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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8315

10 October 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of first instance
Champagne borough council and winegrowers in Switzerland refuse to give up "Champagne" label despite EU/Swiss agreement

Luxembourg, 09/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Champagne borough council in the Vaud Canton in Switzerland, together with its winegrowers, will not to give up the "Champagne" label in two years and have taken the case to the European Court of First Instance. They are demanding that the "Champagne clause" be removed from the EU/Swiss agreement applied in the EU following the decision of the Council and Commission on 4 April 2002. The Council and its winegrowers are claiming a breach in the main...

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