{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1151/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1151/article-19.json",
  "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/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Product specification",
  "text": "1. A traditional speciality guaranteed shall comply with a specification which shall comprise:\n(a) the name proposed for registration ...;\n(b) a description of the product including its main physical, chemical, microbiological or organoleptic characteristics, showing the product’s specific character;\n(c) a description of the production method that the producers must follow, including, where appropriate, the nature and characteristics of the raw materials or ingredients used, and the method by which the product is prepared; and\n(d) the key elements establishing the product’s traditional character.\n2. In order to ensure that product specifications provide relevant and succinct information, the Secretary of State may make regulations laying down rules which limit the information contained in the specification referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, where such a limitation is necessary to avoid excessively voluminous applications for registration.\nThe Secretary of State may make regulations laying down rules on the form of the specification. ...",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1)(a) 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(20)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(2) 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(20)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(2) 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(20)(b)(ii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(2) 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(20)(b)(ii)(bb)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1151/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:59.044275+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}