CHAPTER IIITRADITIONAL TERMS

SECTION 6Existing protected traditional terms

Article 48Existing protected traditional terms

Traditional terms, which are protected in accordance with Articles 24, 28 and 29 of Regulation (EC) No 753/2002, shall automatically be protected under this Regulation, provided:

  1. (a)

    a summary of the definition or the conditions of use was submitted to the Commission by 1 May 2009;

  2. (b)

    Member States or third countries have not ceased to protect certain traditional terms.