccan agriculture agreement
Belgium
Friday 17 February 2012
MD
Parliament approved the EU / Morocco deal, but opponents have not said their last word ...
The European Parliament gave a green light to the agreement between the EU and Morocco, which will liberalise trade in agricultural products.
The agreement was met with strong opposition from European professionals who fear unfair competition because of low cost labour in Morocco.
The agreement includes measures of liberalisation that will bring down tariffs on products from both sides and will increase the volume of Moroccan exports of fruits and vegetables to the European market.
Liberalisation with immediate effect with 55% tariffs on agricultural products and fishery products to the EU (compared to 33% currently)
and 70% of tariffs on agricultural products and fishery products from Morocco over a period of ten years (against 1% currently).
source : les echos, le matin ma
