Mr. Declan Smyth:

There was a case recently decided by the Court of Justice regarding the import of fruit and vegetables from western Sahara, which were improperly labelled as products of Morocco. In that case, the French Government tried to prohibit the import of those goods on grounds of public policy and the court determined that the reliance on public policy is exceptional and that in this case the appropriate narrow remedy was, in fact, to ensure the imported fruit and vegetables from Western Sahara were properly labelled, not prohibited. It is not a very helpful case from the perspective of this Bill.