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of 14 July 1992
on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products
and foodstuffs
(OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1)
Amended by:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►M1 CouncilRegul ation (EC) No 535/97 of 17 March 1997 L 83 3 25.3.1997
►M2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/97 of 12 June 1997 L 156 10 13.6.1997
►M3 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2796/2000 of 20 December 2000 L 324 26 21.12.2000
Amended by:
►A1 Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by CouncilDecision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 2081/92
of 14 July 1992
on the protection of geographical indications and designations of
origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 43,
Having regard to the proposalfrom the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and SocialCommittee (3),
Whereas the production, manufacture and distribution of agricultural
products and foodstuffs play an important role in the Communityeconomy;
Whereas, as part of the adjustment of the common agricultural policy the
diversification of agricultural production should be encouraged so as toachieve a better balance between supply and demand on the markets;whereas the promotion of products having certain characteristics couldbe of considerable benefit to the rural economy, in particular to less-
favoured or remote areas, by improving the incomes of farmers and by
retaining the ruralpopul ation in these areas;
Whereas, moreover, it has been observed in recent years that consumers
are tending to attach greater importance to the quality of foodstuffs
rather than to quantity; whereas this quest for specific products generates
a growing demand for agricultural products or foodstuffs with anidentifiable geographical origin;
Whereas in view of the wide variety of products marketed and of the
abundance of information concerning them provided, consumers must,
in order to be able to make the best choice, be given clear and succinct
information regarding the origin of the product;
Whereas the labelling of agricultural products and foodstuffs is subject
to the general rules laid down in Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18
December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (
4);
whereas, in view of their specific nature, additionalspecialprovisionsshould be adopted for agricultural products and foodstuffs from aspecified geographicalarea;
Whereas the desire to protect agricultural products or foodstuffs which
have an identifiable geographical origin has led certain Member Statesto introduce ‘registered designations of origin’; whereas these haveproved successfulwith producers, who have secured higher incomes inreturn for a genuine effort to improve quality, and with consumers, whocan purchase high quality products with guarantees as to the method of
production and origin;
Whereas, however, there is diversity in the nationalpractices for
implementing registered designations or origin and geographicalindications; whereas a Community approach should be envisaged;
whereas a framework of Community rules on protection will permit the
development of geographical indications and designations of originsince, by providing a more uniform approach, such a framework willensure fair competition between the producers of products bearing suchindications and enchance the credibility of the products in theconsumers' eyes;1992R2081 — EN — 21.12.2000 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 30, 6. 2. 1991, p. 9 and OJ No C 69, 18. 3. 1992, p. 15.
(2) OJ No C 326, 16. 12. 1991, p. 35.
(3) OJ No C 269, 14. 10. 1991, p, 62.
(4) OJ No L 33, 8. 2. 1979, p. 1. Last amended by Directive 91/72/EEC (OJ No L
42, 15. 2. 1991, p. 27).
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Whereas the planned rules should take account of existing Community
legislation on wines and spirit drinks, which provide for a higher level ofprotection;
Whereas the scope of this Regulation is limited to certain agricultural
products and foodstuffs for which a link between product or foodstuffcharacteristics and geographicalorigin exists; whereas, however, thisscope could be enlarged to encompass other products or foodstuffs;
Whereas existing practices make it appropriate to define two different
types of geographicaldescription, namel y protected geographicalindications and protected designations of origin;
Whereas an agricultural product or foodstuff bearing such an indication
must meet certain conditions set out in a specification;
Whereas to enjoy protection in every Member State geographical
indications and designations of origin must be registered at Communitylevel; whereas entry in a register should also provide information tothose involved in trade and to consumers;
Whereas the registration procedure should enable any person individu-
ally and directly concerned in a Member State to exercise his rights by
notifying the Commission of his opposition;
Whereas there should be procedures to permit amendment of the
specification, after registration, in the light of technological progress orwithdrawalfrom the register of the geographicalindication or
designation of origin of an agricultural product or foodstuff if that
product or foodstuff ceases to conform to the specification on the basisof which the geographicalindication or designation of origin wasgranted;
Whereas provision should be made for trade with third countries
offering equivalent guarantees for the issue and inspection of
geographicalindications or designations of origin granted on theirterritory;
Whereas provision should be made for a procedure establishing close
cooperation between the Member States and the Commission through a
Regulatory Committee set up for that purpose,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules on the protection of designations
of origin and geographicalindications of agricul turalproducts intended
for human consumption referred to in Annex II to the Treaty and of the
foodstuffs referred to in Annex I to this Regulation and agriculturalproducts listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
However, this Regulation shall not apply to wine products or to spirit
drinks.
