| Author (Corporate) | European Court of Justice: Press and Information Division |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | No.94, 2016 (13.09.16) |
| Publication Date | 13/09/2016 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Court of Justice published on 13 September 2016 the Opinion of its Advocate General, Melchior Wathelet, regarding Western Sahara and its inclusion on the trade agreement between Morocco and the European Union. According to Mr Wathelet, neither the EU-Morocco Association Agreement nor the EU-Morocco Agreement on the liberalisation of trade in agricultural and fishery products apply to Western Sahara. Therefore, it is suggested that the Court should set aside the judgment of the General Court which held that those agreement apply to that territory. In 2012, Morocco and the EU concluded an agreement on those liberalisation measures, the territorial scope of which depends on that of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement. The Polisario Front brought an action before the General Court of the European Union seeking the annulment of that decision. By its judgment, delivered on 10 December 2015, the General Court annulled the decision at issue, in so far as it approves the application of the Liberalisation Agreement to Western Sahara. The Council of the European Union then brought an appeal before the Court of Justice against the judgment of the General Court. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-09/cp160094en.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Law |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, Northern Africa |
