TITLE IIPROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

Article 12Names, symbols and indications

1.

Protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications may be used by any operator marketing a product conforming to the corresponding specification.

2.

F1... Symbols designed to publicise protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications shall be established.

3.

In the case of products originating in F2Great Britain that are marketed F3in Great Britain under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication F4to which paragraph 3a applies, the F5... symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the registered name of the product should appear in the same field of vision. The indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the corresponding abbreviations ‘PDO’ or ‘PGI’ may appear on the labelling.

F63a.

This paragraph applies to:

(a)

an established protected designation of origin and an established protected geographical indication;

(b)

a protected designation of origin and a protected geographical indication registered following a decision made by the Secretary of State under Article 52 in relation to an application made under Article 49(2).

4.

In addition, the following may also appear on the labelling: depictions of the geographical area of origin, as referred to in Article 5, and text, graphics or symbols referring to the F7United Kingdom or the third country, or region, as relevant, in which that geographical area of origin is located.

5.

Without prejudice to F8Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, the collective geographical marks registered under the TMA may be used on labels, together with the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.

6.

In the case of products originating in F9Northern Ireland or third countries marketed under a name entered in the register, the indications referred to in paragraph 3 or the F10... symbols associated with them may appear on the labelling.

7.

In order to ensure that the appropriate information is communicated to the consumer, the F11Secretary of State may make regulations establishing the F12... symbols.

The F13Secretary of State may make regulations defining the technical characteristics of the F14... symbols and indications as well as the rules of their use on the products marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication F15.... F16...