France will ask the European Commission to study the conditions of Algeria's non-compliance of its association agreement with the European Union, its foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
Diplomats told Reuters in October that Algiers had imposed a near-blanket ban on French imports in late July and last month were aware of an instruction by Algeria to suspend urea shipments to France.
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The EU Association agreement "stipulates the possibility to take appropriate measures for the non-respect of commitments", Pascal Confavreux told a news conference.
"We ask the Commission to examine immediately the conditions for their activation," he added.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)
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