MEPS CALL FOR COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LABELLING ON ALL EU CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR IMPORTS

BY KEITH NUTHALL MORE than 160 members of the European Parliament have signed a declaration demanding "country-of-origin" labelling on all clothing, footwear and other goods imported into the European Union (EU). The move was promoted by Italian MEPs, who stressed in the text that origin declarations for clothing and textiles "communicate to the consumer much more than geographical information." The declaration also called for vigilance to block "fake indications concerning product origin [which] like any kind of fraud, ...


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