54In that regard, it must be observed, as the Advocate General does in point 44 of his Opinion, that while Article 103(2)(a) of Regulation No 1308/2013 specifies that the direct or indirect use of a PDO is prohibited both in so far as it concerns ‘comparable products’ that do not comply with the relevant product specification and in so far as such use exploits the reputation of the PDO, Article 103(2)(b) does not contain any indication either that the protection against evocation is limited solely to cases where the products covered by the PDO and the products or services for which the sign at issue is used are ‘comparable’ or ‘similar’, or that that protection extends to cases where that sign refers to products and/or services which are not similar to those covered by the PDO.
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