# 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, Article 31: Mountain product

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The term ‘mountain product’ is established as an optional quality term.
This term shall only be used to describe products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty in respect of which:
(a) both the raw materials and the feedstuffs for farm animals come essentially from mountain areas;
(b) in the case of processed products, the processing also takes place in mountain areas.
2. For the purposes of this Article, mountain areas within Great Britain are those delimited pursuant to Article 32(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). For Northern Ireland and third-country products, mountain areas include areas officially designated as mountain areas by the authorities in Northern Ireland or the relevant third country or that meet criteria equivalent to those set out in Article 32(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
3. In duly justified cases and in order to take into account natural constraints affecting agricultural production in mountain areas, the Secretary of State may make regulations laying down derogations from the conditions of use referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. In particular, the Secretary of State may make regulations laying down the conditions under which raw materials or feedstuffs are permitted to come from outside the mountain areas, the conditions under which the processing of products is permitted to take place outside of the mountain areas in a geographical area to be defined, and the definition of that geographical area.
4. In order to take into account natural constraints affecting agricultural production in mountain areas, the Secretary of State may make regulations concerning the establishment of the methods of production, and other criteria relevant for the application of the optional quality term established in paragraph 1 of this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1151/article/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1151/article-31
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