Case C-341/24, Duca di Salaparuta: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 September 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione – Italy) – Duca di Salaparuta SpA v Ministero dell’Agricoltura, della Sovranità alimentare e delle Foreste and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Common organisation of the market in wine – Community framework for the protection of wine names – Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 – Article 54 – Quality wines produced in specified regions (quality wines psr) – Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 – Article 43(2) and Article 51 – Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 – Article 118k(2) and Article 118s – Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 – Article 101(2) and Article 107 – Protection, under EU law, of quality wines psr recognised under national law – Conflict between a protected wine name and an earlier well-known mark containing a word identical to that name – Allegedly misleading name – Transitional regime – Automatic extension of protection – Complete nature of the system of protection – Legal certainty)
Date: 2025-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: common organisation of markets, consumer information, designation of origin, labelling, principle of legal certainty, product designation, registered trade mark, wine of superior quality








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C/2025/5804


10.11.2025






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 September 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione – Italy) – Duca di Salaparuta SpA v Ministero dell’Agricoltura, della Sovranità alimentare e delle Foreste and Others


(Case C-341/24,
                (1)
Duca di Salaparuta)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Common organisation of the market in wine - Community framework for the protection of wine names - Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 - Article 54 - Quality wines produced in specified regions (quality wines psr) - Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 - Article 43(2) and Article 51 - Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 - Article 118k(2) and Article 118s - Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Article 101(2) and Article 107 - Protection, under EU law, of quality wines psr recognised under national law - Conflict between a protected wine name and an earlier well-known mark containing a word identical to that name - Allegedly misleading name - Transitional regime - Automatic extension of protection - Complete nature of the system of protection - Legal certainty)
(C/2025/5804)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte suprema di cassazione

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Duca di Salaparuta SpA

Defendants: Ministero dell’Agricoltura, della Sovranità alimentare e delle Foreste, Consorzio volontario di tutela dei vini DOC Salaparuta, Baglio Gibellina Srl, Madonna del Piraino Soc. coop. Agricola, Cantina Giacco Soc. coop. agricola

Other parties: Botte di Vino di VH & C. Snc, Baglio San Vito Srl, in liquidation, Romeo Vini di CZ & C. Sas

Operative part of the judgment

Article 51 of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine, amending Regulations (EC) No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 3/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2392/86 and (EC) No 1493/1999, Article 118s of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (OJ 2007 L 299, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 491/2009 of 25 May 2009, and Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007
must be interpreted as meaning that Article 43(2) of Regulation No 479/2008, Article 118k of Regulation No 1234/2007, as amended by Regulation No 491/2009, and Article 101(2) of Regulation No 1308/2013 are not applicable to a conflict between a wine name protected under Article 54 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and earlier well-known marks registered for wines and containing words identical to that name; such a conflict must be resolved solely on the basis of the second subparagraph of Section F(2) of Annex VII to Regulation No 1493/1999.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/4955.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5804/oj
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