The Council of the EU is looking for ways to make its position on the reform of agricultural geographical indications more flexible, with a view to facilitating a compromise with the European Parliament at the trilogue on 10 October.
However, a final trilogue on the GI issue is scheduled for 24 October, when the Spanish Minister Luis Planas and the Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, are expected to attend, according to several European sources (see EUROPE B13242A2).
The...