requirements, may bring a case before the court with territorial competence in order to
prohibit the use of the appellation or indication.
Chapter V
The Technical Supervision of Controlled Appellations
of Origin and Indications of Source
22. Controlled appellations of origin and indications of source shall be subject to
technical supervision by the competent authority.
The supervision shall be designed to ensure that the products bearing the controlled
appellation of origin or indication of source meet the requirements of the specifications
referred to in Article 10 of this Law.
23. Subject to the provisions specific to the establishment of a national system of
accreditation for compliance bodies, a technical supervision and certification body shall be
appointed for each appellation of origin or indication of source duly approved.
The make-up of the supervision and certification body and the conditions for its
appointment shall be fixed by decree on a proposal by the Minister of Agriculture.
24. The supervision and certification body shall guarantee, by means of a statement
which it shall submit to the producer, manufacturer, processor or trader of the product to
which the controlled appellation of origin or indication of source relates, that the product in
question complies with the stipulations of the specifications referred to in Article 10 of this
Law.
25. The supervision and certification body shall have available all the technical means
necessary to supervise the products which are the subject of the controlled appellation of
origin or indication of source.
The failure to respect this obligation shall lead to its supervisory and certification
powers being withdrawn, once it has been heard; the rights of the beneficiaries of the
appellation or indication shall be retained in relation to compensation for damage suffered.
26. Producers, manufacturers and processors of products which are the subject of an
controlled appellation of origin or indication of source shall allow the supervision and
certification body responsible for them to view, for inspection purposes, the production,
storage, processing and manufacturing premises, as well as the elements proving the origin of
the product and the methods of its production.
27. A supervision and certification body, which observes the non-compliance with the
requirements of the specifications provided for by Article 10 of this Law of the product to
which the controlled appellation of origin or indication of source relates, shall immediately
inform the competent authority of this fact.
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