Annexes I and II may be amended in accordance with the procedure set
out in Article 15.
2. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to other specific
Community provisions.
3. CouncilDirective 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 l aying down a
procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical
standards and regulations (
1) shall not apply to the designations of origin
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Article 2
1. Community protection of designations of origin and of geogra-
phical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs shall beobtained in accordance with this Regulation.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a)designation of origin : means the name of a region, a specific place
or, in exceptionalcases, a country, used to describe an agricul turalproduct or a foodstuff:
— originating in that region, specific place or country, and
— the quality or characteristics of which are essentially or
exclusively due to a particular geographical environment withits inherent naturaland human factors, and the production,
processing and preparation of which take place in the defined
geographicalarea;
(b)geographical indication: means the name of a region, a specific
place or, in exceptional cases, a country, used to describe anagricultural product or a foodstuff:
— originating in that region, specific place or country, and
— which possesses a specific quality, reputation or other char-
acteristics attributable to that geographical origin and theproduction and/or processing and/or preparation of which take
place in the defined geographical area.
3. Certain traditionalgeographicalor non-geographicalnames
designating an agricultural product or a foodstuff originating in a region
or a specific place, which fulfil the conditions referred to in the secondindent of paragraph 2 (a) shall also be considered as designations oforigin.
4. By way of derogation from Article 2 (a), certain geographical
designations shall be treated as designations of origin where the rawmaterials of the products concerned come from a geographical area
larger than or different from the processing area, provided that:
— the production area of the raw materials is limited,
— specialconditions for the production of the raw material s exist, and
— there are inspection arrangements to ensure that those conditions are
adhered to.
5. For the purposes of paragraph 4, only live animals, meat and milk
may be considered as raw materials. Use of other raw materials may beauthorized in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15.
6. In order to be eligible for the derogation provided for in paragraph
4, the designations in question may be or have already been recognizedas designations of origin with nationalprotection by the Member State
concerned, or, if no such scheme exists, have a proven, traditional
character and an exceptionalreputation and renown.
7. In order to be eligible for the derogation provided for in paragraph
4, applications for registration must be lodged within two years of theentry into force of this Regulation. In the case of Austria, Finland, andSweden, the above period shall begin from the date of their accession.
Article 3
1. Names that have become generic may not be registered.
For the purposes of this Regulation, a ‘name that has become generic’
means the name of an agricultural product or a foodstuff which,
although it relates to the place or the region where this product orfoodstuff was originally produced or marketed, has become the commonname of an agricultural product or a foodstuff.
To establish whether or not a name has become generic, account shall be
taken of all factors, in particular:
— the existing situation in the Member State in which the name
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— the existing situation in other Member States,
— the relevant national or Community laws.
Where, following the procedure laid down in Articles 6 and 7, an
application of registration is rejected because a name has become
generic, the Commission shall publish that decision in the Official
Journal of the European Communities .
2. A name may not be registered as a designation of origin or a
geographical indication where it conflicts with the name of a plantvariety or an animal breed and as a result is likely to mislead the publicas to the true origin of the product.
3. Before the entry into force of this Regulation, the Council, acting
by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall draw
up and publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities a
non-exhaustive, indicative list of the names of agricultural products orfoodstuffs which are within the scope of this Regulation and areregarded under the terms of paragraph 1 as being generic and thus not
able to be registered under this Regulation.
Article 4
1. To be eligible to use a protected designation of origin (PDO) or a
protected geographicalindication (PGI) an agricul turalproduct orfoodstuff must comply with a specification.
2. The product specification shall include at least:
(a) the name of the agricultural product or foodstuffs, including the
designation of origin or the geographicalindication;
(b) a description of the agricultural product or foodstuff including the
raw materials, if appropriate, and principal physical, chemical,microbiological and/or organoleptic characteristics of the product orthe foodstuff;
(c) the definition of the geographicalarea and, if appropriate, detail s
indicating compliance with the requirements in Article 2 (4);
(d) evidence that the agricultural product or the foodstuff originates in
the geographicalarea, within the meaning of Articl e 2 (2) (a) or (b),whichever is applicable;
(e) a description of the method of obtaining the agricultural product or
foodstuff and, if appropriate, the authentic and unvarying localmethods;
(f) the details bearing out the link with the geographical environment or
the geographicalorigin within the meaning of Articl e 2 (2) (a) or (b),
whichever is applicable;
(g) details of the inspection structures provided for in Article 10;
(h) the specific labelling details relating to the indication PDO or PGI,
whichever is applicable, or the equivalent traditional nationalindications;
(i) any requirements laid down by Community and/or national
provisions.
