Ik denk dat ik maar eens op zoek ga naar een Deense vlag om deze uit solidariteit uit mijn slaapkamerraam te hangen naar het lichtende voorbeeld van Gretta D.
OK dan doe ik wel de Noorse
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Ik denk dat ik maar eens op zoek ga naar een Deense vlag om deze uit solidariteit uit mijn slaapkamerraam te hangen naar het lichtende voorbeeld van Gretta D.
Solidair met die criminele Feta-vervalsers? :argwaan:
Geplaatst door Elsschot
Ik denk dat ik maar eens op zoek ga naar een Deense vlag om deze uit solidariteit uit mijn slaapkamerraam te hangen naar het lichtende voorbeeld van Gretta D.
Zou ik niet doen. Ze zijn in ieder geval niet mijn voorbeeld van de ultieme vrijheids van meningsuiting die iedereen loopt te propageren. Jezus wilden ze niet plaatsen.Daar wil jij als strijder van het vrije woord toch niet mee geassocieerd worden.
Geplaatst door TonH
Solidair met die criminele Feta-vervalsers? :argwaan:
mag van de E.U. dus niet crimineel, verder is er sprake van een overname van Campina door Arla
Geplaatst door Bakra
mag van de E.U. dus niet crimineel, verder is er sprake van een overname van Campina door Arla
Mag NIET van de EU én The Court of Justice in Straatsburg!
En wanneer Campina met de misdadige praktijken van Arla door zou gaan, dan kan Nederland haar borst nat maken... :ninja:
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PRESS RELEASE No 92/05
25 October 2005
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-465/02 and C-466/02
Federal Republic of Germany and Kingdom of Denmark v Commission of the European
Communities
THE COURT OF JUSTICE UPHOLDS THE NAME ‘FETA’ AS A PROTECTED
DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN FOR GREECE
The name has not become generic.
In 2002, the Commission registered the name ‘feta’ as a protected designation of origin
(PDO) for a white cheese soaked in brine, originating in Greece1. Thus, the name enjoys
Community-wide protection2 as it is reserved exclusively for cheese originating in Greece.
In order to be registered as a PDO, a traditional name such as ‘feta’, which is not the name of
a region, place or country3, must refer to an agricultural product or a foodstuff from a defined
geographical environment with specific natural and human factors which is capable of
conferring on that product or foodstuff its specific characteristics. Moreover, the name cannot
have become generic.
In the Commission’s view, those conditions are fulfilled. The name ‘feta’ has not become the
common name for an agricultural product or a foodstuff and, therefore, has not become
generic. The geographical area defined by the Greek legislation covers only the territory of
mainland Greece and the department of Lesbos. Extensive grazing and transhumance, central
to the method of keeping the ewes and goats used to provide the raw material for making Feta
cheese, are the result of an ancestral tradition allowing adaptation to climate changes and their
impact on the available vegetation. This has led to the development of small native breeds of
1 It had been registered first, in 1996, at the request of Greece. However, in 1999 that registration was annulled
by the Court of Justice following actions brought by Denmark, Germany and France, on the grounds that the
Commission had not taken any account of the fact that that name had been used for a considerable time in certain
Member States other than Greece.
2 This option was introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of
geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ 1992 L 208,
p. 1).
3 The term ‘feta’ is derived from the Italian word ‘fetta’, meaning ‘slice’, which entered the Greek language in
the seventeenth century.
sheep and goats which are extremely tough and resilient, fitted for survival in an environment
that offers little food in quantitative terms but, in terms of quality, is endowed with an
extremely diversified flora, thus giving the finished product its own specific aroma and
flavour. The interplay between the natural factors and the specific human factors, in particular
the traditional production method, which requires straining without pressure, has thus given
Feta cheese its remarkable international reputation.
The Court of Justice finds that Germany and Denmark, which, supported by France and the
United Kingdom, have applied for annulment of the registration of ‘feta’ as a PDO for
Greece, have not shown that this assessment by the Commission is incorrect.
As regards, in particular, the argument that ‘feta’ has become a generic name, the Court finds
that whilst white cheeses soaked in brine have been produced for a long time, not only in
Greece but in various countries in the Balkans and the southeast of the Mediterranean basin,
those cheeses are known in those countries under names other than ‘feta’.
Although the production in the other countries has been relatively large and of substantial
duration (since 1931 in France, since the 1930s in Denmark and since 1972 in Germany) the
production of feta has remained concentrated in Greece, with more than 85% of Community
consumption of feta, per capita and per year, taking place in Greece. Moreover, the majority
of consumers in Greece consider that the name ‘feta’ carries a geographical and not a generic
connotation. In other Member States, feta is commonly marketed with labels referring to
Greek cultural traditions and civilisation. Thus, consumers in those Member States perceive
feta as a cheese associated with Greece, even if in reality it has been produced in another
Member State. As regards Denmark, the Court notes that the relevant Danish legislation does
not refer to ‘feta’ but to ‘Danish feta’, which would tend to suggest that in Denmark the name
‘feta’, by itself, has retained a Greek connotation.
Thus, the Commission could lawfully decide that the term ‘feta’ had not become generic.
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Bij de Lidl is ook een lekkere deense roodschimmelkaas te koop, hij ligt naast de deense blauwschimmel
3 The term ‘feta’ is derived from the Italian word ‘fetta’, meaning ‘slice’, which entered the Greek language in the seventeenth century.
:ego:
Geplaatst door Wide-O
:ego:
17e eeuw? :schok: De Grieken brachten de Italianen beschaving ruim 2000 jaar geleden.
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[QUOTE]Geplaatst door TonH
[B]17e eeuw? :schok: De Grieken brachten de Italianen beschaving ruim 2000 jaar geleden.
QUOTE]
2000 jaar geleden was de kaasschaaf ook nog niet uitgevonden
Geplaatst door TonH
17e eeuw? :schok: De Grieken brachten de Italianen beschaving ruim 2000 jaar geleden.
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Dat was best aardig, maar jullie hadden zelf een beetje moeten houden.
Geplaatst door Tomas
Dat was best aardig, maar jullie hadden zelf een beetje moeten houden.
Grieken zijn een vrijgevig volk. :tik:
Geplaatst door Tomas
Dat was best aardig, maar jullie hadden zelf een beetje moeten houden.
Kadaboom dzjing :hihi: