BULGARIA AGREEMENT
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLBULGARIA will be allowed to increase the size of its land under viticulture by 1.5 per cent from the current 156,000 hectares when it joins the European Union (EU), probably in January 2007, European Commission officials have said. It secured this right, which has also been made available to other EU wine producing states, in negotiations paving the way for Bulgaria to become a member country. The Bulgarians also won protection within the EU for names of 13 traditionally made spirits drinks, mostly types of fruit spirits called rakiya. Appellation ...
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