European Union and European Communities

Legislation

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/217 of 28 January 2019

on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part

Official Journal of the European Union, L 34, 6 February 2019

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/441 of 4 March 2019

on the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and the Exchange of Letters accompanying the Agreement

Official Journal of the European Union, L 77, 20 March 2019

Legal Opinions

Legal Opinon of the Legal Service of the European Parliament, 20 February 2006

Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco - Compatibility with the principles of international law

SJ-0085/06

D(2006)7352

Legal Opinon of the Legal Service of the European Parliament, 13 July 2009 [conclusions]

Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco – Declaration by the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) of 21 January 2009 of jurisdiction over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles off the Western Sahara- Catches taken by EU-flagged vessels fishing in the waters off the Western Sahara.

SJ-0269/09

Legal Opinon of the Legal Service of the European Parliament, 21 January 2011 [conclusions]

Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products.

SJ-0699/10

RP/MA/DG/al

D(2010)58129

Legal Opinon of the Legal Service of the European Parliament, 4 November 2013

Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fisheries opportunities and financial provided for in the fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco in force between the two parties (2013/0315 (NLE))

SJ-0665/13

MA/gr

D(2013)50041

Legal Opinon of the Legal Service of the European Parliament, 13 September 2018

Agreement amending Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean agreement EU-Morocco - 2018/0256 (NLE).

SJ-0506/18
JE/hwo

D(2018)32773

See transcription of the original document published by WSRW

European Parliament Resolutions

European Parliament resolution on the Western Sahara, March 12, 1981
OJ C 77 (6-IV-1981), pp. 43-45.

European Parliament resolution on human rights in Morocco and on the fate of the family of general Oufkir and hundreds of missing persons in Morocco, May 14, 1987
OJ C 156 (15-VI-1987), pp. 145-146.

European Parliament resolution on the Western Sahara, 17 diciembre 1987
OJ C 13 (18-I-1988), p. 102.

European Parliament resolution on the political situation in Western Sahara, March 15, 1989
OJ C 96 (17-IV-1989), pp. 59-61.

European Parliament resolution on failure to respect human rights in the Western Sahara, February 15, 1990
OJ C 68 (19-III-1990), pp. 143-144.

European Parliament resolution on el Sáhara Occidental, October 11, 1990
OJ C 284 (12-XI-1990), pp. 131-132.

European Parliament resolution on support forf the United Nations Western Sahara peace plan, April 18, 1991
OJ C 129 (20-V-1991), pp. 126-127.

European Parliament resolution on the Western Sahara peace plan, September 12, 1991
OJ C 267 (14-X-1991), pp. 129-130.

European Parliament resolution on the release of the Sahara detainees in Western Sahara, October 29, 1992
OJ C 305 (23-XI-1992), p. 153.

European Parliament resolution on the fate of the "disappeared" Saharans in Morocco and the Western Sahara, May 27, 1993 [human rights in the occupied territories of the Western Sahara]
OJ C 176 (28-VI-1993), p. 158.

European Parliament resolution on human rights violations in Morocco and Western Sahara, February 10, 1994
OJ C 61 (28-II-1994), p. 177.

European Parliament resolution on the Western Sahara, March 16, 1995
OJ C 89 (10-IV-1995), p. 159.

European Parliament resolution on the trial of eight Saharan demonstrators in Morocco, July 13, 1995
OJ C 249 (25-IX-1995), pp. 159-160.

Resolution of the European Parliament on the human rights situation in Morocco and the Western Sahara, June 6, 1996
OJ C 181 (24-VI-1996), pp. 15-16.

European Parliament resolution rcomendation to the Council on Western Sahara, March 10, 1998
OJ C 104 (6-IV-1998), pp. 29-30.

European Parliament resolution on Western Sahara, January 14, 1999.
OJ C 104 (14-IV-1999), pp. 112-113.

European Parliament resolution on Western Sahara, March 16, 2000
OJ C 377 (29-XII-2000), pp. 354-355.

