# Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008, Article 90: Checks related to designation of origin and geographical indications and protected traditional terms

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

1. The relevant authority shall take the necessary steps to stop unlawful use of protected designations of origin, protected geographical indication and protected traditional terms referred to in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2. The relevant authority shall designate the competent authority responsible for carrying out the checks in respect of the obligations laid down in Section II of Chapter I of Title II of Part 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and shall ensure that any operator complying with those obligations is entitled to be covered by a system of checks.
In this Article, ‘relevant authority’ means:
(a)) in England, the Secretary of State;
(b)) in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(c)) in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.
3. Within Great Britain, annual verification of compliance with the product specification, during the production and during or after conditioning of the wine shall be ensured by the competent authority referred to in paragraph 2 or by one or more control bodies within the meaning of point 5 of the second subparagraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 operating as a product certification body in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 5 of that Regulation.
4. The Secretary of State may make regulations concerning the following:
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) rules on the authority responsible for the verification of compliance with the product specification, including where the geographical area is in a third country;
(c) the actions to be implemented ... to prevent the unlawful use of protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and protected traditional terms;
(d) the checks and verification to be carried out ..., including testing.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1306/article/90 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1306/article-90
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