Modena balsamic vinegar, Italian Government notifies EU Commission "detailed opinion". Thanks to the Consortium to Institutions

With the notification of the detailed opinion, the Italian Government formalized the act of opposition to the adoption of Slovenian technical legislation on the production and marketing of vinegars which would introduce the use, for generic products, of the name "aceto balsamico". The standstill period envisaged by the Community procedure is thus extended to 3 June. In the coming months, therefore, the Member States will be called to take a position on the critical issues reported by Italy and to express a decision. Despite the difficult period and the transition underway, the Government has shown great readiness and attention to this issue of national interest above all thanks to a team game that involved local institutions such as the RER through the councilor Alessio Mammi, the parliamentarians Benedetta Fiorini , Elena Lizzi and Rosanna Conte and the two MEPs Paolo De Castro and Elisabetta Gualmini up to the Ministries of agricultural, food and forestry policies and economic ...