08/05/2018
Reply from Commissioner Malmström to the joint question concerning EU-authorised establishments based in Western Sahara
The Commission pays full attention to the implementation of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 21 December 2016(1), which clarified that preferential tariff rates granted to Moroccan products under the European Union (EU)-Morocco Association Agreement(2) do not apply to products from Western Sahara.
The Commission has provided guidelines to the customs authorities of the Member States on the implications of the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in accordance with the arrangements for administrative cooperation laid down in Title VI of Protocol 4 to the EU-Morocco Association Agreement.
(1) http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=186489&doclang=en
(2) OJ L 70, 18.3.2000, p. 2.