Italy says no to the request to register the geographical indication of Cuban rum in the EU

“We say “no” to Cuba's request to register the geographical indication “Cuba” for rum, a choice that would damage European producers of the product." This was asked by the Senator of the League Giorgio Maria Bergesio, Vice President of the Productive Activities Commission of Palazzo Madama, with a question addressed to the Ministers for European Affairs, the South, Cohesion Policies and the PNRR and of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and forests to know at what stage the discussions have started with the European institutions and what initiatives are intended to be adopted in order to discourage the approval of the request for registration of the geographical indication "Cuba" for rum. “The Government of Cuba, in April 2021, submitted to the European Union the request for registration of the geographical indication (GI) "Cuba" for the product class of rum and the European Union is engaged in evaluating the request ”, explains Bergesio, who continues: “The production process of ...