Commission Regulation (EC) No 628/2008 of 2 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/2006 laying down detailed rules of implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 2008-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, information, labelling, location of production, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 628/2008

of 2 July 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/2006 laying down detailed rules of implementation of Council
Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of
origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of
20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications
and designations of origin for agricultural products and food-
stuffs (1), and in particular Article 16(g) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Annex V to Commission Regulation
(EC) No
1898/2006 (2)
the
the
sets out
Community symbols that may be used on the label or
packaging of products whose name has been registered
as a protected geographical indication or protected desig-
nation of origin.

characteristics of

Those Community symbols have contributed to the deve-
and
lopment of protected geographical
protected designations of origin and have
enabled
consumers to identify certain products whose characte-
ristics are linked to their origin.

indications

The symbols relating to protected designations of origin
indications are currently
and protected geographical
identical
in terms of shape, colour and design. Only
the wording inside the symbols makes it possible to
distinguish between them.

In the light of experience gained since they were adopted
and with the aim of promoting their use, it should be
to distinguish between
made

consumers

easier

for

protected designations of origin and protected geogra-
phical indications. Different colours should therefore be
used for the symbols relating to the two different indi-
cations.

the
In order to ensure that changing the colours of
Community symbols does not cause the producers and
traders concerned to suffer economic loss, there should
be a transitional period during which it will be possible
to use Community
complying with the
symbols
provisions applicable prior to the entry into force of
this Regulation.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
Standing
the
of
accordance with
Committee on Protected Geographical
Indications and
Protected Designations of Origin,

opinion

the

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1898/2006 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

the packaging or labels including the Community
However,
symbols used in accordance with Annex V to Regulation (EC)
No 1898/2006, as applicable prior to the entry into force of
this Regulation, may be used until 1 May 2010.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 July 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008,
p. 61).

(2) OJ L 369, 23.12.2006, p. 1.

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Points 1, 2 and 3 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1898/2006 are replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘1. COMMUNITY SYMBOLS IN COLOUR OR BLACK AND WHITE

When used in colour, direct colours (Pantone) or four-colour process may be used. The reference colours are indicated
below.

Community symbol for “Protected designation of origin” in
Pantone

Community symbol for “Protected geographical indication” in
Pantone

Community symbol for “Protected designation of origin” in
four-colour process

Community symbol for “Protected geographical indication” in
four-colour process

Community symbols in four-colour process:

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Community symbols in black and white

2. COMMUNITY SYMBOLS IN NEGATIVE

If the background colour of the packaging or label is dark, the symbols may be used in negative format, using the
background colour of the packaging or label.

3. CONTRAST WITH BACKGROUND COLOURS

If a symbol is used in colour on a coloured background which makes it difficult to see, a delimiting outer circle
around the symbol should be used to improve contrast with the background colours.

Community symbol for “Protected designation
of origin”

Community symbol for “Protected geographical
indication”

’