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2013/C 86/21
Language of the case: Italian
Appellants: ASS.I.CA. — Associazione Industriali delle Carni, Kraft Foods Italia SpA
Respondents: Associazioni fra produttori per la tutela del ‘Salame Felino’ and Others
1.Should Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 be interpreted as precluding a producers’ association from being able to claim the right exclusively to use, within the [European Union], a designation of geographical origin used within a Member State to designate a specific type of salami sausage, without having first obtained a legally binding measure from that Member State establishing the boundaries of the geographical area of production, the rules and regulations governing production, and any requirements which producers may have to satisfy in order to be entitled to use that designation?
2.In the light of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, which set of rules should be applied within the [European Union] market and also within the market of a Member State to a geographical designation which has not obtained the registration referred to in that regulation?
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ 1992 L 208, p. 1).
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