EUROPEAN COMMISSION WARNS WINE AND SPIRITS TOP OF 2016 NEW TRADE BARRIER LIST
June 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN Commission has reported that wines and spirits were the subject of more new foreign trade barriers to EU exports during 2016 than any other sector. Its ‘2016 trade and investment barriers report’ said there were seven such new restrictions. And while it did not detail them in the general report, a Commission spokesperson told just-drinks these new barriers included:
*A lack of protection of EU geographical indications (GIs) in wines and spirits (Armenia); *Discriminatory taxation of some spirits (Brazil);
*Excessive registration requirements ...
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