Health alert due to the presence of hepatitis A in strawberries from Morocco. Valencian Association of Farmers AVA-ASAJA demands "urgent measures" from the central government and the European Union.
The EU-Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement, signed in February 1996, entered into force in March 2000 and establishes a free trade area for industrial products. With the aim of continuing to advance trade liberalization, a new agricultural protocol was negotiated in October 2012. It must be remembered that the EU and Morocco signed a new trade agreement in March 2012.