On Tuesday 24 July, the European Union and Morocco officially signed the new fisheries agreement concluded after long negotiations on 20 July (see EUROPE 12067).
The new agreement gives EU vessels access to the “Moroccan fisheries zone”, without any further specification on the controversial issue of the Western Sahara (an area whose sovereignty is disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front, which is seeking the region’s independence) over which the European Court of Justice...