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Article: AGRI-FOODS: ADVOCATE-GENERAL SAYS PARMA HAM CAN BE SLICED ANYWHERE IN EU.
- Article from:
- European Report
- Article date:
- April 27, 2002
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Prosciuto di Parma case.Asda Stores Limited sells packets of ham described as "Parma ham" in its supermarkets in England. It obtains these goods from Hygrade Foods Limited which itself acquires the ham from Cesare Fiorucci SpA, a company resident in Italy. The ham is imported - boned - into the United Kingdom and sliced and packaged by Hygrade. In November 1997, the Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma commenced proceedings in the English law courts, seeking various injunctions. The case subsequently came before the House of Lords as the final court of appeal. The House of Lords stayed proceedings and submitted a reference to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). It asked the ...
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Article: Setback for Italians in Parma ham battle
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