European Parliament resolution on relations between the European Union and the Arab Maghreb Union: a privileged partnership, June 11, 2002
OJ C 261 E (30-X-2003), p. 142-147.

European Parliament resolutiont on Euromed, November 20, 2003
OJ C 87 E (7-IV-2004), pp. 500-503.

European Parliament resolution on human rights in the world in 2003 and the European Union’s policy on the matter, April 22, 2004
OJ C 104 E (30-IV-2004), pp. 1048-1060.

European Parliament resolution on humanitarian aid to Sahrawi refugees, April 14, 2005
OJ C 33 E (9-II-2006), pp. 596-597.

European Parliament resolution on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2004 and the EU's policy on the matter, April 28, 2005
OJ C 45 E (23-II-2006), pp. 107-129.

European Parliament resolution on human rights in Western Sahara, October 27, 2005
OJ C 272 E (9-XI-2006), pp. 582-583.

European Parliament resolution onthe Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2005 and the EU's policy on the matter, May 18, 2006
OJ C 297 E (7-XII-2006), p. 341-356.

European Parliament resolution on the 13th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, February 25, 2010

OJ C 348E (21-XII-2010), p. 6-10.

European Parliament resolution on Western Sahara, November 25, 2010
OJ C 99 E (3-IV-2012), pp. 87-88.

Resolution of the European Parliament on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2009 and the European Union’s policy on the matter, December 16, 2010
OJ C 169 E (15-VI-2012), p. 81-107.

European Parliament resolution on Parliament’s position on the 19th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Februrary 16, 2012

OJ C 258 E (7-IX-2013), p. 8-36

European Parliament resolution on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World and the European Union’s policy on the matter, including implications for the EU’s strategic human rights policy, April 18, 2012

OJ C 258 E (7-IX-2013), p. 8-36.

Resolution of the European Parliament on the annual report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2011 and the European Union’s policy on the matter, December 13, 2012
OJ C 434 (23-XII-2015), p. 87-111.

European Parliament resolution on the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, February 7, 2013

OJ C 24 (22-I-2016), p. 89-97.

European Parliament resolution on the situation of human rights in the Sahel region, October 22, 2013

OJ C 208 (10-VI-2016), p. 2-23.

European Parliament resolution on the European Neighbourhood Policy: towards a strengthening of the partnership. Position of the European Parliament on the 2012 reports, October 23, 2013

OJ C 208 (10-VI-2016), p. 119-136.

European Parliament resolution on the Annual Report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy, October 24, 2013

OJ C 208 (10-VI-2016), p. 157-169

European Parliament resolution on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2012 and the European Union's policy on the matter, December 11, 2013

OJ C 468 (15-XII-2016), p. 80-99

European Parliament resolution on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter, December 17, 2015

OJ C 399 (24-XI-2017), p. 151-175.

European Parliament resolution on the breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the use of minors by the Moroccan authorities in the migratory crisis in Ceuta, June 10, 2021

Resolutions of the joint Assembly EU-ACP

Resolution on Western Sahara, March 22, 1996

OJ C 254 (2-IX-1996), p. 55

Resolution on Western Sahara, September, 26, 1996

OJ C 62 (27-II-1997), pp. 32-33

Resolution on Western Sahara, March, 20, 1997

OJ C 308 (9-X-1997), p. 52

Procedures before the European Court of Justice

Action brought on 19 November 2012 — Front Polisario v Council (Cases T-512/12 and C-104/16 P)

[against EU-Morocco Agreement on liberalisation measures on agri cultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products]

Synthesis of the application

Judgement of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 10 December 2015.

Appeal brought on 19 February 2016 by the Council of the European Union against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 10 December 2015 in Case T-512/12 Polisario Front v Council (Case C-104/16 P)

Opinion of Advocate general

Judgement of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber), 21 December 2016

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hovrätten för västra Sverige (Sweden) lodged on 4 November 2013 — Kammaråklagaren v Ove Ahlström, Lennart Kjellberg, Fiskeri AB Ganthi and Fiskeri AB Nordic (Case C-565/13)

Synthesis of the question

Judgement of the General Court (Third Chamber), 9 October 2014.

