Parmezaan

HvJ EG, 28 juni 2007, zaak C-132/05, Conclusie A-G Mazák. Commissie tegen Duitsland. (Geen Nederlandse versie beschikbaar).

Use of the designation ‘Parmesan’. Failure of a Member State to act ex officio to safeguard a protected designation of origin)

“104. It follows from the above that I do not consider that Article 13(1)(b) of the Basic Regulation, in the light of Article 10 of that regulation, required Germany to prosecute ex officio the marketing of cheese which does not comply with the specification for the PDO ‘Parmigiano Reggiano’ under the designation ‘Parmesan’ on its territory. In particular, the Commission failed to demonstrate that Germany was under an obligation to take such action in the absence of sufficient and appropriate external impetus to do so.”

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