Checks related to designation of origin and geographical indications and protected traditional terms
Article 90
1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to stop unlawful use of protected designations of origin, protected geographical indication and protected traditional terms referred to in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. 2. Member State shall designate the competent authority responsible for carrying out the checks in respect of the obligations laid down in Section II of Chapter I of Title II of Part 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 39 ) and shall ensure that any operator complying with those obligations is entitled to be covered by a system of checks. 3. Within the Union, annual verification of compliance with the product specification, during the production and during or after conditioning of the wine shall be ensured by the competent authority referred to in paragraph 2 or by one or more control bodies within the meaning of point 5 of the second subparagraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 operating as a product certification body in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 5 of that Regulation. 4. The Commission shall, adopt implementing acts concerning the following: (a) the communications to be made by the Member States to the Commission; (b) rules on the authority responsible for the verification of compliance with the product specification, including where the geographical area is in a third country; (c) the actions to be implemented by the Member States to prevent the unlawful use of protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and protected traditional terms; (d) the checks and verification to be carried out by the Member States, including testing. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 116(3).