Slovenia to file lawsuit against European Commission over Teran grape trade dispute
Slovenia has plans to document a claim against the European Commission (EC) for permitting Croatian wine makers to utilize the Slovenian-safeguarded Teran wine name.
In 2013, the commission expressed that Croatian wine makers couldn't sell wine under the Teran name. In any case, the commission started a cycle to empower Croatian makers to involve the name under specific circumstances in January this year.
Teran is a red grape that is generally delivered on the Karst level of Slovenia Beverages Market. Albeit no Croatian wine that conveyed the mark 'Teran' was permitted to be sold inside the EU, the EC permitted Croatian makers in Istria to utilize the name as long as 'Hrvatska Istra' or 'Croatian Istria' highlighted conspicuously on the pack.
In 2009, Slovenia looked for a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) name before Croatia joined the EU in 2013, revealed Thedrinksbusiness.com.
The EC expressed: "The wine Teran is (and will stay) a Slovenian PDO enrolled in the EU, really intending that under existing EU rules, it is safeguarded against any business utilization of this name by different wines that don't regard the principles accommodated in the specialized record of the PDO Teran of the Slovenian Karst locale.
"Wines that don't regard these principles can't be put on the EU market. Notwithstanding, under EU governs, a restricted exemption can be laid out for the utilization of the name of a grape assortment that concurs with a PDO for wines assuming that legitimate by existing marking rehearses, similarly as with teran/Teran."
Slovenia guaranteed that this choice might prompt customer misconception and an income misfortune for its makers, as well as downgrading the PDO framework itself.
Slovenia intends to document the claim in August or September.
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