On 29 October 2009, Attorney General Bot published his Opinion on a preliminary reference addressed to the European Court of Justice by a German court on the application of the EC-Israel Association Agreement in the context of products originating from the occupied Palestinian territories and the question of their entitlement to preferential customs treatment under the EC-Israel Preferential Trade Agreement (for the full text of the Opinion; and the press release). According to the AG’s Opinion: (i) the customs authorities of the importing State are not bound by the result of the subsequent verification carried out by the customs authorities…