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On 27 May 2026, Professor Panos Koutrakos gave evidence before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands House of Representatives. The Committee conducted an enquiry on a draft Decree on temporary economic restrictions to prevent the maintenance of unlawful settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories that the Dutch Government submitted on 22 May 2026. He focused on the legal issues that arise under EU law regarding trade in goods, services, and investment.
In July 2025, he also gave evidence to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Irish Parliament about the legality under EU law of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025.
Professor Koutrakos has advised clients, lectured and written widely about such matters, as well as trade and EU law in general (he is the author, amongst others, of EU International Relations Law 2nd edition (Hart Publishing, 2015)).