The European Commission held the first meeting of the informal working group (WG) on halloumi, in Nicosia on Friday.
The meeting took place at the Home for Cooperation, the European Commission said in a press release.
The members, representing both the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities met to exchange experiences and good practices on the implementation of the Halloumi/Hellim Protected Designation of Origin (PDO).
The European Commission will be chairing and convening the informal working group meetings.
“This will be an important contribution towards bringing Cyprus a step closer to solving issues that are common for both communities” said Judit Rózsa, the Director of Resources, Coordination and Aid Programme in the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support of the European Commission who will be in the island to attend the first meeting of the working group.
The working group was set up in July 2022 with the aim to provide a forum for fair and open dialogue regarding the implementation of the Halloumi/Hellim PDO.
The two communities are fairly represented in the WG, including through producer and farmers’ organisations.
The records of meetings will be made public on the DG REFORM website.
Happy to do the kick-off meeting of the #EU #Χαλλούμι/#Halloumi/#Hellim Informal Working group in #Cyprus today! Looking forward to an inspiring and fruitful cooperation ahead on this very important #PDO product for all Cypriots. pic.twitter.com/e1j8sIkzFk
— EU Reform Support 🇪🇺 (@EU_reforms) September 23, 2022
