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>[02.Jun.09]
Geographical Indications – Certificate
for Vale dos Sinos Leather
Source: INPI/BR [Adapted]
Brazil has just earned
its fifth geographical indication (GI): Vale dos Sinos
(RS), for finished leather. The certificate was granted
by the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property
(INPI/BR), on 19.May.2009, to the Tannery Industry Association
of Rio Grande do Sul. About 40% of the processed skin
production in Brazil – 45 millions of skins –
are from Vale dos Sinos. It should be appreciated that
it is the first non-agriculture related Geographical
Indication of Brazil, for the leather is industrialized.
This is a specificity of the Brazilian legislation,
since Europe, for example, only grants GIs for agri-food
products and wines.
Besides the finished
leather in Vale dos Sinos, the following are also protected
with Geographical Indications: Vale dos Vinhedos (RS),
for wines; Região do Cerrado Mineiro (MG), for
coffee; Pampa Gaúcho da Campanha Meridional (RS),
for bovine meat; and Paraty (RJ) for cachaça.
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