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Protected geographical food and drink names

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Foods: traditional speciality guaranteed

Spirit drinks

Wines

Aromatised wines

Traditional terms for wine

American viticultural areas and US spirit drink names of origin

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Applied for

In consultation

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Cancelled

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Class or category of product

No class or category

1.1 Fresh meat (and offal)

1.2 Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)

1.3 Cheeses

1.4 Other products of animal origin (eggs, honey, various dairy products except butter, etc.)

1.5 Oils and fats (butter, margarine, oil, etc.)

1.6 Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed

1.7 Fresh fish, molluscs, and crustaceans and products derived therefrom

1.8 Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.)

2.1 Beers

2.2 Chocolate and derived products

2.3 Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares

2.4 Beverages made from plant extracts

2.5 Pasta

2.6 Salt

2.7 Natural gums and resins

2.8 Mustard paste

2.9 Hay

2.10 Essential oils

2.11 Cork

2.12 Cochineal (raw product of animal origin)

2.13 Flowers and ornamental plants

2.14 Cotton

2.15 Wool

2.16 Wicker

2.17 Scutched flax

2.18 Leather

2.19 Fur

2.20 Feather

2.20a Rush

2.21 Prepared meals

2.22 Beers

2.23 Chocolate and derived products

2.24 Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares

2.25 Beverages made from plant extracts

2.26 Pasta

2.27 Salt

Wine

1. Rum

2. Whisky or Whiskey

3. Grain spirit

4. Wine spirit

5. Brandy or Weinbrand

6. Grape marc spirit or grape marc

7. Fruit marc spirit

8. Raisin spirit or raisin brandy

9. Fruit spirit

10. Cider spirit and perry spirit

11. Honey spirit

12. Hefebrand or lees spirit

13. Bierbrand or eau de vie de bière

14. Topinambur or Jerusalem artichoke spirit

15. Vodka

16. Spirit (preceded by the name of the fruit) obtained by maceration and distillation

17. Geist (with the name of the fruit or the raw material used)

18. Gentian

19. Juniper-flavoured spirit drinks

20. Gin

21. Distilled gin

22. London gin

23. Caraway-flavoured spirit drinks

24. Akvavit or aquavit

25. Aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks

26. Pastis

27. Pastis de Marseille

28. Anis

29. Distilled anis

30. Bitter-tasting spirit drinks or bitter

31. Flavoured vodka

32. Liqueur

33. Crème de (followed by the name of a fruit or the raw material used)

34. Crème de cassis

35. Guignolet

36. Punch au rhum

37. Sloe gin

37a. Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán

38. Sambuca

39. Maraschino, Marrasquino or Maraskino

40. Nocino

41. Egg liqueur or advocaat or avocat or advokat

42. Liqueur with egg

43. Mistrà

44. Väkevä glögi or spritglögg

45. Berenburg or Beerenburg

46. Honey or mead nectar

47. Other spirit drinks

99. Other spirit drink

Traditional Term

1. Aromatised wine

2. Aromatised wine-based drink

Spirit drink

Protection type

Protection type

Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)

Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)

Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG)

Traditional Term

Geographical Indication (GI)

US Spirit Drink

American viticultural area

Country of origin

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Albania

Andorra

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Ecuador

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea

Guyana

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Mexico

Moldova

Mongolia

Morocco

Netherlands

Norway

Panama

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Ukraine

United States

Vietnam

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Country Of Origin Mexico

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Country Of Origin Mexico

Tequila

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Tequila
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Mexico
- Time registration: 23:00
- Date registration: 31 December 2020
Sotol

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Sotol
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Mexico
- Date registration: 1 September 2021
Raicilla

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Raicilla
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Mexico
- Date registration: 1 September 2021
Mezcal

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Mezcal
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Mexico
- Date registration: 1 September 2021
Charanda

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Charanda
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Mexico
- Date registration: 1 September 2021
Bacanora

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Bacanora
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Mexico
- Date registration: 1 September 2021

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