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Founded in 1987, the European Cork Federation
(C.E.Liège) is formed by 6 member
countries involved in the cork industry
(cork production, cork processing and
distribution of cork products). Each
country is represented by its own national
federartion in France, Germany, Great
Britain, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
C.E. Liège works closely with other European institutions and research centres involved in cork and the wine industry. The work of the founding members has also been extended to other countries that produce and manufacture cork products through a network and associate members. See the C.E. Liège statutes on the following document:
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The missions of European Cork
Federation: |
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C.E.Liège
is a dynamic organization that represents
the entire European cork industry and
lead the development of joint promotions
supporting cork, its products and applications.
One of the principal rules of C.E.Liège
is to carry out research, to establish
international standards and to share
knowledge with other institutes and
viticutural organization, for example: |
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> The "Quercus" research: |
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The
research programme on cork (both the
material and its applications) between
1994-1999 was supported by the European
Community. The Quercus study resulted
in the "International Code of Cork
Stopper Manufacturing Practice"
which establishes rules of good practice
for the production of cork
stoppers. |
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> The program "Systecode": |
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The
objective of the system of accreditation
called "systecode"
is to audit manufacturing plants producing
cork stoppers and ensure they follow
the Code of Practice. This approach
to quality control at the manufacturing
stages relies on a system audits carried
out by and external organization Bureau
Veritas. This independent body decides
whether a company fulfills the conditions
required and issues the certificates. |
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