Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05RABAT2504
2005-12-15 15:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
MOROCCO PASSES ALL FTA LEGISLATION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 002504
SIPDIS
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C O R R E C T E D COPY (ADDED CAPTION)
STATE PASS USTR DOUG BELL
USDOC FOR ITA/MAC HOLLY VINEYARD AND DAVID ROTH
V S A LIVE MSG
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2015
TAGS: ETRD ECON KIPR MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO PASSES ALL FTA LEGISLATION
REF: A. RABAT 2493
B. RABAT 2467
Classified By: CDA Wayne J. Bush, for reasons 1.4 b and d
C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 002504
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D COPY (ADDED CAPTION)
STATE PASS USTR DOUG BELL
USDOC FOR ITA/MAC HOLLY VINEYARD AND DAVID ROTH
V S A LIVE MSG
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2015
TAGS: ETRD ECON KIPR MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO PASSES ALL FTA LEGISLATION
REF: A. RABAT 2493
B. RABAT 2467
Classified By: CDA Wayne J. Bush, for reasons 1.4 b and d
1. (C) Copyright legislation was approved by the lower house
plenary on Dec. 15, completing all parliamentary passage of
FTA-related intellectual property legislation. The newly
approved Copyright and Patent/Trademark bills (Ref A) now
pass to the Secretariat General of the Government (SGG),
where they will be prepared for palace certification and
publication in the Official Gazette. This is a purely
mechanical and non-deliberative procedure, which under Art.
26 of the Moroccan constitution must be completed within 30
days (Ref B).
2. (C) Embassy understands that language for an exchange of
letters on data protection has been finalized and Post will
conduct the exchange with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
upon instruction from USTR.
Bush
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D COPY (ADDED CAPTION)
STATE PASS USTR DOUG BELL
USDOC FOR ITA/MAC HOLLY VINEYARD AND DAVID ROTH
V S A LIVE MSG
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2015
TAGS: ETRD ECON KIPR MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO PASSES ALL FTA LEGISLATION
REF: A. RABAT 2493
B. RABAT 2467
Classified By: CDA Wayne J. Bush, for reasons 1.4 b and d
1. (C) Copyright legislation was approved by the lower house
plenary on Dec. 15, completing all parliamentary passage of
FTA-related intellectual property legislation. The newly
approved Copyright and Patent/Trademark bills (Ref A) now
pass to the Secretariat General of the Government (SGG),
where they will be prepared for palace certification and
publication in the Official Gazette. This is a purely
mechanical and non-deliberative procedure, which under Art.
26 of the Moroccan constitution must be completed within 30
days (Ref B).
2. (C) Embassy understands that language for an exchange of
letters on data protection has been finalized and Post will
conduct the exchange with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
upon instruction from USTR.
Bush