On Thursday 7 April in Luxembourg, the EU agriculture ministers reacted quite positively to the recent proposals on the reform of the regulation on geographical indications (GIs).
EU ministers seem to have been reassured by the words of Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski that the European Commission will also retain control over decisions on GI validation in the future.
Julien Denormandie, the French minister who chairs the Agriculture Council, said GIs “reflect the quality of...