Georgian embassies to monitor foreign markets to avoid falsification of Georgian products
As a result, counterfeit products will be identified and the “relevant agencies” will work to eliminate the problem. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian embassies are now obliged to monitor foreign markets in order to avoid falsification of Georgian agricultural products and wine, announces Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Alexander Khvtisiashvili.
Khvtisiashvili said that as a result, counterfeit products will be identified and the “relevant agencies” will work to eliminate the problem.
These agencies will provide information about the alleged counterfeit products to the capital city [Tbilisi] and after that we, the ministry and our agencies – in this case Sakpatenti – will fight jointly against falsification”, said Khvtisiashvili.
The Georgian National Wine Agency and the National Intellectual Property Centre Sakpatenti have been fighting against the sale of fake Georgian wine abroad.
For example, counterfeit Georgian wine was removed from sale in Ukraine and in Poland last year.
Georgian wine variety Saperavi Khashmi has been added to the list of protected Georgian appellation wines.
A batch of counterfeit Georgian wine has been removed from sales in Ukraine and the offender was fined by the Ukrainian Antimonopoly Service, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency today.
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Counterfeited Georgian wines were seized from one of the trade networks in Poland thanks to the Georgian National Wine Agency and the National Intellectual Property Centre Sakpatenti.
The Tax Monitoring Department of the Georgian Revenue Service have found goods worth 23,640 lari ($8,580.76/€7,689.31) falsely marked with the Massimo Dutti brand.
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