IP WEEKLY UPDATES (HOT TOPICS)

4/07/2023

WORK CONTINUES ON THE EU REFORM CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF PDO AND PGI DESIGNATIONS

 

As stated by MEP De Castro, rapporteur of the reform proposal, the success achieved in Parliament has created a relaxed climate for the approval and adoption of the text within the legislative process involving the European Commission, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. Following the Commission’s proposal, which seemed unconvincing in the eyes of the MEPs, the text was made much more articulate by the Agriculture Commission of the European Parliament, which then obtained a 95% approval vote in the assembly. Among the purposes that would guide the new legislative provisions would be a ban on the use of names such as Croatian “Prosek”, as well as Slovenian and Cypriot “aceto balsamico”. For more details, please visit the following link https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2023-0173_IT.html