Turkey wants döner kebabs registered so that it has the same protected EU status as Serrano ham from Spain and Neapolitan pizza.
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00:00Germany's doner kebab industry faces uncertainty as Turkey seeks to impose new regulations
00:07on the popular dish.
00:10Turkey applied to the European Commission to register the doner label as a guaranteed
00:14traditional specialty in April, but has since faced multiple objections from Germany.
00:21If the application is accepted, the doner label would be limited to producers following
00:25specific meat and production standards set by Turkey.
00:31But Germany argues this would create too much red tape and could raise the price of its
00:35most popular snack.
00:38People say that Berlin is the capital of doner kebab out of Turkey, that this dish what came
00:45with the people who moved to Berlin 50, 60 years before, created this dish and what gets
00:50so popular is one of the most popular dishes here in Germany now.
00:54The Berlin-based Association of Turkish Doner Producers in Europe estimates the industry
01:00generates annual sales of roughly 2.3 billion euros in Germany alone and 3.5 billion euros
01:07across Europe.
01:09The EU Commission is set to make a decision on Turkey's application next week.