(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 09 SET - The General Court of the European
Union has dismissed today an action made by Slovenia for the
annulment of a delegated regulation pursuant to which the
designation 'Teran' may be used on the labels of Croatian wines,
the Court announced today. The action concerned the wine
designation 'Teran', used in both Slovenia, where it is
recognised as a protected designation of origin (PDO), and
Croatia. According to the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/13531
the designation 'Teran' may be used, under strict conditions, to
refer to a wine grape variety on the labels of wines produced in
Croatia, but only for the designation of origin 'Hrvatska
Istra', and on condition that 'Hrvatska Istra' and 'Teran'
appear in the same visual field and that the font size of the
name 'Teran' is smaller than that of the words 'Hrvatska Istra'.
Taking into account the dispute on the wine between Slovenia and
Croatia, "the Commission used its powers to adopt a labelling
derogation in order to enable the PDOs and existing labelling
practices to co-exist peacefully once a PDO is registered or
applicable," the Court recalled. (ANSA).
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