They undermine the opinion of the TSJEU, which maintains the tariff advantages of the agreement with Morocco on productions from the Sahara

Published 2024년 3월 21일

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The Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants (FEPEX) has expressed disagreement with the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over a trade agreement that extends EU tariff advantages to Saharan production under the EU Association Agreement with Morocco. While FEPEX supports the CJEU's stance on clear origin labelling for products from Western Sahara, it is calling for safeguard measures due to market disturbances and damage to Spanish production resulting from increased Moroccan exports to the EU and Spain.

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FEPEX does not share the opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), released today, in which she rejects the 2021 ruling of the EU Court, which annulled part of the EU association agreement with Morocco and endorses the trade agreement, since it means that the tariff advantages of the EU Association Agreement with Morocco continue to apply to Saharan production. On the other hand, FEPEX does agree that it is mandatory to incorporate the Western Sahara origin in all products coming from that territory, as stated by the same CJEU lawyer in her opinion, also released today, on another lawsuit filed by the Confédération Paysanne from France, which requested that tomatoes and melons from the Sahara bear the country of origin on their label. FEPEX considers it necessary to approve the safeguard measures included in Article 7 of Protocol 1 of the EU Association Agreement with Morocco, which establishes that these measures may be applied in the ...

Source: InfoAgro