Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 October 2015
617. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the implementation of an European Union-wide ban on Israeli products from illegal settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34508/15]
View answerAn EU-wide ban on products from Israeli settlements is not under consideration, and it is clear that there would at present be no support from member states for such a proposal.
The EU is preparing guidelines to prevent settlement products from being misleadingly labelled as coming from Israel, and I hope that these will issue in the near future. Settlement products also cannot benefit from the lower tariffs applicable to goods from other locations, or from certain other administrative arrangements.
