Article 59

Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753 (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

1. The product certification bodies referred to in Article 55 shall comply with and be accredited, depending on their activities, in accordance with the following standards: European standard EN ISO/IEC 17065 ‘Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services’, European standard EN ISO/IEC 17020 ‘Conformity assessment – Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection’ and European standard EN ISO/IEC 17025 ‘General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories’, including any revisions or amended versions of those standards; or other suitable, internationally recognised standards. 2. Accreditation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be performed by an accreditation body, recognised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, that is a member of the European co-operation for Accreditation, or, for third-country product certification bodies, by a recognised accreditation body outside the Union that is a member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) or the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.