99In the third place, it should be recalled that, in paragraph 106 of the judgment in Council v Front Polisario, the Court held that, in the light of the information set out in paragraph 105 of that judgment (see paragraph 91 above), the people of Western Sahara had to be regarded as a ‘third party’ within the meaning of the principle of the relative effect of treaties and, as such, could be affected by the implementation of the Association Agreement in the event of the inclusion of the territory of Western Sahara within the scope of that agreement, which meant that the said implementation had to receive its consent in any event.