Title III, Chapter 2, Article 68 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1143

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Article 68Restriction on the use of registered traditional specialities guaranteed#

1.Registered traditional specialities guaranteed shall be protected against any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the protected name is translated, including as regards products used as ingredients, or against any other practice liable to mislead the consumer.

2.The names used for agricultural products and foodstuffs at national level shall not give rise to confusion with registered traditional specialities guaranteed.

3.The protection referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply with regard to products sold through means of distance selling, such as electronic commerce.

4.The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down procedural requirements for the protection of traditional specialities guaranteed. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 88(2).

5.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 87 supplementing this Regulation by laying down additional rules on the use of traditional specialities guaranteed in the name of processed products with reference to the use of comparable ingredients and the criteria of conferring essential characteristics on the processed products.