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Geographical indications in EU-Vietnam FTA: beyond quality control

17 January 2018

Concluded at the end of 2015, the European Union-Vietnam FTA (EVFTA) has marked a successive breakthrough for the EU in exporting its long-standing sui generis protection of geographical indications (GIs). With respect to the scope of protection, the GI chapter in EVFTA has introduced a peculiar...
Brexit and the decision/decisions of 19 February 2016

26 February 2016
On 19 February 2016, the European Council reached agreement on the Brexit dossier (EUCO 1/16); if the British decide to remain in the union on 23 June 2016, certain thing will change, or at least, will have to change... This blog is only available in Dutch.
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
The ball is back in the FCC´s ´court` [The CJEU´s OMT-decision of 16 June 2015]

23 June 2015

While Europe holds its breath and follows the negotiations between Greece and its partners on the financial assistance, another ´piece in the puzzle` of the European attempts to contain the sovereign debt crisis has prominently featured in the press recently. The Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered...