Law No. 99-57 of June 28, 1999,
on Controlled Appellations of Origin and Indications of Source
of Agricultural Products 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Articles
Chapter I:
Chapter II:
Chapter III:
Chapter IV:
Chapter V:
Chapter VI:
Section I:
Section II:
Chapter VII:

General Provisions and Definitions...............................
The Delimitation of Controlled Appellations of Origin
and Indications of Source..............................................
The Benefit of Controlled Appellations of Origin and
Indications of Source ....................................................
The Protection of Products Benefiting from an
Appellation of Origin or an Indication of Source..........
The Technical Supervision of Controlled Appellations
of Origin and Indications of Source ..............................
The Recording of Crimes and Penalties
Recording......................................................................
Penalties ........................................................................
Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions ...................

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On behalf of the people,
The Chamber of Deputies having adopted it,
The President of the Republic enacts the following Law:
Chapter one
General Provisions and Definitions
1. This Law is designed to protect the particular and specific features of agricultural
products and their enhancement, by granting them an controlled appellation of origin and an
indication of source. It shall apply to natural or processed agricultural and food products, be
they plant or animal, but which meet the requirements of this Law.
2. The controlled appellation of origin is the name of the country, natural region or
parts of regions from which any product comes and which takes its value and particular
features from its geographical environment consisting of natural and human elements.
In general terms, the natural elements shall include the geographical environment from
which the product comes, with its particular features relating to the soil, water, vegetation and
climate.
The human elements shall include in particular the methods of production,
manufacturing or processing, and the specific techniques acquired by the producers or
manufacturers in the region concerned.
The production methods shall stem from local ancient, stable and well-known traditions.

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