La guerra de los mundos: realidad versus formalismo jurídico o el poder de la interpretación (a propósito de la sentencia TJUE de 27 de febrero de 2018, Western Sahara Campaign UK, C-266/16)

EUCJ Ruling of 27 February 2018, C-266/16, affirms the validity of the EU-Morocco Agreement 2006 and its 2013 Protocol on fisheries against the views purported by the Advocate General M. Wathelet in its previous conclusions of last January. However, at the same time the Court rejects the application...

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Main Author: González Vega, Javier Andrés
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Alcance de la cuestión prejudicial: control de los acuerdos concluidos por la UE
acuerdo y protocolo UE-Marruecos en materia de pesca
interpretación de los acuerdos: principio de integración sistémica
vinculación de la UE al derecho internacional: principio de libre determinación de los pueblos
Sáhara Occidental
Extent of preliminary rulings: judicial control of EU agreements
EU-Morocco agreement and protocol on fisheries
interpretation of treaties: principle of systemic integration
EU’s subjection to international law: self-determination of peoples
Western Sahara
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6555411
Source:Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, ISSN 1138-4026, Año nº 22, Nº 60, 2018, pags. 515-561
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La guerra de los mundos: realidad versus formalismo jurídico o el poder de la interpretación (a propósito de la sentencia TJUE de 27 de febrero de 2018, Western Sahara Campaign UK, C-266/16)
Summary: EUCJ Ruling of 27 February 2018, C-266/16, affirms the validity of the EU-Morocco Agreement 2006 and its 2013 Protocol on fisheries against the views purported by the Advocate General M. Wathelet in its previous conclusions of last January. However, at the same time the Court rejects the application of the aforesaid agreements to the waters contiguous to Western Sahara claimed by EU institutions and some member States, insofar as the validity of such agreements is founded in its conformity with general norms of International Law —namely the right of self-determination of the people of Western Sahara— that excludes such territorial extension in spite of the facts. Notwithstanding, the judgment of the Court, presumedly founded in the principle of systemic integration (art. 31.3.c) VCLT), lies in a strictly formal appreciation of the case and its selective approach to the Vienna Convention rules regarding treaty interpretation (art. 31) remains aside of the reality. Trying to save the political credibility of EU foreign action in a specially controverted issue, the Court affords a solution that misleads its judicial function.

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