BULGARIA AGREEMENT
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLBULGARIA has won protection within the European Union (EU) for names of 13 traditionally made spirits drinks, mostly types of fruit spirits called rakiya, once it joins the European Union (EU) probably in January 2007. In a membership deal, Bulgaria will be allowed to increase land under viticulture by 1.5 per cent from the current 156,000 hectares, a right available to other EU wine producing states. Appellation wine names (such as Plovdiv) are already protected under the 2001 EU-Bulgaria wine agreement. On labelling, Bulgaria won the right to ...
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