Landfræðilegar merkingar fyrir vín og brennda drykki - 32024R1143

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?

Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 aims to further develop the European Union’s (EU) high food quality and standards and ensure that its cultural, gastronomic and local heritage is preserved and certified as authentic within the EU and globally.

• Specifically, the regulation strengthens the geographical indications (GIs) system for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products.
• It repeals Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and amends Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) 2019/787 and 2019/1753.

KEY POINTS

Geographical indications

• Product names can be granted a geographical indication (GI) if the designated products have a specific link to the place where they are made.
• Products that have been granted GI recognition are listed in registers that include information on the production of each product.
• GIs help to:
  • protect intellectual property rights;
  • provide fair information to consumers about these products; and
  • support agricultural and processing activities.
• GIs comprise:
  • PDO – protected designation of origin (food and wine),
  • PGI – protected geographical indication (food and wine),
  • GI – geographical indication of spirit drinks (spirit drinks).

Improvements to the GI system

The new regulation aims to increase the uptake of GIs across the EU and provide a higher level of protection, especially online. In particular, it provides:

• a single legal basis – different rules on GI procedures and protections are merged for the three sectors (food, wine and spirits) – resulting in a simplified and more efficient registration procedure;
• a stronger role for producers’ groups – EU Member States can set up a voluntary system of recognised GI producer groups, empowered to manage, enforce and develop their GIs;
• increased protection of GIs as ingredients in processed products and online:
  • the relevant recognised producers’ group must be notified before a GI is used in the name of the processed products for which the GI product is an ingredient,
  • Member States will be required to geoblock domain names that may be infringing a GI;
• a greater emphasis on sustainability – for agricultural products and wines, producer groups will be able to agree on sustainability practices that go beyond EU or national standards:
  • on a voluntary basis, producers can also draw up a sustainability report that will be published by the European Commission.

Enforcement

• Member States are responsible for enforcing the GIs, including controlling the proper use of registered terms and combating fraudulent production, sales and use.
• The Commission is responsible for the registration and cancellation of GIs and the adoption of the most relevant (EU) amendments to the product specifications. Member States are responsible for the approval of standard and temporary amendments to the product specifications.

FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?

The regulation has applied from 13 May 2024.

BACKGROUND

For further information, see:

• Geographical indications and quality schemes explained (European Commission).

MAIN DOCUMENT

Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2019/787 and (EU) 2019/1753 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (OJ L, 2024/1143, 23.4.2024).

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) (OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, pp. 1–102).

Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 (OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, pp. 1–54).

See consolidated version.

Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (recast) (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, pp. 56–83).

Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the action of the Union following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (OJ L 271, 24.10.2019, pp. 1–11).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–142).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 (OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, pp. 56–70).

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 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 671–854).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, pp. 18–63).

See consolidated version.