366In the third place, as observed in paragraph 339 above, the sole purpose of the consultations conducted by the Commission and the EEAS was to obtain the opinion of the ‘people concerned’ on the agreement at issue and not the consent of the people of Western Sahara to it. Consequently, as the applicant rightly submits, those consultations cannot be deemed to comply with the requirements inferred by the Court from the principle of the relative effect of treaties, which is applicable to that people by virtue of their right to self-determination.
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