CELEX: 51993EC2037
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Date: 2006-12-11
Title: Draft Commission Regulation (EC) No …/.. of […] laying down detailed rules of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
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                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

                                                                      of […]

 laying down detailed rules of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations
                                                of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs

                                                                (Codified version)

                                            ê 2037/93 (adapted)

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

                                                                      of […]

 laying down detailed rules of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 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 establishing the European Community,

Having regard to 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[1], and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2037/93 of 27 July 1993 laying down detailed rules of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92  on
      the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs[2]  has  been  substantially
      amended several times[3]. In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

                                            ê 2037/93 Recital 1

   2) The conditions should be laid down in which a natural or legal person may apply exceptionally for registration.

                                            ê 2037/93 Recital 2 (adapted)

   3) In order to take account of the various legal situations in the Member States, a statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7  of
      Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 presented by a group of individuals linked by a common interest Ö should Õ be admissible.

                                            ê 2037/93 Recital 3

   4) In order to ensure that Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 is uniformly applied, precise deadlines should  be  set  concerning  objections,  which
      would apply when the registration procedure is initiated.

                                            ê 1726/98 Recital 2 and 1428/97 Recital 3 (adapted)

   5) To avoid confusion on the part of consumers given the plethora of information in the agrifood sector, it is important to ensure  a  minimum
      level of standardised information when a producer and/or processor wishes to use the system of geographical indications and designations of
      origin established by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. Ö A Community symbol should Õ Ö be provided for for which  the  names  registered  under
      Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 would qualify. This symbol may appear only on the agricultural products and foodstuffs that  comply  with  that
      Regulation and are authorized to bear the expressions  or  abbreviations  «PDO»,  «PGI»,  «protected  designation  of  origin»,  «protected
      geographical indication» or the equivalent national traditional expressions. These can be used without the symbol. Õ  The  producer  and/or
      processor should accordingly be able to use the models laid down in this Regulation.

                                            ê 1726/98 Recital 3

   6) To strengthen the credibility of the symbol characterising the agricultural products or foodstuffs qualifying for a geographical indication
      or designation of origin, the name of the inspection service or body should be indicated on the label used to market the product.

                                            ê 2037/93 Recital 6

   7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Regulatory Committee on Geographical indications and
      Designations of Origin,

                                            ê 2037/93

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

                                                                    Article 1

1. Applications for registration pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, may  be  submitted  by  a  natural  or  legal  person  not
complying with the definition laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of that Article in exceptional, duly substantiated cases  where
the person concerned is the only producer in the geographical area defined at the time the application is submitted.

The application may be accepted only where:

(a)   the said single person engages in authentic and unvarying local methods; and

(b)   the  geographical  area  defined  possesses  characteristics  which  differ  appreciably  from  those  of  neighbouring  areas  and/or  the
       characteristics of the product are different.

2. In the case referred to in paragraph 1, the single natural or legal person who has submitted the application for registration shall be  deemed
to constitute a group within the meaning of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

                                                                    Article 2

Where national law treats a group of individuals without legal personality as a legal person, the said group of individuals shall  be  authorized
to submit an application within the meaning of Article 1 of this Regulation, to consult the application within the meaning  and  subject  to  the
conditions of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 and to lodge an objection within the meaning and subject to the conditions  of  Article
7(3) of that Regulation.

                                                                    Article 3

For the purposes of applying the deadline referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, account shall be taken of:

     – either the date of dispatch of the statement of the objection by the Member State, the postmark being accepted as the  date  of  dispatch,
       or

     – the date of receipt where the statement of the objection by the Member State is delivered to the Commission directly or by telex or fax.

                                                                    Article 4

                                            ê 2037/93 (adapted)

The Commission may take all appropriate action in order to define the cases where a designation has become generic within the meaning of  Article
3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, as well as the situations likely to mislead consumers and in respect of which a decision has been  taken  in
accordance with Ö the procedure referred to in Õ Article 15 Ö (2) Õ of that Regulation.

                                            ê 1428/97 Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted)

                                            ê 1428/97 Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 5

1. The names registered as protected designations of origin (PDOs)  or  protected  geographical  indications  (PGIs)  may  be  accompanied  by  a
Community symbol .

