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“Les indications géographiques sont un outil de développement durable“, interview with Mr. Massimo Vittori, Secretary General, oriGIn (Agri).

“A Mexican Defending Worldwide GIs”. Interview with Ramón González Figueroa, General Director of Consejo Regulador del Tequila and President of oriGIn (Qualigeo.EU, Vol.1 pp 26-29)

In the framework of the reform on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2013, on 14 July the EU Commission launched the Green Paper on promotion measures and information provision for agricultural products (see ). The aim of this document is to…

13/07/2011 – oriGIn félicite les députés européens (SOCOPAG)

UNESCO has added Colombia’s Coffee Region to its List of World Heritage Sites. A new website has been launched to draw more attention to the region’s tourism possibilities. It is available at:

Geneva, 21 June. The members of the global coalition of geographical indications’ producers, oriGIn, welcome Ms. Iratxe García Pérez Report on the reform of the quality policy adopted today by the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament. oriGIn Press Release:…

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament amended new draft labelling rules to reduce the time it takes to register a label, empower producers to do more to protect their products and allow an optional new…

The new website of “La Ruta del Tequila” (the Tequila Trail) has been launched at the following address: 

On 1 June 2011 was celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the Stresa Convention (1951) . Read the article: “IL PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO NEL 60° ANNIVERSARIO DELLA CONVENZIONE DI STRESA“  

oriGIn at the Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications. June 22, 2011 to June 24, 2011 (Lima, Peru). More information available at: by Mr. Massimo Vittori, Secretary General of oriGIn : Geographical Indications as IPRs: A Word from NGOs

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 effective protection of GIs at the multilateral…

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 clear about what they do not want…

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. Massimo Vittori, Secrétaire général d’oriGIn (Agri). 05/08/2011…

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 Lamy.  (WTO News) Documents from the negotiating…

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: