Date: 2025-10-02Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1994 of 25 September 2025 on the registration of the geographical indication Tharsys (PDO) in the Union register of geographical indications pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
**Executive Summary**
This document is Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1994, dated September 25, 2025. It registers the geographical indication ‘Tharsys’ (PDO) in the Union register of geographical indications according to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143. The Regulation will enter into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Registration of Geographical Indication:**
* The geographical indication 'Tharsys' (PDO) is entered into the Union register of geographical indications.
* This registration is made under Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143.
* **Entry Into Force:**
* The regulation enters into force twenty days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* **Applicability:**
* This regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
**Impact Analysis**
**European Commission**
* **Impact:** Responsible for ensuring compliance and enforcement of the regulation.
* **Action Required:** Implement and oversee the registration of "Tharsys" and related geographical indication protections.
**Member States**
* **Impact:** Must recognize and protect the registered geographical indication within their jurisdiction.
* **Action Required:** Ensure the protection of the 'Tharsys' (PDO) geographical indication within their territories.
**Producers of "Tharsys"**
* **Impact:** Can now benefit from the protection of the geographical indication, ensuring exclusive rights to use the name within the specified region.
* **Action Required:** Comply with the requirements and standards associated with the PDO status to maintain the right to use the "Tharsys" geographical indication.
**Consumers**
* **Impact:** Can be assured of the origin and quality of products labelled as "Tharsys".
* **Action Required:** No direct action required. Can use this as a basis for their purchase decisions.
Key Entities Referenced
Regulation (EU) 2024/1143: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural products.
Tharsys (PDO): A geographical indication to be registered in the Union register.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1994: Implementing Regulation on the registration of the geographical indication 'Tharsys' (PDO).
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union responsible for implementing this regulation.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1994 2.10.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1994
of 25 September 2025
on the registration of the geographical indication ‘Tharsys’ (PDO) in the Union register of
geographical indications pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of
the Council
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on
geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities guaranteed and
optional quality terms for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2019/787 and
(EU) 2019/1753 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012(1), and in particular Article 21(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 97(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council(2), Spain’s
application for registration of the geographical indication ‘Tharsys’, which the Commission had received before the
date of entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union(3).
(2) No statement of opposition under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, which is applicable to the application
for registration in accordance with Article 90(2) of that Regulation, has been received by the Commission.
(3) The geographical indication ‘Tharsys’ should therefore be entered in the Union register of geographical indications,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The geographical indication ‘Tharsys’ (PDO) is hereby entered in the Union register of geographical indications referred to
in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143.
(1) OJ L, 2024/1143, 23.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1143/oj.
(2) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common
organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC)
No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj).
(3) OJ C, C/2025/3093, 6.6.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3093/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1994/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 2.10.2025
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 September 2025.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Christophe HANSEN
Member of the Commission
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1994/oj