Article 5
1. Only a group or, subject to certain conditions to be laid down in
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 15, a natural orlegal person, shall be entitled to apply for registration.
For the purposes of this Article, ‘Group’ means any association,
irrespective of its legal form or composition, of producers and/or
processors working with the same agricultural product or foodstuff.Other interested parties may participate in the group.
2. A group or a natural or legal person may apply for registration only
in respect of agricultural products or foodstuffs which it produces orobtains within the meaning of Article 2 (2) (a) or (b).1992R2081 — EN — 21.12.2000 — 002.001 — 5
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3. The application for registration shall include the product
specification referred to in Article 4.
4. The application shall be sent to the Member State in which the
geographicalarea is l ocated.
5. The Member State shall check that the application is justified and
shall forward the application, including the product specification
referred to in Article 4 and other documents on which it has based its
decision, to the Commission, if it considers that it satisfies therequirements of this Regulation.
That Member State may, on a transitionalbasis onl y, grant on the
national level a protection in the sense of the present Regulation to thename forwarded in the manner prescribed, and, where appropriate, anadjustment period, as from the date of such forwarding; these may also
be granted transitionally subject to the same conditions in connection
with an application for the amendment of the product specification.
Such transitionalnationalprotection shal lcease on the date on which a
decision on registration under this Regulation is taken. When that
decision is taken, a period of up to five years may be allowed for
adjustment, on condition that the undertakings concerned have legallymarketed the products in question, using the names concernedcontinuously, for at least five years prior to the date of the publicationprovided for in Article 6 (2).
The consequences of such nationalprotection, where a name is not
registered under this Regulation, shall be the sole responsibility of theMember State concerned.
The measures taken by Member States under the second subparagraph
shall produce effects at national level only; they shall have no effect on
intra-Community trade.
If the application concerns a name indicating a geographical area
situated in another Member State also, that Member State shall beconsulted before any decision is taken.
6. Member States shall introduce the laws, regulations and admin-
istrative provisions necessary to comply with this Article.
Article 6
1. Within a period of six months the Commission shall verify, by
means of a formalinvestigation, whether the registration appl ication
includes all the particulars provided for in Article 4.
The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned of its
findings.
2. If, after taking account of paragraph 1, the Commission concludes
that the name qualifies for protection, it shall publish in the Official
Journal of the European Communities the name and address of the
applicant, the name of the product, the main points of the application,the references to nationalprovisions governing the preparation,production or manufacture of the product and, if necessary, the grounds
for its conclusions.
3. If no statement of objections is notified to the Commission in
accordance with Article 7, the name shall be entered in a register kept bythe Commission entitled ‘Register of protected designations of origin
and protected geographicalindications’, which shal lcontain the names
of the groups and the inspection bodies concerned.
4. The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the
European Communities:
— the names entered in the Register,
— amendments to the Register made in accordance with Article 9 and
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5. If, in the light of the investigation provided for in paragraph 1, the
Commission concludes that the name does not qualify for protection, itshall decide, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article
15, not to proceed with the publication provided for in paragraph 2 of
this Article.
Before publication as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 4 and registration
as provided for in paragraph 3, the Commission may request the opinionof the Committee provided for in Article 15.
Article 7
1. Within six months of the date of publication in the Official Journal
of the European Communities referred to in Article 6 (2), any Member
State may object to the registration.
2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall ensure that
all persons who can demonstrate a legitimate economic interest areauthorized to consult the application. In addition and in accordance withthe existing situation in the Member States, the Member States mayprovide access to other parties with a legitimate interest.
3. Any legitimately concerned natural or legal person may object to
the proposed registration by sending a duly substantiated statement tothe competent authority of the Member State in which he resides or is
established. The competent authority shall take the necessary measures
to consider these comments or objection within the deadlines laid down.
4. A statement of objection shall be admissible only if it:
— either shows non-compliance with the conditions referred to in
Article 2,
— shows that the registration of the name proposed would jeopardize
the existence of an entirely or partly identical name or of a mark or
the existence of products which have been legally on the market forat least five years preceding the date of the publication provided forin Article 6 (2).
— or indicates the features which demonstrate that the name whose
registration is applied for is generic in nature.
5. Where an objection is admissible within the meaning of paragraph
4, the Commission shall ask the Member States concerned to seekagreement among themselves in accordance with their internalprocedures within three months. If:
(a) agreement is reached, the Member States in question shall
communicate to the Commission all the factors which madeagreement possible together with the applicant's opinion and thatof the objector. Where there has been no change to the information
received under Article 5, the Commission shall proceed in
accordance with Article 6 (4). If there has been a change, it shallagain initiate the procedure laid down in Article 7;
(b) no agreement is reached, the Commission shall take a decision in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15, havingregard to traditional fair practice and of the actual likelihood of
confusion. Should it decide to proceed with registration, the
Commission shall carry out publication in accordance with Article6 (4).
