Chapter II, Article 17 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/26

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Article 17Attestation of compliance#

1.If a Member State applies a system of attestations, as referred to in Article 45(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, the attestation certifying compliance with the product specification referred to in that Article may be in electronic form and may be made available by display on a web page to which the operator has access and from which the operator may download the attestation. That attestation shall state its date of issue and shall be in Latin characters or accompanied by a transcription or transliteration in Latin characters.If a Member State applies a system of lists of approved operators, as referred to in Article 45(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, the extract of the list (listing) referred to in that Article shall be in electronic form and shall be made available by display on a web page to which the operator has access and from which the operator may download an official extract of the corresponding listing. The listing shall state the date on which it was drawn up. The listing shall be in Latin characters or accompanied by a transcription or transliteration in Latin characters.

2.The attestation and the listing shall contain at least the following data:

(a)the name of the geographical indication;

(b)a serial identification number identifying the operator within the system;

(c)the name and contact details of the operator;

(d)the name and contact details of the delegated body or of the natural person to which certain official control tasks have been delegated or of the authority responsible for the listing;

(e)the business of the operator to which the attestation or listing applies, being ‘production’, ‘processing’, ‘bottling (packaging)’, and/or ‘other’ (to be specified by the authority issuing the attestation);

(f)the date of issue of the attestation or the date on which the listing was drawn up;

(g)the signature, seal or mark of the delegated body or the authority responsible for the listing, which may be electronic;

(h)the classification of the product as referred to in the Union register of geographical indications.

3.For the purposes of facilitating free circulation within the Union, authorities and bodies issuing the attestation and the listing referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may use the form set out in Annex IX.

4.For products produced in third countries, an operator whose product designated by the registered geographical indication is imported into the Union shall make available to the importer of the product in the Union, at its request, a proof of certification as an operator of a product designated by that geographical indication, as provided by the national control authority or the certification body of that third country.The proof of certification referred to in the first subparagraph may consist in an attestation or in a listing of authorised operators and may be provided directly by that national control authority or certification body. The proof of certification may be in paper or electronic form. It shall be in, or accompanied by, a translation into an official language of the Union and in characters that may be easily understood in the Member States where the product is marketed. It shall not have expired, in accordance with the third country national law, on the date on which it is made available to the importer.

5.The proof of certification referred to in paragraph 4 shall be made available by the importer on request to customs authorities or other authorities in the Union engaged in verifying the use of geographical indications on goods declared for free circulation or placed on the Union market. The importer may make the proof of certification available to the public or to any person who requests proof of certification in the course of business.