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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9755

7 October 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food
Producers of Parma ham and parmesan support creation of European agency for geographical indications

Parma/Brussels, 06/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - It is time for the European system of geographical indications to cross a new qualitative threshold. With the European Commission preparing to launch the debate on the Community agro-food quality policy, the producers of Parma ham and parmesan cheese are pleading for the creation of a European agency specifically dedicated to the protection of geographical indications: protected geographical indications (PGI) and protected designations of origin...

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