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EU court rules in favor of initiative fighting trade with illegal settlements

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman

An EU court rescinded a European Commission decision not to register a citizens' initiative fighting against the import of goods produced in illegal settlements in occupied territories to the 27-nation bloc.

The Commission had failed to adequately state the reasons for its decision, the Luxembourg-based General Court said in a statement on Wednesday.

"A citizen presenting such a proposed initiative must be given the opportunity to understand the Commission’s reasoning," it added.

(Reporting by Sabine Siebold and Marine Strauss)

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