                                            ê 1428/97 Art. 1 pt. 2

2. The Community symbol may appear only on products which comply with Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

3. «PDO», «PGI», «protected designation of origin», «protected geographical indication» and the equivalent national traditional  expressions  may
be used without the Community symbol.

                                            ê 1726/98 Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 6

The Community symbol referred to in Article 5 shall comprise the models in Annex I part A . The indications that can be used with the symbol  are
those listed in Annex I part B , as well as the equivalent traditional national terms.

To use the Community symbol and the indications, the technical reproduction rules laid down in the graphics manual in Annex II must  be  complied
with.

                                            ê 2037/93

                                                                    Article 7

The period of three months referred to in Article 7(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 shall commence on the date of dispatch of the  Commission's
invitation to the Member States to reach agreement among themselves.

                                            ê 1726/98 Art. 1 pt. 2

                                                                    Article 8

A Member State may stipulate that the name of the inspection authority or body referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92  falling-
within its own inspection structure must appear on the label of the agricultural product or foodstuff.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 9

Regulation (EEC) No 2037/93 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance  with  the  correlation
table in Annex IV.

                                            ê 2037/93 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 10

This Regulation shall enter into force on Ö the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union Õ.

                                            ê 2037/93

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

Done at Brussels, […]

      For the Commission
      […]
      Member of the Commission

                                            ê 2168/2004 Art. 1 and Annex

                                                                     ANNEX I

                                                                     PART A.1

       Español    Čeština    Dansk

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       Deutsch    Eesti keel Ελληνικά

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       English    Français   Italiano

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       Latviešu valoda Lietuvių kalba   Magyar

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       Malti      Nederlands Polski

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       Português  Slovenčina Slovenščina

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       Suomi      Svenska

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                                                                     PART A.2

       Español    Čeština    Dansk

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       Deutsch    Eesti keel Ελληνικά

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       English    Français   Italiano

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       Latviešu valoda Lietuvių kalba   Magyar

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       Malti      Nederlands Polski

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       Português  Slovenčina Slovenščina

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       Suomi      Svenska

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                                                                      PART B

|EC languages          |Abbreviations                |Terms                                                                            |
|ES                    |DOP/IGP                      |denominación de origen protegida                                                 |
|                      |                             |indicación geográfica protegida                                                  |
|CS                    |CHOP/CHZO                    |chráněné označení původu                                                         |
|                      |                             |chráněné zeměpisné označení                                                      |
|DA                    |BOB/BGB                      |beskyttet oprindelsesbetegnelse                                                  |
|                      |                             |beskyttet geografisk betegnelse                                                  |
|DE                    |g.U./g.g.A.                  |geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung                                                  |
|                      |                             |geschützte geographische Angabe                                                  |
|ET                    |KPN/KGT                      |kaitstud päritolunimetus                                                         |
|                      |                             |kaitstud geograafiline tähis                                                     |
|EL                    |ΠΟΠ/ ΠΓΕ                     |προστατευόμενη oνομασία προελεύσεως                                              |
|                      |                             |προστατευόμενη γεωγραφική ένδεξη                                                 |
|EN                    |PDO/PGI                      |protected designation of origin                                                  |
|                      |                             |protected geographical indication                                                |
|FR                    |AOP/IGP                      |appellation d’origine protégée                                                   |
|                      |                             |indication géographique protégée                                                 |
|IT                    |DOP/IGP                      |denominazione d’origine protetta                                                 |
|                      |                             |indicazione geografica protetta                                                  |
|LV                    |ACVN/AĢIN                    |aizsargāts cilmes vietas nosaukums                                               |
|                      |                             |aizsargāta ģeogrāfiskās izcelsmes norāde                                         |
|LT                    |SKVN/SGN                     |saugoma kilmės vietos nuoroda                                                    |
|                      |                             |saugoma geografinė nuoroda                                                       |
|HU                    |OEM/OFJ                      |oltalom alatt álló eredetmegjelölés                                              |
|                      |                             |oltalom alatt álló földrajzi jelzés                                              |
|MT                    |DPO/ IĠP                     |denominazzjoni protetta ta’ oriġini                                              |
|                      |                             |indikazzjoni ġeografika protetta                                                 |
|NL                    |BOB/BGA                      |beschermde oorsprongsbenaming                                                    |
|                      |                             |beschermde geografische aanduiding                                               |
|PL                    |CHNP/CHOG                    |chroniona nazwa pochodzenia                                                      |
|                      |                             |chronione oznaczenie geograficzne                                                |
|PT                    |DOP/IGP                      |denominação de origem protegida                                                  |
|                      |                             |indicação geográfica protegida                                                   |
|SK                    |CHOP/CHZO                    |chránené označenie pôvodu                                                        |
|                      |                             |chránené zemepisné označenie                                                     |
|SL                    |ZOP/ZGO                      |zaščitena označba porekla                                                        |
|                      |                             |zaščitena geografska označba                                                     |
|FI                    |SAN/SMM                      |suojattu alkuperänimitys                                                         |
|                      |                             |suojattu maantieteellinen merkintä                                               |
|SV                    |SUB/SGB                      |skyddad ursprungsbeteckning                                                      |
|                      |                             |skyddad geografisk beteckning                                                    |

