(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 29 - The Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1235 and the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1236 have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, with rules concerning the applications for registration of the Geographical Indications of spirits, amendments to the specification, cancellation of registration and the register, use of the symbol and control. To give the news is Qualivita. With the publication, Fondazione Qualivita signals the novelty of the establishment of the first official register of Geographical Indication Spirit drinks, specifying that "the changes to the procedural system also concern other important issues, such as those relating to applications for registration as Geographical Indication, changes to the specification, cancellation of registration ,the opposition procedures, use of the symbol and control ".
According to the latest studies by the Commission, the Ig spirits sector has a value of over € 10.35 billion in EU countries, equal to 13% of the overall basket of Geographical Indications in Europe (which has a total estimated value of € 77 billion). "The system of IndicazioniGeografiche- says the president of QualivitaCesare Mazzetti Foundation - is strengthened and completed with questaimportante European legislation that incorporates spirits.
Now it is necessary, at national level, accelerating to complete leprocedure recognition regarding Consortia delivering this industry, as is already the case in the other product categories where they operate with great effectiveness and guarantee the success of Ig products on the markets ". (HANDLE).