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.
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 on geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities and optional quality terms for agricultural products
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/27 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 on the registration and the protection of geographical indications, traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/26 on rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143on registrations, amendments, cancellations, enforcement of the protection, labelling and communication in respect of geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed, and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 as regards geographical indications in the wine sector, and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No 668/2014 and (EU) 2021/1236
- Commission communication: Labelling guidelines for foodstuffs using PDOs or PGIs as ingredients
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (consolidated text) supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 on applications for protection and labelling of designations of origin and geographical indications, applications for protection, the objection procedure, modification and cancellation of traditional terms and labelling and presentation in the wine sector
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 (consolidated text) on rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 on checks related to protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications and applications for protection, the objection procedure, the registration, modification and cancellation of traditional terms in the wine sector
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.
- Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 on establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products
- Regulation (EU) No 2021/2117 amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 regarding applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 regarding applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector
- Regulation (EU) No 2021/2116 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy
- Regulation (EU) No 2019/934 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 regarding wine-growing areas where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 on vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register and compulsory declarations
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) 2021/1465 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
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.
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2014 on the conditions of use of the optional quality term 'mountain product'
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 on geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities and optional quality terms for agricultural products
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.
- Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 on specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the European Union
