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The extraterritorial applicability of the EU charter of fundamental rights : some reflections in the aftermath of the Front Polisario saga
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European journal of legal studies, 2020, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 117-141
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KASSOTI, Eva, The extraterritorial applicability of the EU charter of fundamental rights : some reflections in the aftermath of the Front Polisario saga, European journal of legal studies, 2020, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 117-141 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/67834
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The Front Polisario cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) brought to the forefront the question of whether the EU is bound by the Charter of Fundamental Rights when it concludes trade agreements with third states that may affect the enjoyment of fundamentalrights abroad.This isclosely linked to the broader issue of the extraterritorial application of the Charter. In light of these developments, the article purports to revisit this question with a view to ascertaining the current state of the law. It examines and rejects the argument in favour of transposing the extraterritoriality standard developed by the European Court of Human Rights. Against this backdrop, the article continues by focusing on Article 51 of the Charter, which prescribes the Charter's field of application. The main argument advanced is that territorial considerations are immaterial in the context of determining the Charter's applicability; what seems to matter in this context is whether the situation in question is covered by an European Union (EU) competence.
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Published online: 22 June 2020