CZECH BEER NAME PROTECTED BY EU GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION LAW
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TRADITIONAL Czech beer has been added to the European Union's (EU) geographical indication register, preventing beer makers from outside the Czech Republic using '?eské pivo' (Czech beer) in their marketing.
Under the registration now approved by the European Commission, the special way that Czech beer is made is detailed - see http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:016:0014:0022:EN:PDF.
And under the EU's geographical indication system, these must be followed by Czech brewers, if they want to add the term ?eské pivo ...
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