Recital 60

(60) Monitoring the use of geographical indications in the market is important to prevent fraudulent and deceptive practices, thus ensuring that the producers of products designated by a geographical indication are properly rewarded for the added value of their products bearing a geographical indication and that persons infringing the rights conferred by a geographical indication are prevented from selling non-compliant products. Therefore, Member States should designate competent authorities to monitor the market in order to detect any misuse of geographical indications, and to carry out controls based on a risk analysis. In the event of a detected misuse of a geographical indication, the relevant competent authority should take appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the use of names of products or services that contravene the protection of a registered geographical indication, where such products are produced or marketed, or such services are provided or marketed, in their territory. It should be possible for those authorities to be the same as the authorities designated for the verification of compliance with the product specification. It should be possible for such monitoring to be undertaken by authorities carrying out product controls or controls in the market in another context, for example customs controls, market surveillance or law enforcement.

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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.