Philippines, Indonesia and Tailand will continue to receive commercial tariff advantages with the EU, the EU Court of Justice established last month.
The three Asian countries are allowed to export a quota of 25,000 tonnes of canned tuna since 2003 with a tax export tariff of 12 per cent half of the 24 per cent applied until two years ago.
The Spanish Government lost the recourse presented to the Court that claimed 'the principle of preference' for Made in Europe products and insisted that these advantages to countries such Thailand would affect Spanish competitiveness and will bring unemployment.
Sixty per cent of the EU's tuna industry is settled in the Spanish region of Galicia.