Article 8
The indications PDO, PGI or equivalent traditional national indications
may appear only on agricultural products and foodstuffs that comply
with this Regulation.
Article 9
The Member State concerned may request the amendment of a
specification, in particular to take account of developments in scientificand technicalknowl edge or to redefine the geographicalarea.1992R2081 — EN — 21.12.2000 — 002.001 — 7
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The Article 6 procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis .
The Commission may, however, decide, under the procedure laid down
in Article 15, not to apply the Article 6 procedure in the case of a minor
amendment.
Article 10
1. Member States shall ensure that not later than six months after the
entry into force of this Regulation inspection structures are in place, thefunction of which shall be to ensure that agricultural products andfoodstuffs bearing a protected name meet the requirements laid down inthe specifications. In the case of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the above
period shall begin from the date of their accession.
2. An inspection structure may comprise one or more designated
inspection authorities and/or private bodies approved for that purpose bythe Member State. Member States shall send the Commission lists of theauthorities and/or bodies approved and their respective powers. TheCommission shall publish those particulars in the Official Journal of the
European Communities .
3. Designated inspection authorities and/or approved private bodies
must offer adequate guarantees of objectivity and impartiality withregard to all producers or processors subject to their control and havepermanently at their disposal the qualified staff and resources necessaryto carry out inspection of agricultural products and foodstuffs bearing a
protected name.
If an inspection structure uses the services of another body for some
inspections, that body must offer the same guarantees. In that event thedesignated inspection authorities and/or approved private bodies shall,however, continue to be responsible vis-à-vis the Member State for all
inspections.
As from 1 January 1998, in order to be approved by the Member States
for the purpose of this Regulation, private bodies must fulfil therequirements laid down in standard EN 45011 of 26 June 1989.
4. If a designated inspection authority and/or private body in a
Member State establishes that an agricultural product or a foodstuffbearing a protected name of origin in that Member State does not meet
the criteria of the specification, they shall take the steps necessary to
ensure that this Regulation is complied with. They shall inform theMember State of the measures taken in carrying out their inspections.The parties concerned must be notified of all decisions taken.
5. A Member State must withdraw approvalfrom an inspection body
where the criteria referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 are no longer
fulfilled. It shall inform the Commission, which shall publish in the
Official Journal of the European Communities a revised list of approved
bodies.
6. The Member States shall adopt the measures necessary to ensure
that a producer who complies with this Regulation has access to the
inspection system.
7. The costs of inspections provided for under this Regulation shall
be borne by the producers using the protected name.
Article 11
1. Any Member State may submit that a condition laid down in the
product specification of an agricultural product or foodstuff covered by aprotected name has not been met.
2. The Member State referred to in paragraph 1 shall make its
submission to the Member State concerned. The Member State
concerned shall examine the complaint and inform the other MemberState of its findings and of any measures taken.
3. In the event of repeated irregularities and the failure of the
Member States concerned to come to an agreement, a duly substantiatedapplication must be sent to the Commission.1992R2081 — EN — 21.12.2000 — 002.001 — 8
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4. The Commission shall examine the application by consulting the
Member States concerned. Where appropriate, having consulted thecommittee referred to in Article 15, the Commission shall take the
necessary steps. These may include cancellation of the registration.
Article 12
1. Without prejudice to internationalagreements, this Regul ation may
apply to an agricultural product or foodstuff from a third country
provided that:
— the third country is able to give guarantees identical or equivalent to
those referred to in Article 4,
— the third country concerned has inspection arrangements equivalent
to those laid down in Article 10,
— the third country concerned is prepared to provide protection
equivalent to that available in the Community to correspondingagricultural products for foodstuffs coming from the Community.
2. If a protected name of a third country is identicalto a Community
protected name, registration shall be granted with due regard for local
and traditionalusage and the practicalrisks of confusion.
Use of such names shall be authorized only if the country of origin of
the product is clearly and visibly indicated on the label.
