‘MADE IN’ LABELLING LEGISLATION DIVIDES MEMBER STATES
October 1st, 2010
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
DESPITE split opinions within the European Union (EU), long-debated legislative proposals to introduce compulsory origin labelling in all EU member states are at last starting to look like becoming law.
All clothing, shoes and textile products imported into the European Union (EU) would have to carry origin labels under a harmonised EU-system under the proposal. The European Parliament has approved a regulation backed by its international trade committee, but it must maintain support at the EU Council of Ministers to come into force.
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