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As a group HORAL's stance on legal protection of terms is concise, though sometimes at odds with the products made by some members of the group. Coincidentally or not, the formation of HORAL and the adoption of the Traditional Specialty Guaranteed (TSG) nomenclature by the European Union is a driving force behind legally protecting the various forms of lambic. The TSG designation puts forth a set rules that include the protection specific lambic-related terms but not necessarily the brewing process itself. The negotiations, which started in 1995 and were spearheaded by Frank Boon (Boon), Jacques Van Cutsem (Timmermans), André De Keersmaeker (Mort Subite) and Jacques De Keersmaeker (Belle-Vue) and concluded in 1997. Today all but Brasserie Belle-Vue are members of HORAL.
==Criticisms Critique of HORAL==Of the eleven brewers and blenders in HORAL, seven make at least one product on a regular basis that would not be considered traditional by some either due to production method or artificially sweetening. Of those seven brewers and blenders, five of them have commercial product portfolios consisting of 50% or more of sweetened lambics (calculated by brand name, not by output volume). This has led to questions of the legitimacy of HORAL as an organized body protecting so-called traditional lambic. If the group continues to recognize brewers and blenders whose product portfolios represent a majority of sweetened or "non-traditonal" products, how can they be a force in maintaining the traditional standards to which they claim to aspire? This question has been addressed publicly on at least one occasion by notable non-HORAL member, Jean Van Roy of [[Brasserie_Cantillon|Cantillon]].
==Cantillon's Non-Involvement==