Protected geographical indications of spirits adapted

03 March 2014

A couple of changes in regulation (EC) No. 110/2008 are implemented. An application for registration of the Guatemalan rum ‘Ron de Guatemala’ and a Hungarian request for the registration of ‘Újfehértói meggypálinka’ are approved by the European Commission and will be added to Annex III.
The geographical indications ‘Wódka Polska / Polish Vodka’ and ‘Originali lietuviška degtinė / Original Lithuanian vodka’ are registered under product category 15, ‘Wodka’ and are added to product category 31, ‘Flavored vodka’. An addition to Annex II, point 20, ‘Gin’, stating that under certain conditions the indication ‘dry’ may be added to the term ‘gin’ is also made (Waar en Wet, 11 February 2014).
Click here for regulation (EC) No. 110/2008.
Click here for regulation (EC) No. 97/2014 concerning the geographical indication of ‘Ron de Guatemala’.
Click here for regulation (EC) No. 98/2014 concerning the indication of Újfehértói meggypálinka, Polska Wódka/Polish Vodka, Originali lietuviška degtinė/Original Lithuanian vodka and dry Gin.

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