The EU’s international agreements with Morocco on trade in agricultural and fishery products have drawn criticism due to their application to the disputed territory of Western Sahara, a territory that remains on the list of non-self-governing territories to be decolonised in accordance with the right of self-determination of the indigenous Sahrawi people. Recently, the Sahrawi liberation movement Front Polisario brought an action for annulment before the General Court of the European Union (GC) against the Council Decision approving the conclusion of one such agreement, alleging multiple violations of European and international legal norms. Interestingly, although the GC concurred by annulling the Decision insofar as it applies to Western Sahara, it chose to exclusively base its judgment on EU fundamental rights, invoking the EU’s failure to ensure that the fundamental rights of the Sahrawi people were not infringed by applying the agreements to Western Sahara. By summarily setting aside Front Polisario’s other claims, several relevant questions of applicable international and European law, which warrant further discussion, remain. This article examines these questions using the GC’s judgment in Front Polisario, thereby combining general matters of international and European law with the specific circumstances of the EU-Morocco relations and Western Sahara.

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臭的不是鱼！在欧盟总法院的监督下，欧盟与摩洛哥的贸易关系

欧盟与摩洛哥就农产品和水产品贸易达成的国际协议因其适用于西撒哈拉有争议的领土而备受批评，该领土仍在非自治领土清单上，应根据权利予以非殖民化撒哈拉土著人民的自决权。最近，撒哈拉解放运动前波利萨里奥阵线向欧洲联盟总法院提起诉讼，要求撤销关于批准一项这样的协议的理事会决定，该指控指控多次违反欧洲和国际法律规范。有趣的是，尽管GC同意在适用于西撒哈拉的范围内废除该决定，但它选择将其判决完全基于欧盟的基本权利，援引欧盟未能确保将协定适用于西撒哈拉，以确保不侵犯撒哈拉人民的基本权利。通过暂时搁置“前波利萨里奥阵线”的其他主张，仍然存在一些值得进一步讨论的适用的国际和欧洲法相关问题。本文使用前波里萨里奥阵线中大选委员会的判决研究了这些问题，从而将国际和欧洲法律的一般性问题与欧盟-摩洛哥关系和西撒哈拉的具体情况相结合。