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March 3, 2010
The European Justice Court, which is the highest judicial body in the European Union, confirmed the illegal nature of some European countries dealing with the products of Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and enables them to access to the European markets without any payment of customs duties
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The court, based in Luxembourg, issued a very important rule on February 25, 2010 about the dealing of the EU with the products of Jewish settlements. The Court of Justice considered that the products of the settlements cannot benefit from the preferential customs regime, given to Israel by the European Union
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In the context of this issue, which will become a legal precedent, the German company Britta, had challenged the rejection of the German customs authorities the application of preferential customs regime granted to Israeli goods; note that the decision was a rejection on the grounds that these goods were produced in the occupied territories
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the Court of Luxembourg have been resolved, in this case, the following resolution: "products originating in the West Bank do not fall within the earthy domain to implement the agreement between the EU and Israel and therefore it cannot benefit from the existing preferential customs system.
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This decision would exceed, given a range of political, just a trade row between Israel and Germany, because it deals indirectly with the problem of the Israeli settlement in the very sensitive nature, which form the core of blocking the peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine, also this resolution deal with the question of the legal status of the occupied Palestinian territories < br>.
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