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Agriculture and rural development

Regulations on geographical indications and quality schemes

Regulations on food and agricultural products

Covering the broader context of quality schemes for this sector, including geographical indications and traditional specialty guaranteed, the legislation lays down how to use the logos in relation to each scheme, how the schemes should be applied, and the labelling guidelines for agri-food products which use PDOs or PGIs as ingredients.

Regulations on wine

Part of the common organisation of the markets, the wine sector is covered under its specific regulation which includes the application of EU quality schemes. Other legislations lay down the implementation of rules for the quality schemes, the required checks related, the labelling, and the presentation of certain wine sector products.

Regulations on spirit drinks

The regulations lay down the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, as well as the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks.

  • Regulation (EU) 2019/787 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
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1235 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/787 concerning applications for registration of geographical indications of spirit drinks, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of the registration and the register
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1465 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/787 as regards the definition of allusions to legal names of spirit drinks or geographical indications for spirit drinks and their use in the description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks other than the spirit drinks to which allusion is made
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1236 implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/787 on applications for registration of geographical indications of spirit drinks, the opposition procedure, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of the registration

Regulations on mountain products

The optional quality term ‘mountain product was established to facilitate communication with the European market on the value-added of agricultural products made in difficult conditions such as mountainous areas.

Regulations on products of outermost regions

The measures measures aim at helping the EU's outermost regions, which face particular difficult natural conditions such as extreme remoteness. To ensure greater awareness of their agricultural products, a dedicated logo has been created as an optional quality term. The regulation lays down the rules of use of the logo.