Article 13
1. Registered names shall be protected against:
(a) any direct or indirect commercialuse of a name registered in respect
of products not covered by the registration in so far as those productsare comparable to the products registered under that name or insofaras using the name exploits the reputation of the protected name;
(b) any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the
product is indicated or if the protected name is translated or
accompanied by an expression such as ‘style’, ‘type’, ‘method’, ‘asproduced in’, ‘imitation’ or similar;
(c) any other false or misleading indication as to the provenance, origin,
nature or essentialqual ities of the product, on the inner or outer
packaging, advertising materialor documents rel ating to the product
concerned, and the packing of the product in a container liable toconvey a false impression as to its origin;
(d) any other practice liable to mislead the public as to the true origin of
the product.
Where a registered name contains within it the name of an agricultural
product or foodstuff which is considered generic, the use of that generic
name on the appropriate agricultural product or foodstuff shall not beconsidered to be contrary to (a) or (b) in the first subparagraph.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (a) and (b), Member States
may maintain nationalsystems that permit the use of names registeredunder Article 17 for a period of not more than five years after the date of
publication of registration, provided that:
— the products have been marketed legally using such names for at
least five years before the date of publication of this Regulation,
— the undertakings have legally marketed the products concerned using
those names continuously during the period referred to in the firstindent,
— the labelling clearly indicates the true origin of the product.
However, this derogation may not lead to the marketing of products
freely within the territory of a Member State where such names wereprohibited'.
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4. In the case of names, for which registration has been applied for
under Article 5, provision may be made for a transitional period of up tofive years under Article 7 (5) (b), solely where a statement of objection
has been declared admissible on the grounds that registration of the
proposed name would jeopardize the existence of an entirely or partlyidentical name or the existence of products which have been legally onthe market for at least five years preceding the date of the publicationprovided for in Article 6 (2).
Such transitionalperiod may be provided for onl y where undertakings
have legally marketed the products concerned using the names in
question continuously for at least five years preceding the date of the
publication provided for in Article 6 (2).
Article 14
1. Where a designation of origin or geographicalindication is
registered in accordance with this Regulation, the application for
registration of a trade mark corresponding to one of the situationsreferred to in Article 13 and relating to the same type of product shall berefused, provided that the application for registration of the trade markwas submitted after the date of the publication provided for in Article 6(2).
Trade marks registered in breach of the first subparagraph shall be
declared invalid.
This paragraph shall also apply where the application for registration of
a trade mark was lodged before the date of publication of the application
for registration provided for in Article 6 (2), provided that that
publication occured before the trade mark was registered.
2. With due regard for Community law, use of a trade mark
corresponding to one of the situations referred to in Article 13 whichwas registered in good faith before the date on which application forregistration of a designation of origin or geographicalindication waslodged may continue notwithstanding the registration of a designation of
origin or geographicalindication, where there are no grounds for
invalidity or revocation of the trade mark as provided respectively byArticle 3 (1) (c) and (g) and Article 12 (2) (b) of First Council Directive89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of theMember States relating to trade marks (
1).
3. A designation of origin or geographicalindication shal lnot be
registered where, in the light of a trade mark's reputation and renown
and the length of time it has been used, registration is liable to mislead
the consumer as to the true identity of the product.
Article 15
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the
representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative
of the Commission.
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a
draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its
opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may laydown according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall bedelivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty inthe case of decisions which the Councilis required to adopt on a
proposalfrom the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the
Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner setout in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in
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If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the
committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, withoutdelay, submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be
taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If, on the expiry of a period of three months from the date of referralto
the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall beadopted by the Commission.
Article 16
Detailed rules for applying this Regulation shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15.
Article 17
1. Within six months of the entry into force of the Regulation,
Member States shall inform the Commission which of their legallyprotected names or, in those Member States where there is no protection
system, which of their names established by usage they wish to register
pursuant to this Regulation. In the case of Austria, Finland and Sweden,the above period shall begin from the date of their accession.
2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15, the
Commission shall register the names referred to in paragraph 1 whichcomply with Articles 2 and 4. Article 7 shall not apply. However,generic names shall not be added.
3. Member States may maintain nationalprotection of the names
communicated in accordance with paragraph 1 untilsuch time as a
decision on registration has been taken.
Article 18
This Regulation shall enter into force twelve months after the date of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1992R2081 — EN — 21.12.2000 — 002.001 — 11
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ANNEX I
Foodstuffs referred to in Article 1 (1)
— Beer,
— Naturalmineralwaters and spring waters,— Beverages made from plant extracts,— Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares,— Naturalgums and resins.1992R2081 — EN — 21.12.2000 — 002.001 — 12
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ANNEX II
Agricultural products referred to in Article 1 (1)
— Hay
— Essentialoil s.
— cork
— cochineal(raw product of animalorigin)
— Ornamental plants and flowers.1992R2081 — EN — 21.12.2000 — 002.001 — 13
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