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| | SICE-WTO-European Communities - WT/DS/231/R |
 | | Rather, under the standard, a country permits the named sardine species to be sold as "X Sardines", where "X" is a country, a geographic area, a species, or the common name of the species. |
 | | Thus, species of the genus Sardinops were initially named Sardina spp, as was the case of Sardinops caeruleus, which is a synonym for Sardina sagax and Alausa californica, and the species Sardinops neopilchardus, which is a synonym for Sardinella neopilchardus. |
 | | Contrary to the European Communities' assumption that the term "sardines" is used exclusively at the European level, Venezuela indicates that Latin America and North America have given the name "sardines" to a finished product prepared from a different raw material which, however, possesses similar organoleptic characteristics. |
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