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A foodstuff from territories occupied by Israel must be labelled as such, or even as originating from a settlement, confirms the Court

Brussels, 12/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

Foodstuffs originating in territories occupied by the State of Israel must bear the indication of their territory of origin, accompanied, where those foodstuffs come from an Israeli settlement within that territory, by the indication of that provenance, the Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed on Tuesday 12 November (Case C-363/18).

The Organisation Juive Européenne and Vignoble Psagot Ltd challenged, before the French Council of State, an opinion of the French Minister of...