ADOPTION OF THE REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS OF CRAFT AND INDUSTRIAL

The European Parliament approved by legislative resolution of September 12, 2023 the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of geographical indications of craft and industrial products thanks to the political agreement reached with the Council of the EU last May. It will now be up to the Council of the EU to formally approve said Regulation, which will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU and will be applicable within two years from the aforementioned publication.The objective pursued by the adoption of this new Regulation is to uniformly protect geographical indications designating craft and industrial products with a given quality, reputation or other characteristic linked to their geographical origin.