Article 5

1. To be registered, the name must: be specific in itself, or express the specific character of the agricultural product or the foodstuff. 2. A name expressing specific character, as referred to in the second indent of paragraph 1, may not be registered if: it refers only to claims of a general nature used for a set of agricultural products or foodstuffs, or to those provided for by specific Community legislation, it is misleading, such as that, in particular, which refers to an obvious characteristic of the product or does not correspond to the specification or to the consumer's expectations in view of the characteristics of the product. 3. In order to be registered, a specific name as referred to in the first indent of paragraph 1 must be traditional and comply with national provisions or be established by custom. 4. The use of geographical terms shall be authorized in a name not covered by 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 (7).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.