Answer given by Mr Tzitzikostas on behalf of the European Commission

20.1.2025

On 3 December 2024 during the meeting on the Consultative Forum on EU External Aviation Policy, the Commission informed EU carriers that, in accordance with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union[1], the Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Morocco does not apply to routes from the territory of an EU Member State to the territory of the Western Sahara.

• [1] See notably case T-275/18, Front Polisario v Council, paragraph 41.