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On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia

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On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia

Report A-10-2026-0177 · 16837/2025 – C100031/2026 – 2023/0142(NLE)

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Plenary report A-10-2026-0177
Date
24 June 2026
Committee
Committee on Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur
Tomas Tobé
Dossier
2023/0142(NLE)
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Voted
  • 8 Jul 2026 Consent given 625 for, 16 against, 20 abstained
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16837/2025 – C100031/2026 – 2023/0142(NLE)
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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement with Morocco to account for Croatia's EU accession.

Position. The rapporteur recommends that the Committee on Transport and Tourism approve the conclusion of the Protocol.

Key points

  1. Parliament consents to the Protocol, which adapts the Agreement linguistically due to Croatia's accession.
  2. The Protocol enables Croatia to benefit from the Agreement's provisions, including non-discriminatory access for EU air carriers.

Who is affected

  • Croatia gains the same benefits under the Agreement as other EU member states.
  • EU air carriers continue to have non-discriminatory access to routes between the EU and Morocco.

Legal basis. Article 100(2) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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Draft european parliament legislative resolution

(16837/2025 – C100031/2026 – 2023/0142(NLE))

(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (16837/2025),

–having regard to the draft Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (08938/2023),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 100(2) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C100031/2026),

–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4), and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A10-0177/2026),

1.Gives its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Back matter, 2

Parts that accompany the text rather than belong to it: explanatory statement, annexes, opinions appended by other committees. Collapsed.

Explanatory statement 8 blocks

The Protocol

The Republic of Croatia joined the European Union on 1 July 2013. In accordance with the Act concerning the conditions of accession, Croatia has undertaken to accede to the agreements concluded or signed by the Member States and the Union with one or more third countries or an international organisation, including the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement with Morocco.

The accession of Croatia to such agreements shall be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to these agreements between the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and the third country or countries or international organisation concerned.

The Commission has negotiated the Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. The Protocol defines the linguistic adaptations to be made to the Agreement by reason of the accession of Croatia.

Rapporteur’s position

The Agreement with Morocco was the first comprehensive air transport agreement signed with a non-EU partner of the Union. That Agreement is an important element of the Union’s external aviation policy and is one of several Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreements which the Union has since signed also with Israel and Jordan. The Aviation Agreement with Morocco has made it possible to nearly triple, in absolute terms, connectivity between that country and the Union.

By granting all EU air carriers non-discriminatory access to routes between the EU and Morocco, this agreement promotes competition on air routes between the EU and an important EU partner in the Mediterranean and will, consequently, improve connectivity. This Protocol will enable Croatia to enjoy these benefits in the same way as the other Member States currently do.

Based on all the above, the rapporteur recommends that the Committee on Transport and Tourism give its approval to the conclusion of this protocol.

Annex: declaration of input 1 block

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

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Procedure – committee responsible 1 block
Table from the text: Title
TitleProtocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia
References16837/2025 – C10-0031/2026 – 2023/0142(NLE)
Date of consultation or request for consent12.2.2026
Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenaryTRAN 12.3.2026
Rapporteurs Date appointedTomas Tobé 25.3.2026
Discussed in committee3.6.2026
Date adopted23.6.2026
Result of final vote+: –: 0:38 0 0
Date tabled24.6.2026
Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 blocks

38 · For

ECR
Alberico Gambino, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Maciej Wąsik, Kosma Złotowski
ESN
Milan Mazurek, Volker Schnurrbusch, Petar Volgin
No group
Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus
EPP
Nikolina Brnjac, Nina Carberry, Gheorghe Falcă, Markus Ferber, Jens Gieseke, Esther Herranz García, Sérgio Humberto, Dariusz Joński, Sophia Kircher, Alexandra Mehnert, Andrey Novakov
Patriots
Roman Haider, Julien Leonardelli, Philippe Olivier
Renew
Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Benoit Cassart, Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marjan Šarec
S&D
Daniel Attard, Vivien Costanzo, Johan Danielsson, Sérgio Gonçalves, François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Marianne Vind
The Left
Merja Kyllönen, Arash Saeidi
Greens
Virginijus Sinkevičius, Kai Tegethoff

0 · Against

0 · Abstained

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European Parliament (2026). “RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia”. Text, 8 July 2026. docId A-10-2026-0177, reference A10-0177/2026, procId 2023-0142. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0177 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0177_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/A-10-2026-0177 (CC BY 4.0).
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