April 28 , 2021
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in the favor of Morocco’s Royal Family in a legal battle against a Spanish farmer over the unlicensed exploitation of the Nadorcott mandarin.
The matter was referred to the European Justice by the Supreme Court, which must decide whether the Nadorcott Protection SARL company - which is owned by the Moroccan royal family and owns the Nadorcott mandarin variety - retains the right to take legal action for cultivating the variety without permission or if that right prescribed after the three-year period established by European regulations.
The matter dates back to 2007, the year in which Nadorcott Protection sent the society of Jose Canovas Pardo the first request to stop the exploitation of the protected variety in the town of Alhama de Murcia, which cultivated 4,457 Nadorcott mandarin trees in 2006, as long as they didn t apply for the corresponding license.
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