Approved geographical indications for non-EU products in 2024

Applications C/2024/817; C/2024/1346; C/2024/1595; C/2024/1908; C/2024/4505; C/2024/6963; C/2024/7046; C/2024/4535; C/2024/5860; C/2023/430; C/2023/431

Regulations 2024/1871; 2024/1889; 2024/1891; 2024/1947; 2024/2190; 2024/2201; 2024/2978; 2024/2398; 2024/2807; 2024/2932; 2024/1850; 2024/1899

Update

This is a summary of the applications for registration as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), and new entries to the register of the European Union (EU) (eAmbrosia) for non-EU products from AGRINFO partner countries. It also includes entries in the International Register of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (Lisbon System).

Impacted Products

cheese, coffee substitute, confectionery, cotton, figs, honey, olive oil, peaches, peanuts, peppercorns, strawberries from specific geographical areas

What is changing?

In 2024, the following PDOs and PGIs from non-EU countries were received and approved.

New PDOs

• “Lada Putih Muntok”, peppercorns from Bangka Belitung Islands Province in Indonesia (2024/1871)
• “Osmaniye Yer FIstIII”, a type of peanut (Arachis hypogaea subsp. hypogaea var. hypogaea) produced within seven districts of Osmaniye Province in Türkiye (2024/1889)
• “Bingöl BalI”, polyfloral honey from all villages and towns within Bingöl province, Eastern Anatolia in Türkiye (2024/1891)
• “Bursa Ieftalisi”, fresh fruit of peach (Prunus persica) varieties “J.H. Hale” and “Glohaven” from the geographical area delimited for its production in the villages of certain districts of Bursa province in Türkiye (2024/1947)
• “Hüyük Çileği” for fresh strawberries of the “Albion”, “San Andreas”, “Sweet Ann”, and “Portola” varieties and their variants in Türkiye (2024/2190)
• “Bursa Siyah Inciri / Bursa SiyahI” for fresh figs of the “Dürdane” variety, from Bursa province in Türkiye (2024/2201)
• “Gaziantep Menengiç Kahvesi / Gaziantep Melengiç Kahvesi” for a coffee substitute produced from roasted and ground seeds of terebinth or turpentine trees from Türkiye (2024/2978).

New PGIs

• “Söke Pamuğu” for raw cotton fibre cultivated in the Söke region in Türkiye (2024/2398)
• “Manisa Mesir Macunu” for a traditional sweet produced in the province of Manisa in Türkiye (2024/2807)
• “Livanjski sir” for a hard full-fat cheese made from pasteurised, thermalised, or raw cow's milk, sheep's milk, or their mixtures, produced in the traditional area that includes the municipalities of Livno, Tomislavgrad, Kupres, Glamoč, Grahovo, and Drvar in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2024/2932).

Appellations of Origin

Appellations of Origin for the products listed below have been registered in the International System of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (Lisbon) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and are now granted protection in the EU:

• “Huile d’Olive Téboursouk” for olive oil originating from Tunisia (2024/1850)
• “Figues de Djebba” for figs originating from Tunisia (2024/1899).

Why?

Whenever there is an application for a new PDO or PGI, concerned stakeholders have the opportunity to present reasoned statements of opposition that are then considered by the European Commission. No such statements were received in relation to the products listed above.

The Commission did not receive any opposition to EU protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications for figs and olive oil from Tunisia that were entered in the Lisbon System within 4 calendar months after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (published on 20 October 2023).

Timeline

Date of effect as PDOs:

• “Lada Putih Muntok”: 25 July 2024
• “Osmaniye Yer FIstIII” and “Bingöl BalI”: 30 July 2024
• “Bursa Ieftalisi”: 4 August 2024
• “Hüyük Çileği”: 23 September 2024
• “Bursa Siyah Inciri / Bursa SiyahI”: 24 September 2024
• “Gaziantep Menengiç Kahvesi / Gaziantep Melengiç Kahvesi”: 15 December 2024.

Date of effect as PGIs:

• “Söke Pamuğu”: 30 September 2024
• “Manisa Mesir Macunu”: 24 November 2024
• “Livanjski sir”: 4 December 2024.

Date of effect as Appellations of Origin:

• “Huile d’Olive Téboursouk”: 25 July 2024
• “Figues de Djebba”: 31 July 2024.

What are the major implications for exporting countries?

The potential benefits of geographical indications such as PGIs and PDOs are described in Geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs explained.

Background

Applications for registration of PDOs and PGIs received by the European Commission are published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

If no statement of opposition has been received by the European Commission within 3 months of the application, the PDO/PGI is registered as a geographical indication in the EU register (eAmbrosia) and granted protection in the EU (Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, Regulation (EU) 2025/26).

For further information on the EU’s system for protecting geographical indications, see Geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs explained.

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