EU producers of origin wines are worried about the European Commission’s draft text on geographical indications, which is expected in January 2017 as part of the simplification of secondary legislation in the wine sector.
Pressure has been brought to bear on Commissioner Phil Hogan by a platform of 17 member states and by producers who have delivered progress in plans to simplify the wine industry’s secondary regulation (see EUROPE 11484).
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