On Tuesday, 28 February, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs heavily amended the original proposal on the new system for protecting geographical indications for craft and manufactured products.
The report by Marion Walsmann (EPP, German) was adopted with 19 votes in favour, none against, and no abstentions. MEPs on the Committee on Legal Affairs thus adopted a draft mandate for negotiations with the Council of the EU on the protection of geographical indications for...