Wine Law

Contents Raúl das Roucas Filipe ESHTE President 23 Ricardo Rivero Ortega Rector of the University of Salamanca 25 Laurence Jégouzo Vice Dean of the Sorbonne Law School 29 DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN Tomás Prieto Álvarez Designations of Origin within the EU: Legal Challenges 31 1. Introduction; 2. Towards a Greater Conceptual Certainty Concerning Designations of Origin; 2.1. Wine European Geographical Designations’ Peculiarity; 2.2. The Controversial Differentiation of Designations of Origin and Geographical Indications; 2.2.1. Non-wine geographical indications; 2.2.2. Wine geographical indications; 3. The Nebulous Formulation of the Legal Status and Its Public-Law Nature; 4. Preservation of the Common Market in Designations of Origin; 4.1. European and National Quality Systems for Origin-Labelled Products: Substitution or Coexistence; 4.2. Internal Distribution of Powers over Designations of Origin; 5. The Scope of Designations of Origin within the Agri-Food Sector; 5.1. Various Attempts at Regulation and the Role of Courts: Current Uncertainty in the European Union; 5.2. Scholars’ Views; 5.3. Personal Assessment;