Businesses: Western Sahara

(asked on 4th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what (a) advice and (b) support she provides to UK businesses (i) trading and (ii) operating in Western Sahara.


Answered by
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Ranil Jayawardena
This question was answered on 14th December 2020

The United Kingdom regards the status of Western Sahara as undetermined.

We would advise businesses that our newly transitioned Association Agreement with Morocco, once in force, will apply in the same way as the EU-Morocco Association Agreement. It treats products originating in Western Sahara in the same way as the EU-Morocco Association Agreement, in line with the European Court of Justice's ruling on that issue and the subsequent amendment of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement.

British businesses trading and operating in the region should take note of our travel advice for Western Sahara.

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