1.This Regulation lays down the modalities for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 where the country of origin or place of provenance of a food is given by any means such as statements, pictorial presentation, symbols or terms, referring to places or geographical areas, except for geographic terms included in customary and generic names where those terms literally indicate origin but whose common understanding is not an indication of country of origin or place of provenance.
2.This Regulation shall not apply to geographical indications protected under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, F1... Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 [F2or Regulation (EU) No 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages] or protected pursuant to international agreements, nor registered trade marks where the latter constitute an origin indication, pending the adoption of specific rules concerning the application of Article 26(3) to such indications.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 1(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1501), regs. 1(b), 7(2)(a)
F2Words in Art. 1(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1501), regs. 1(b), 7(2)(b)