MEPS CALL FOR COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LABELLING ON ALL EU CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR IMPORTS
September 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORN
Over 160 MEPs have signed a declaration demanding "country-of-origin" labelling on all clothing, footwear and other goods imported into the European Union. The formal text notes that such marking is particularly important for certain categories of goods such as textiles and clothing, jewellery, ceramics, glassware and furnishings "whose association with a place of production in the global market may communicate to the consumer much more than geographical information." The declaration, promoted by Italian members of the European ...
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