(14)Given that Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs 8 does not apply to spirit drinks, the rules for protection of geographical indications on spirit drinks should be laid down in this Regulation. Geographical indications should be registered, identifying spirit drinks as originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the spirit drink is essentially attributable to its geographical origin.
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- 8 OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 ( OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1 ). ↩