From 15 to 17 May the Spanish National Association of Appellations of Origin “Origen España” celebrated its third General Assembly in Alicante. For more information: Press Release The Alicante Declaration
oriGIn participated in a Conference on the “Protection of ACP Geographical Indications”, held at the WTO premises in Geneva on May 9 and 10, 2011. oriGIn Flash “oriGIn at WTO for a more
Draft Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on agricultural product quality schemes. Rapporteur Ms. Iratxe García Pérez
Director-General Pascal Lamy’s plan to consult delegations in Geneva and ministers around the world in the search for a different way of achieving a breakthrough in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations. They were
29/08/2011 – Brazil: registration of four new GIs 29-30/09/2011 – Save the date! oriGIn V General Assembly, Guadalajara, Mexico 05/08/2011 – “Les indications géographiques sont un outil de développement durable“, interview avec M.
The next meeting of the Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System ( Appellations of Origin) will take place from 23 to 27 May 2011 in Geneva. Meeting documents
The “Maca Junín- Pasco” will be the 8th Peruvian “Denominación de origen”. Read the article here !
On 21 April 2011 the negotiating chairs circulated documents representing the product of the work in their negotiating groups. An accompanying report was issued by the Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee, Pascal
On 4-6 April 2011 the 2nd National Meeting of Mexican Appleations of Origin has been celebrated in Oaxaca, Mexico. More information is available at:http://www.impi.gob.mx/wb/IMPI/segundo_encuentro_nacional_de_denominaciones_de_or
On 18 March 2011 “Café Machu Picchu – Huadquiña” became the 7th “denominación de origen” recognized in Perú. Read the article: Machu Picchu-Huadquiña coffee granted ‘denomination of origin’ status
General Assembly of AICIG: Italian GIs ask for the management of production volumes: Press release
30/03/2011 – With Easter Looming, WTO Members Acknowledge “Huge Gaps” on Doha (Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 15 • Number 11)
Known as the “King of Cheeses”, Parmesan, or Parmigiano Reggiano was first produced by Benedictine and Cistercian monks a thousand years ago. Over the centuries, it has acquired global prominence and is now
The President of the Council of State of Geneva organizes, in parallel with the Council’s sessions, meetings with the aim to encourage the exchange of experiences between the members of the Council and
03/03/2011 – Geographical indications draft completed swiftly but with 208 differences (WTO News)
11/02/2011 – Emerging text on geographical indications register: four down, two to go (WTO News)
The European Commission published a press release on the one thousandth name to be registered under the Commission’s agricultural product and foodstuff quality labels. You can read it at: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/154&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Read an interesting article on “Litoral Norte Gaúcho – The First Brazilian Appelation of Origin” (Dannemann news n°29)
On 13 January 2011 Costa Rica recognized the “Banano de Costa Rica” as “indicación geográfica”. Last December “Loche de Lambayeque” became the sixth Peruvian “denominación de origen”. For more information: – Banano de
As of February 1 2011, oriGIn will move its headquarters to the heart of the “International Geneva”. The new address is the following: Rue de Varembé 1, 1202 – Geneva You can see