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                                            ê 1726/98 Art. 1 pt. 3 and Annex

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                                  GRAPHIC MANUAL

                                                                     CONTENTS

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|1.             |Introduction                                                                                     |                    |
|               |The reason for having a logo ……………………..……                                                        |                    |
|2.             |General use of PDO/PGI logos                                                                     |                    |
|               |2.1. Reference colours ……………………..……………..                                                         |                    |
|               |2.2. Single-colour logos ……………………..……………..                                                       |                    |
|               |2.3. Contrast with background colours ……………………..                                                 |                    |
|               |2.4. Typography ……………………..……………..                                                                |                    |
|               |2.5. Language ……………………..……………..                                                                  |                    |
|               |2.6. Reduction sizes ……………………..……………..                                                           |                    |
|               |2.7. Placement of the logo on packaging and labels …………                                          |                    |
|3.             |Specific use                                                                                     |                    |
|               |3.1. In the media ……………………..……………..                                                              |                    |
|               |3.2. Other uses ……………………..……………..                                                                |                    |
|4.             |Original bromides                                                                                |                    |
|               |4.1. Two-colours selection ……………………..……………                                                       |                    |
|               |4.2. Outlines ……………………..……………..                                                                  |                    |
|               |4.3. Single-colour positive selection ……………………..                                                 |                    |
|               |4.4. Single-colour negative selection ……………………..…                                                |                    |
|               |4.5. Colour samples sheets (yellow and blue) ………………                                              |                    |

       1.   INTRODUCTION

       THE REASON FOR HAVING A LOGO?

       The logo will allow producers of food products to increase awareness of their products among  consumers  in  the  European  Union.  It  is
       applied on products whose name has been registered in the context of a Community system to protect and enhance geographical  designations,
       established by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

       In order to be registered under this Regulation, a designation must meet the criteria for a  Protected  Designation  of  Origin  (PDO)  or
       Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). Above all there must be a link between  the  product  and  the  geographical  area  where  it  is
       produced. There categories, are differentiated only by the nature of the link, the protection afforded by the Regulation  being  identical
       for both.

       The Community register links the geographical name to a particular set of specifications. Controls organised by Member States  ensure  the
       protection of the consumer by guaranteeing respect for the designation of origin and the specifications.

       There is already a Community logo which guarantees the traditional specific character of certain products independently of their place  of
       production; the new logo has been created on this model. Furthermore, the design is for the two classifications (PDO and PGI). This allows
       a synergy between the different graphic representations of the European systems and avoids a proliferation of symbols in the market place.

       The presence of this logo is a genuine guarantee for all European consumers, making it clear that the special nature of this product  lies
       in its geographical origin. Because of this, products will inspire more confidence.

       As producers, the logo provides you which a marketing tool. You will be able to put the logo on the labels or packaging of your  products,
       and also use it in your advertising.

       This graphic manual is meant to act as a guide for you in reproducing the logo. Different possibilities for using it have been worked out,
       allowing you to make your choice depending on your requirements for printed material.

       These graphics are based on the logo for Guaranteed Traditional Speciality but differ from it in the blue colour of the pointed peaks  and
       in the inner area of the logo.

