GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

BY ALAN OSBORNWOOL is to be added to the list of products that can be protected by the European Union's (EU) geographical indication legislation, agriculture ministers have agreed in Brussels. These laws safeguard traditional marketing descriptions for wool and woollen products based on geographical names such as Scotland, the Shetlands, Yorkshire, Wales, Witney, Otterburn etc.The ministers accepted an amendment approved by the European Parliament to a directive on geographical indications adding wool to the list of products "where the link between (them) and ...


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