The European Union announced on Wednesday that it is signing on to an international agreement covering the protection of food and drink products whose names derive from a particular region with certain characteristics.
The decision to accede to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement covering so-called geographical indications means that all 28 countries that are members of the E.U. will abide by the act’s obligations to protect registered products that come from any of the E.U.’s member nations.
