Bilateral/Plurilateral Agreements

Member Area

23/12/2020 – RCEP-FTA: The world’s largest free-trade agreement covers GIs
07/05/2020 – oriGIn/EFOW letter on: “Call for better protection of Geographical Indications online through bilateral agreements”
30/01/2020 – China-US: The recent economic trade agreement and its implications for GIs
06/11/2019 – China-EU stand-alone GIs Agreement negotiations (Please note this is not the final version)
30/10/2018 – Consultation on establishing UK Geographical Indications (GI) schemes after exit – oriGIn Answer
22/10/2018 – The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): oriGIn analysis
10/09/2018 – Letter to EU Commissioner for Trade, Ms. Cecilia Malmstrom, and EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Phil Hogan: oriGIn EU concerns regarding Geographical Indications protection and negotiations with MERCOSUR
13/03/2018 – oriGIn Paper on “Brexit”: Implications for GIs and principles for a balanced agreement
02/02/2018 – oriGIn summary of EU Agreements covering GIs
20/12/2017 – oriGIn Letter to Phil Hogan, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, on GIs in the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, on GIs in the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
11/09/2017 – oriGIn Letter to Ms. Pei Xiaoyin, Deputy Director General, Department of Science and Technology of AQSIQ concerning Ongoing negotiations between the People’s Republic of China and the European Union (EU) on a GIs Agreement
07/02/2017 – Texts proposed by the EU for the FTA with Indonesia
17/09/2015 – oriGIn Letter on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Vietnam and the protection of the PDO Asiago
11/03/2014 – UE/China GI Bilateral Agreement Summary
11/03/2014 – List of EU GIs to be included in the Agreement
19/06/2013 – Answer of Mr Dacian Ciolos, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and rural development and Mr Karel De Gucht, EU Commissioner for Trade, to the oriGIn letter on Future negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement with the United States
15/04/2013 – Letter to Mr. José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, on Future negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement with the United States
14/11/2012 – oriGIn Letter on Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) in the EU/Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)