Comments on: Poteen: Irish Moonshine http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/dss/poteen-irish-moonshine?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poteen-irish-moonshine Distilling a million label approvals down to the ones that affect you. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leading Poteen Producer http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/dss/poteen-irish-moonshine/comment-page-1#comment-6191 Leading Poteen Producer Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:45:41 +0000 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/?p=767#comment-6191 Just read your firm's blog. First Class and excellent graphics! One minor international legal point. The sentence that ends ‘sought appellation status for Poteen in 2008,’ would more accurately, reflect the precise current international legal position, if was amended to: ‘sought appellation status for Irish Poteen in 2008. Geographical Indicative Status was then approved in 2008 by the World Trade Organisation and the EU Council and Parliament.’ ‘Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/8’ For reference to support this statement, please view the following URL: http://www.mee.government.bg/ind/doc/LexUriServ.pdf (Please see page L 39/54 10th Geographical Indication Product Listed ‘Irish Poteen/Irish Poitín’. Just read your firm’s blog. First Class and excellent graphics!

One minor international legal point.

The sentence that ends ‘sought appellation status for Poteen in 2008,’ would more accurately, reflect the precise current international legal position, if was amended to: ‘sought appellation status for Irish Poteen in 2008. Geographical Indicative Status was then approved in 2008 by the World Trade Organisation and the EU Council and Parliament.’

‘Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/8’

For reference to support this statement, please view the following URL: http://www.mee.government.bg/ind/doc/LexUriServ.pdf (Please see page L 39/54 10th Geographical Indication Product Listed ‘Irish Poteen/Irish Poitín’.

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