MOROCCO PASSES ALL FTA LEGISLATION

					  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