TTIP : Commission throws its weight behind protected names

It pledges to stick to its guns and push the US to recognise the EU list of GIs

06 janvier 2015 à 16h31

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par Joanna Sopinska

The European Commission has rejected claims that the EU system of protected names, known as geographical indications (GIs), might be dropped as the 'price' for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement with the US. “We have made clear to our American counterparts that the protection of our geographical indications is one of our main priorities,” the Commission’s spokesperson for trade said on 6 January. “We have not agreed and we will not agree to reduce the protection of…

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