3Article 2(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ 1992 L 208, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 535/97 of 17 March 1997 (OJ 1997 L 83, p. 3, hereinafter ‘Regulation No 2081/92’) provides:‘For the purposes of this Regulation:...(b) geographical indication: means the name of a region, a specific place or, in exceptional cases, a country, used to describe an agricultural product or a foodstuff:— originating in that region, specific place or country,and— which possesses a specific quality, reputation or other characteristics attributable to that geographical origin and the production and/or processing and/or preparation of which take place in the defined geographical area.’
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