(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 09 SET - The General Court of the European Union has dismissed today an action made by Slovenia for the annulment of a delegated regulation pursuant to which the designation 'Teran' may be used on the labels of Croatian wines, the Court announced today. The action concerned the wine designation 'Teran', used in both Slovenia, where it is recognised as a protected designation of origin (PDO), and Croatia. According to the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/13531 the designation 'Teran' may be used, under strict conditions, to refer to a wine grape variety on the labels of wines produced in Croatia, but only for the designation of origin 'Hrvatska Istra', and on condition that 'Hrvatska Istra' and 'Teran' appear in the same visual field and that the font size of the name 'Teran' is smaller than that of the words 'Hrvatska Istra'.

Taking into account the dispute on the wine between Slovenia and Croatia, "the Commission used its powers to adopt a labelling derogation in order to enable the PDOs and existing labelling practices to co-exist peacefully once a PDO is registered or applicable," the Court recalled. (ANSA).