{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1151/article-18",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/1151",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1151",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Criteria",
  "text": "1. A name shall be eligible for registration as a traditional speciality guaranteed where it describes a specific product or foodstuff that:\n(a) results from a mode of production, processing or composition corresponding to traditional practice for that product or foodstuff; or\n(b) is produced from raw materials or ingredients that are those traditionally used.\n2. For a name to be registered as a traditional speciality guaranteed, it shall:\n(a) have been traditionally used to refer to the specific product; or\n(b) identify the traditional character or specific character of the product.\n3. If it is demonstrated in the opposition procedure under Article 51 that the name is also used in another ... country, in order to distinguish comparable products or products that share an identical or similar name, the decision on registration taken in accordance with Article 52(3) may provide that the name of the traditional speciality guaranteed is to be accompanied by the claim ‘made following the tradition of’ immediately followed by the name of a country or a region thereof.\n4. A name may not be registered if it refers only to claims of a general nature used for a set of products, or to claims provided for by particular assimilated law.\n5. In order to ensure the smooth functioning of the scheme, the Secretary of State may make regulations concerning further details of the eligibility criteria laid down in this Article.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 18(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 18(19)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 18(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 18(19)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 18(4) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 98(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 18(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 18(19)(c)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1151/article/18",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}