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Any other option will not be effective in view of Israeli policy to compensate settlement producers from tariffs paid on their exports to the EU."
An investigation by the NGO Global Echo recently revealed that one in six evaluated shipments contained agricultural goods originating from occupied territories, with 42 percent mislabeled as Israeli-grown.
Alberto Alemanno, a law professor at the HEC Paris business school, stated: "Each month of delay doesn't just postpone compliance, it deepens the EU's own legal liability for sustaining trade with an unlawful occupation."
A senior EU diplomat characterized the acquisition of the options paper as a difficult process, noting a lack of enthusiastic cooperation from the commission.
Claudio Francavilla, an associate director at Human Rights Watch, stated: "It is astonishing a ban is still presented as an 'option', when it's the only measure that complies with international law."
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Following the conclusion of Monday's session, EU foreign ministers will not meet in a formal decision-making capacity until October.