#52026XC03343EU Publishes PGI Application for Café Antigua from Guatemala
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The EU has published an application to register “Café Antigua” from Guatemala as a Protected Geographical Indication. The registration would protect the name for coffee grown in the defined Antigua region and meeting the product specification, including rules on bean characteristics, processing, and presentation as green or roasted coffee. Coffee producers, importers, roasters, retailers, and brand owners using or trading coffee under the “Café Antigua” name should review the specification. Eligible parties have three months from publication to file an opposition with the European Commission.
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Key Changes
- Publishes the EU application to register “Café Antigua” as a Protected Geographical Indication.
- Defines the product as coffee from Guatemala that meets detailed physical and chemical characteristics and may be sold green or roasted.
- Opens a three-month period for eligible parties to oppose the registration before the European Commission.
Obligations
What this law requires
Operators wishing to lodge an opposition to the registration of “Café Antigua” must file it with the European Commission within three months of the publication date.
Coffee marketed under the name “Café Antigua” must be coffee from Coffea arabica or Coffea canephora grown in the geographical area defined in the product specification.
Green coffee marketed as “Café Antigua” must meet the specified physical characteristics, including blue-green compact beans with a pronounced S-shaped groove and moisture level between 10% and 12%.
“Café Antigua” may be placed on the market only in the permitted presentations: green coffee, roasted coffee beans, or roasted ground coffee.