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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8413

5 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/commercial defence
Commission still hopes to reach agreement with Canada on Wines and Spirits dossier

Brussels, 04/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has postponed to the end of May its definitive position on the obstacles to trade resulting from loopholes in Canadian legislation permitting abusive use of the appellations of origin "Bordeaux" and "Médoc". Even though its own statements support allegations by French wine professionals that WTO rules have been broken, the Commission is hoping for a speedy end to the laborious negotiations, with a view to a bilateral agreement...

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