At the recent meeting of the European Fine Fibre Network in Villaviciosa, Spain (10-11 October 1997) it was decided that the various interests of European producers of fine and speciality wools would be best served by the formation of a new group - Fine Wool Producers of Europe

The aims of this Association will be to:

• assure standardisation of quality specifications for fine wools produced in Europe
• provide a focus for efforts to secure support for the development of the wool filière for fine and speciality wools
• to provide information on the use of EU and national funding for wool filière related projects
• establish a database of the European fine wool flock
• promote awareness of quality fine wool production in EU
• develop co-ordinated marketing strategies and links with processors of European wools

It is intended that Fine Wool Producers of Europe will play a complementary role within the more general campaign to promote improved marketing of all European wools.

The founder members of the association are located in Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy and Finland.

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