The offensive approach by the European Commission had been noted by the region and the SADC EPA group realized that a lot of work still had to be done and that they were far from ready for another round of negotiations. The next meeting would be in October 2011, in Maputo. The region had expressed confidence that they would be able to narrow down the issues to be agreed, ie most favoured nations (MFN), definition of parties, geographical indication (GI,) custom issues and infant industry protection. It was positive that the European Commission (EU) would be willing to reconsider some of the positions.