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November 24, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/364592.html

Israeli Exports to EU to Indicate City of Origin

(Ha'aretz) - Ora Coren The labels of Israeli goods exported to Europe will now indicate the city where they were produced, so that Europeans can determine whether they were made in the territories, Industry Minister Ehud Olmert promised EU officials during a visit to Brussels Monday. The EU has been demanding that goods made in the territories not be labeled "made in Israel." Israel argues that since the EU recognized the Paris Agreement, which created a customs union between Israel and the PA, there are no grounds for treating products made in the territories differently from products made in Israel. Following Olmert's announcement, EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy promised that agreements on Israeli-Jordanian and Israeli-East European joint ventures would be concluded soon.

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