Hungary may take action against Slovakia

By: trademagazin Date: 2009. 07. 21. 00:22

If Hungary and Slovakia, do not agre in the common usage of Tokaj name Hungary may take the case into court to challenge Tokajská, Tokajská and Tokajsky names.

According to the wine-growing region the same name can not be used because of the confusion at the market. However, these are these brand names mean the same in Slovakian.
In the second half of last week in Tokaj Hungarian and Slovak experts were meet this time with the participation of the European Union representatives of competent specialist.
According to Marcinkó Ferenc, President of the Council of the Tokaji Wine Region, the northern neighbor did not fulfil a single point of the agreement of 2004 – reports Népszabadság Online.





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