Spain: On October 4, 2025, the Almeria greenhouse could win the lottery

Published 2024년 10월 22일

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A report by Coag estimates that around 7% of Moroccan tomatoes imported into Europe are grown in Western Sahara. The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that these tomatoes should not be included in the preferential agreement with the community government, giving Morocco twelve months to adapt. This ruling has been welcomed by Almeria agricultural organizations as it addresses concerns over the marketing of products grown in the Sahara as Moroccan. However, the EU Association Agreement with Morocco has led to a decline in Moroccan fruit and vegetable exports to the EU and Spain. Andrés Góngora, secretary of Coag in Almería, has called for the European Union to suspend the trade agreement with Morocco and for the Spanish government to support agricultural producers.

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Although it is difficult to determine what percentage of Moroccan tomatoes arriving in Europe are grown in Western Sahara, a report by the organisation Coag puts it at around 7%. That same rate could be the increase in sales of tomatoes from the Almeria greenhouse in the European Union in the next campaign, if everything goes according to plan, a figure not to be underestimated. The current situation is that since the ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU that annuls part of the Agreement between Europe and Morocco was made public on October 4, the Alawite kingdom has twelve months to adapt its exports to the resolution of the high community court that clearly states that tomatoes from Western Sahara do not fall within the preferential agreement with the community government. The ruling legitimizes the Polisario Front in the appeals filed against the two agreements, agricultural and fishing, with Morocco and considers that there was no consent of the Saharawi people to include ...

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