ROMANIA DEAL
June 1st, 2004
Keith NuthallROMANIA'S drinks industry will be allowed to protect within the EU traditional names of certain wine and spirit products under an agreement with the European Commission helping the country to join the EU by the end of 2006. The deal on agricultural matters will prevent non-Romanian producers from selling wines called Vinars Târnave, Vinars Murfatlar and Vinars Vrancea, as well as spirits named Palinca and Tuica Ardeleneasca de Bistrita (SPELLINGS CORRECT). Romania will also have an eight-year transitional period, until 2015, for ending the use of ...
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