EU-Rapport over inbreuk op Beschermde Geografische Aanduidingen

EUIPO Report Executive Summary, Infringement of protected GIs for wine, spirits, agricultural products and foodstuffs in the EU, april 2016.
In the European Union (EU), Geographical Indications (GIs) for wine, spirits, agricultural products and foodstuffs are protected as sui generis intellectual property rights that act as certification that certain products possess particular qualities, characteristics or reputation essentially attributable to their geographical origin and method of production.

The main objective of this study is to assess the size and value of the EU GI product market and the proportion of products in that market that infringe GIs protected in the EU. The impact of these infringements on EU consumers is also estimated.

To achieve these objectives, estimates of Member States GI product consumption are first produced, through the identification of domestic sales and imports. Next, the size and the extent of infringement of GIs in each Member State are estimated, through the use of Member State consumption shares and infringement sampling data and lastly, examination of the impact on consumers, through the calculation of premiums paid for GI products over and above that of equivalent non-GI products, is assessed.