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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8131

18 January 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/griculture
Italian farmers call on Fischler and Lamy to defend names of origin

Brussels, 17/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - In multilateral negotiations over the Doha Agenda, which are to resume in Geneva in the spring, the Union must adopt a "strong stance" to secure an improvement to the protection of geographic indications that leaves "international food argi-pirating" almost free to act as it wills. The appeal, launched by the Italian trade union, Coldiretti, in a letter to European Commissioners Pascal Lamy and Franz Fischler, dated 16 January, aims to ensure that...

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