       A graphical representation of furrows in a ploughed field has been incorporated as a reference to the origin and  geographical  provenance
       of the products identified by these logos.

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       2.   GENERAL USE OF PDO / PGI LOGOS

2.1.  REFERENCE COLOURS

       When used on packaging and labels, these logos should appear in colour, using either direct colours (Pantone) or a four-colour process.

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       2.2. SINGLE-COLOUR LOGOS

       If the printing colours on the packaging or labelling of some products are totally different from the  reference  colours  of  the  logos,
       there are two suitable approaches:

       Logo in positive

       If the background colour of the packaging or label is light, use the logo in positive format,  using  the  darkest  print  colour  on  the
       packaging or label.

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       Logo in negative

       If the background colour of the packaging or label is dark, use the logo in negative format, using the background colour of the  packaging
       or label.

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       2.3. CONTRAST WITH BACKGROUND COLOURS

       If the logo is used in colour on coloured backgrounds which make it difficult to read, use a delimiting outer circle around  the  logo  to
       improve its contrast with the background colours.

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2.4   TYPOGRAPHY

       Use Times Roman capitals for the wording. If using only the wording, reduce the letter size according to the norms  set  down  in  section
       2.6.

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2.5.  LANGUAGE

       You are free to use the language version or versions of your choice according to need.

2.6.  REDUCTION SIZES

       On packaging

       If the application of the logos on different types of packaging and labels makes reduction necessary, the stipulated minimum size is 15 mm
       in diameter.

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       In the print media

       (Press, leaflets, etc.)

       For this particular use the stipulated minimum size is 25 mm in diameter.

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2.7.  PLACEMENT OF THE LOGO ON PACKAGING AND LABELS

       The use of the PDO and PGI logos serves to confer a specific value on the products on which they are used, and to make them stand out from
       others. The most effective application of the logos is therefore in colour, since they will thus have greater presence and  be  recognised
       more easily and quickly by the consumer.

       The use of the PDO and PGI logos using a single colour or in negative is only recommended in cases where technical difficulties make their
       application in colour impossible.

3.    SPECIFIC USE

3.1.  IN THE MEDIA

       For advertising purposes (press campaigns, magazines, posters, TV, audio-visual media, direct marketing etc.) the  logos  must  appear  in
       colour.

3.2.  OTHER USES

       When the logos are used in other settings, such as on vehicles or in shop windows, etc., the guidelines for the  use  of  colour  set  out
       above should be followed as far as possible.

4.    ORIGINAL BROMIDES

4.1.  TWO-COLOUR SELECTION

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       4.2. OUTLINES

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       4.3. SINGLE-COLOUR POSITIVE SELECTION

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       4.4. SINGLE-COLOUR NEGATIVE SELECTION

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       4.5. COLOUR SAMPLE SHEETS

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                                                                    ANNEX III

                                                Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

|Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2037/93                                      |(OJ L 185, 28.7.1993, p. 5)                      |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/97                                     |(OJ L 196, 24.7.1997, p. 39)                   |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1726/98                                     |(OJ L 224, 11.8.1998, p. 1)                    |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 2168/2004                                   |(OJ L 371, 18.12.2004, p. 12)                  |

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                                                                     ANNEX IV

                                                                Correlation Table

|Regulation (EEC) No 2037/93                                          |This Regulation                                                      |
|Articles 1 - 4                                                       |Articles 1 - 4                                                       |
|Article 5                                                            |–                                                                    |
|Article 5a                                                           |Article 5                                                            |
|Article 5b                                                           |Article 6                                                            |
|Article 6                                                            |Article 7                                                            |
|Article 6a                                                           |Article 8                                                            |
|–                                                                    |Article 9                                                            |
|Article 7                                                            |Article 10                                                           |
|Annex I                                                              |Annex I                                                              |
|Annex II                                                             |Annex II                                                             |
|–                                                                    |Annex III                                                            |
|–                                                                    |Annex IV                                                             |

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[1]   OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1. Ö Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. Õ
[2]   OJ L 185, 28.7.1993, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2168/2004 (OJ L 371, 18.12.2004, p. 12).
[3]   See Annex III.