ISDS Case Map
Western Sahara
Growing pressure on EU–Morocco trade deal as French farmers today launch legal steps and storm Azura’s entry point for Western Sahara produce in Perpignan.
The European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee has reignited debate over the labeling of agricultural products from Western Sahara, a contentious issue in the recent Morocco-EU agricultural agreement.
Spain’s Congress has rejected the recent amendment to the European Union–Morocco trade agreement, introduced by the European Commission to include products from Western Sahara, described as a blatant violation of a ruling by the CJEU requiring the prior consent of the Sahrawi people.
the EU and Morocco concluded an amendment to the EU-Mediterranean Agreement. With the approval of the Council it is already being applied provisionally pending entry into force. Its purpose is to enable the continued granting of tariff preferences to products originating in occupied Western Sahara.
ECVC denounces the steps taken by the European Commission and Morocco regarding the EU-Morrocco trade agreement, as they try at all costs to save the interests of a minority of transnational corporations and foreign investors at the expense of the Saharawi people and Moroccan and European peasants.
In a hearing at the European Parliament earlier this week, lawmakers expressed outrage at how the Commission sidestepped them to push through a new agreement covering occupied Western Sahara, in violation of EU Court rulings.
The European Union and Morocco have reached an agreement to extend trade benefits to products originating from Western Sahara, according to the European Commission on Monday.
“Despite having just improved our framework with the Commission to prevent this kind of situation ... they’ve gone ahead and done exactly that,” Bernd Lange, who chairs Parliament’s trade committee, said
The Coordinating Body of Farmers and Livestock Breeders Organizations in Spain (COAG) has announced plans to pursue legal action against the trade agreement between the European Commission and Morocco.
After the EU's top court ruled that the deal breached the principle of self-determination, Brussels was given 12 months to comply.
