TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13168
ATOMIC ENERGY
Cooperation
Protocol Between the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
and MOROCCO
Amending the Agreement of May 30, 1980
Signed at Rabat September 20, 2001
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MOROCCO
Atomic Energy: Cooperation
Protocol amending the agreement of May 30, 1980.
Signed at Rabat September 20, 2001;
Entered into force August 9, 2002.
PROTOCOL AMENDING THE AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
CONCERNING PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
The Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Kingdom of Morocco ("the Parties");
Desiring to amend the Agreement for Cooperation Between the
Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Kingdom of Morocco Concerning Peaceful
Uses of Nuclear Energy, signed at Washington on May 30,
1980 ("the Agreement");
Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Paragraph 2 of Article 7 of the Agreement is amended to
read in its entirety:
"2. To fulfill the requirement in paragraph 1, each party
shall apply measures in accordance with levels of physical
protection at least equivalent to the recommendations
published in IAEA document INFCIRC/225/Rev.4 entitled 'The
Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear
Facilities,' and subsequent revisions of that document as
agreed by the parties."
ARTICLE 2
Paragraph 1 of Article 12 of the Agreement is amended to
read in its entirety:
"1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on
which the parties notify each other by exchange of
diplomatic notes that they have satisfied their legal
requirements. It shall remain in force until May 16, 2021,
and shall continue in force thereafter for additional
periods of five years each. Either party may, by giving at
least six months' written notice to the other party,
terminate this Agreement on May 16, 2021, or at the end of
any subsequent five-year period."
ARTICLE 3
The Annex to the Agreement, the table attached to the
Annex, and, in the Agreed Minute to the Agreement, the
heading "Transitional Arrangements" and the paragraph
following that heading are deleted from the Agreement.
ARTICLE 4
This Protocol shall enter into force on the date on which
the Parties exchange diplomatic notes informing each other
that they have complied with all applicable requirements
for its entry into force.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized,
have signed this Protocol.
DONE at RABAT, this 2Oth day of September, 2001, in
duplicate, in the English, Arabic and French languages, all
texts being equally authentic.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO:
