The idea that products are labeled with the country of origin are quite standard. It’s equivalent to how products made in China can’t be sold as “made in the US”.
products made in China can’t be sold as “made in the US”
Is there a standard simple way to circumvent this rule? Such as establishing a one-employee branch of your company in USA and pretending that the employee did some important finishing touch on your product, before you sell it on the American market?
And now go and look at OP again. The EU directive insists on having labels “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement)” and “product from the West Bank (Palestinian product)”.
The core issue of the conflict is whether “made in Israel” can be written on products that aren’t made in the official territory of Israel as set by the UN.
I don’t think that produces of products labeled “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement)” want to write “produced in Palestina” on their products, so I see no problem with offering them that label.
Furthermore those products simply might not be covered by the trade deals with the Palestianian authority and therefore there might be a need to distinguish them from other West Bank products.
Heh.
The idea that products are labeled with the country of origin are quite standard. It’s equivalent to how products made in China can’t be sold as “made in the US”.
Is there a standard simple way to circumvent this rule? Such as establishing a one-employee branch of your company in USA and pretending that the employee did some important finishing touch on your product, before you sell it on the American market?
If you were to read the link carefully, you would notice that the regulations in question prohibit the “Made in Israel” label :-/
For products not made in Israel but in territory that isn’t in Israel according to the UN decisions about what happens to be Israel.
And now go and look at OP again. The EU directive insists on having labels “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement)” and “product from the West Bank (Palestinian product)”.
The core issue of the conflict is whether “made in Israel” can be written on products that aren’t made in the official territory of Israel as set by the UN.
I don’t think that produces of products labeled “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement)” want to write “produced in Palestina” on their products, so I see no problem with offering them that label. Furthermore those products simply might not be covered by the trade deals with the Palestianian authority and therefore there might be a need to distinguish them from other West Bank products.