Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Geographical Indications for Craft and Industrial Products: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Bernard O'Connor:
I must just add briefly that one reason the European Union adopted this legislation to cover craft products related to the demand from third country producers in bilateral trade negotiations. They said that because we wanted them to protect our agricultural GIs, they wanted us to protect their craft GIs. We have a number of existing free trade agreements that commit the Union to protecting those craft products, and we do not have a regulation for it.
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