Action brought on 14 March 2014 — Front Polisario v Council (Case T-180/14)

[against the 2013 EU-Morocco Fisheries Protocol]

Synthesis of the application

Decision of the General Court (Fifth Chamber enlarged), 19 July 2018 [in French]

Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) made on 13 May 2016 – Western Sahara Campaign UK v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Case C-266/16)

Synthesis of the question

Opinion of Advocate General [Press Release 1/18]

Judgement of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber), 27 February 2018 [Press Release 21/18]

Joint statement by Federica Mogherini and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco, Nasser Bourita, 27 February 2018

Action brought on 24 April 2018 — Front Polisario v Council (Case T-275/18)

[against the EU-Morocco Aviation Agreement]

Synthesis of the application

Decision of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 30 November 2018 [in French]

Action brought on 14 June 2018 — Front Polisario v Council (Case T-376/18)

Synthesis of the application

Decision of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 8 February 2019 [in French]

Action brought on 27 April 2019 — Front Polisario v Council (Case T-279/19)

Synthesis of the application

Judgement of the General Tribunal dated 29 September 2021 [Press release 166/21]

Joined cases T-344/19 and T-356/19

Action brought on 10 June 2019 — Front Polisario v Council (Case T-344/19)

Synthesis of the application

Order of the Chief Justice (Ninth Chamber), 10 December 2019 [in French]

Action brought on 12 June 2019 — Front Polisario v Council (Case T-356/19)

Synthesis of the application

Judgement of the General Tribunal dated 29 September 2021 [Press release 166/21]

Appeal brought on 14 December 2021 by the European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 29 September 2021 in Joined Cases T-344/19 and T-356/19, Front Polisario v Council (Case C-778/21 P)
Appeal brought on 14 December 2021 by the European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 29 September 2021 in Joined Cases T-279/19 Front Polisario v Council (Case C-779/21 P)
Appeal brought on 16 December 2021 by the Council of the European Union against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 29 September 2021 in Joined Cases T-344/19 and T-356/19, Front Polisario v Council (Case C-798/21 P)
Appeal brought on 16 December 2021 by the Council of the European Union against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 29 September 2021 in Case T-279/19, Front Polisario v Council (Case C-799/21 P)

Opinion of Advocate general (Joined Cases C‑778/21 P and C‑798/21 P - Fisheries Partnership Agreement)

Opinion of Advocate general (Joined Cases C‑779/21 P and C‑799/21 P - extension of preferential tariff treatment to goods originating in Western Sahara)

ANALYSIS on the conclusions expressed by the general advocate of the European Union Court of Justice, Tamara Ćapeta, on the EU-Morocco trade agreements case, concerning the Western Sahara

Analysis by the CESO-USC: Critique of the European Union Court of Justice general advocate, published on 21 March 2024, on the case C-799/21 P concerning the Western Sahara [in Spanish]
Analysis by Prof. Manfred Otto Hinz: Comments on the opinions of Advocate General Ćapeta of the European Court of Justice, delivered on 21 March 2024 in three cases concerning Western Sahara pending before the European Court of Justice

Action brought on 23 June 2020 — Front Polisario v Council (Case T-393/20)

Synthesis of the application

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 15 June 2022 — Confédération paysanne v Ministère de l’agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire, Ministère de l’économie, des finances et de la souveraineté industrielle et numérique (Case C-399/22)

Full text of the question [in French] [in Spanish]

Synthesis of the question

Opinion of Advocate general (Case C‑399/22 - Country of origin labelling requirements)

Reports of the Court of Audits and the European Anti-Fraud Office

Final inquiry report n. OF/2003/0521, dated 15 January 2007, of the European Anti-Fraud Office

[in French]

Court of Audits Special Report No. 09/2019

EU support to Morocco - Limited results so far

Court of Audits Press Release, Luxembourg, 11 December 2019

EU funding for Morocco showing limited results so far, say Auditors