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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8057

27 September 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto
EU calls on WTO to prevent usurpation of geographical names and to improve market access conditions

Brussels, 26/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - During the third extraordinary session of the WTO Committee on Agriculture held in Geneva over the last few days, the European Commission presented two new proposals to its partners, on behalf of the EU. The first is on the protection of geographical indications and the second on "green box" measures (domestic support deemed to be minimally trade-distorting and that is excluded from reduction commitments under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture,...

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