Following a long public debate and even longer informal discussions, the member states remain opposed to the compromise proposed by the Latvian Presidency on the thorny issue of mandatory marking of the country of origin on consumer products ('Made in'), which is spelled out in Article 7 of the proposed consumer product safety regulation ( COM(2013)0078 ).
In light of the findings of a recently published cost-benefit study on the issue, the Latvian Presidency had proposed a “middle way” at…