Date: 2025-11-05Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2236 of 29 October 2025 on the registration of the geographical indication Hatay Kaytaz Böreği (PGI) 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**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2236, issued on October 29, 2025, officially registers the geographical indication (PGI) ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği' in the Union register, as per Regulation (EU) 2024/1143. The regulation enters into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Registration:**
* The geographical indication ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’ (PGI) is entered into the Union register of geographical indications.
* **Legal Basis:**
* This regulation is based on Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, particularly Article 21(2).
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation comes into effect twenty days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* **Applicability:**
* The regulation is binding and directly applicable to all EU Member States.
* **Background:**
* Application for registration came from İskenderun Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası (Türkiye).
* No opposition was received under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143.
**Impact Analysis**
**EU Member States**
* **Impact:**
* Required to recognize and protect the ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’ geographical indication.
* **Action Required:**
* Implement the regulation's provisions regarding the protection of the geographical indication.
**Producers and Stakeholders of ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’**
* **Impact:**
* Benefits from the legal protection of the geographical indication, ensuring market recognition and preventing misuse.
* **Action Required:**
* Comply with the established standards and specifications for producing ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’ to maintain the PGI status.
**European Commission**
* **Impact:**
* Responsible for overseeing the implementation of the regulation and maintaining the Union register of geographical indications.
* **Action Required:**
* Ensure compliance with the regulation and address any issues related to the protection of the ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’ PGI.
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.
Hatay Kaytaz Böreği: Geographical indication being registered as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) in the Union register.
European Commission: The issuing body of the implementing regulation.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2236 5.11.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/2236
of 29 October 2025
on the registration of the geographical indication ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’ (PGI) 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 50(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the
Council(2), İskenderun Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası (Türkiye)’s application for registration of the geographical indication
‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’, 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 ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’ should therefore be entered in the Union register of geographical
indications,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The geographical indication ‘Hatay Kaytaz Böreği’ (PGI) 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 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for
agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/1151/oj).
(3) OJ C, C/2025/3672, 7.7.2025, ELI:http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3672/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2236/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 5.11.2025
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, 29 October 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/2025/2236/oj