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Regulation No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Quality Schemes for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs entered into force on 03 January 2013. The aims of the Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 are to realize agricultural and rural development, to protect intellectual property, to protect internal market’s integrity and to provide right information on products linked to geographical origin. The Regulation does not only contain articles about geographical indications and designation of origins but also about traditional specialities guranteed and optional quality terms. In the European Union the total sales value of agricultural products and foodstuffs registered as geographical indication and designation of origin were €15.8 billion in 2010. The protection of the registered products in national and international area is becoming more important every passing day where the trade volume of registered geographical indication and designation of origin products is this much. The explanations of specification term, which is the most important document of geographical indication and designation of origin application and the points considered when preparing the specification, are examined in the article. The scope of the Regulation No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Quality Schemes for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs, the terms of designation of origin and geographical indication defined in the regulation, the specification term specified in the regulation and the relevant important European Court of Justice Decisions related with the subject are also included in the article

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