The European Parliament (EP) and the Council have completed the revision of the European policy on geographical indications (GIs). Following the support of the Agriculture Committee of the EP to the compromise reached by the “trilogue” at the end of 2023, the Plenary has given today its final endorsement to the reform.
“oriGIn EU would like to thank, at the EP, the reform’s rapporteur P. De Castro, shadow rapporteurs Mme Sander, Mme Tolleret, M Gruffat, Mme Aguilar, Mme Lizzi and Mme Rodriguez Palop as well as former shadow rapporteur M Amaro, together with the Spanish Presidency of the Council during the second semester of 2023 and the Member States, for agreeing on a text that will strengthen the European GI policy. The co-legislators have answered to several calls from oriGIn EU to improve the initial proposal tabled by the European Commission and delivered on a number of issues for the future of GIs”, stated Charles Deparis, oriGIn EU President.
The new regulation will provide for a more robust protection of GIs, in particular on the Internet. GIs are in fact recognized as a right that can be invoked to solve disputes concerning domain names. Meanwhile, Member States are given the possibility to block domain names that contravene GIs. Likewise, oriGIn EU welcomes the definition of sustainability included in the text, recalling it is based on three pillars, social, environmental and economic, and the possibility for GI producer groups to agree upon sustainability practices through the product specification.
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Fonte: oriGIn
