Answer for question P-001801/25

(English version) Priority question for written answer P-001801/25 to the Commission Mounir Satouri (Verts/ALE) (5 May 2025) Subject: Israeli settlement products: alignment of EU policies with UN resolution On 15 January 2025, in a written response, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič stated that the ‘EU positions and policies are fully aligned’ with the UN General Assembly resolution of 13 September 2024 (1). However, this resolution, recalling the conclusions of the 19 July 2024 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), calls on all states ‘to take steps towards ceasing the importation of any products originating in the Israeli settlements’. 1. In light of the UN resolution and the ICJ advisory opinion, does the Commission consider that the EU’s differentiation policy — which merely renders Israeli settlement products ineligible for trade preferences under the EU-Israel Association Agreement — is aligned with paragraph 5(b) of said resolution and paragraph 278 of the aforementioned advisory opinion? And if so, on what basis? 2. Does the Commission consider that Member States are violating international law by continuing to allow the trade of Israeli settlement products within the EU market? 3. How does the Commission plan to move forward with the ban on Israeli settlement products? Submitted: 5.5.2025 Answer given by Mr Šefčovič on behalf of the European Commission (11 June 2025) The EU has been consistently...