While supporting the Proposal for a Regulation on geographical indications for wine, spirits, agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products in its Opinion published today, the EDPS recommends that a number of measures related to the processing of personal data are clarified and added.
The Proposal includes measures that aim to help manage more effectively the registration and certification processes for EU Member States’ producers of wine, spirits, agricultural products when they apply for a geographical indication under the EU’s quality scheme, which allows them to protect and certify their product in the EU, to avoid for example the misuse or imitation of their products.