See the reply to question 8 under I above. There is no definition for the term "indications of source". However, Article 2.A.i of Directive 79/112 EEC states that the labelling and the methods used must not be such as could mislead the purchaser as to the origin or provenance of the product. This also applies to the presentation and advertising.
[Answer 8: The definitions of the types of protected geographical indications currently subject to regulation in Spain are indicated below, together with the provision containing the definition: At national level DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN ("Denominacion de Origen - DO"), for wines, spirit drinks and other agri-food products: "Geographical name of a region, district, place or locality used to designate a product from that area having distinctive qualities and characteristics due mainly to the natural environment and to its preparation and cultivation. "A geographical name of a region, district, place or locality is considered to be used to designate a product originating in that area if it is permanently in wide circulation and well-known on the domestic market or has at least achieved a considerable reputation on a regional scale or a developed market abroad" (Article 79 of Law 25/1970). SPECIFIC DESIGNATION ("Denominacion Especifica - DE"), for spirit drinks and other agri-food products: "Description applicable to a product which has distinctive qualities among products of the same kind due to its raw material base, environment or methods of production." (Article 3 of Royal Decree 1573/1985 regulating generic and specific names of food products.) VINO DE LA TIERRA (for some table wines entitled to a geographical indication): Term applicable to table wines from certain wine-growing areas by whose name it must be accompanied. These wines must satisfy certain conditions with respect to varieties, alcoholic strength, volatile acidity and sulphur dioxide (Article 3 of the Order of 11 December 1986 establishing rules for the use of geographical names and the term "vino de la tierra" in the description of table wines). At European Union level QUALITY WINE PRODUCED IN A SPECIFIED REGION (QUALITY WINE PSR) (and its variants: quality sparkling wine psr, quality liqueur wine psr and quality semi-sparkling wine psr): "Specified region shall mean a wine-growing area or combination of wine-growing areas which produces wine possessing special quality characteristics and whose name is used to designate them" (Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) 823/87). Some exceptions are allowed and are listed in Article 15.3 of the Regulation, e.g. "Cava". TABLE WINES DESCRIBED USING A GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION: "The said geographical indications shall correspond to a geographical unit which is smaller than the Member State and may be: a small locality or a group of such localities, a local administrative area or part thereof, a wine-growing subregion or part thereof or a region other than a specified region (Article 4.1 of Regulation (EEC) 2392/89). ... In addition, these geographical indications shall be reserved for table wines meeting certain production requirements, particularly as regards vine varieties, minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume and organoleptic characteristics (Article 4.3 of the same Regulation)." GEOGRAPHICAL DESIGNATION (GD) (for spirit drinks): Those listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) 1576/89 which "shall be reserved for spirit drinks in the case of which the production stage during which they acquired their character and definitive qualities took place in the geographical area indicated" (Article 5.3.b of the Regulation). PROTECTED DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN (PDO) (agri-food products, other than wines and spirit drinks): "The name of a region, a specific place or, in exceptional cases, a country, used to describe an agricultural product or a foodstuff: - "originating in that region, specific place or country; and - "the quality or characteristics of which are essentially or exclusively due to a particular geographical environment with its inherent natural and human factors, and the production, processing and preparation of which take place in the defined geographical area" (Article 2.2.a of Regulation (EEC) 2081/92). PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION (PGI) (agri-food products, other than wines and spirit drinks): "The name of a region, a specific place or, in exceptional cases, a country, used to describe an agricultural product or a foodstuff: - "originating in that region, specific place or country; and - "which possesses a specific quality, reputation or other characteristics attributable to that geographical origin and the production and/or processing and/or preparation of which take place in the defined geographical area" (Article 2.2.b of Regulation (EEC) 2081/92). In addition, Article 2.3 of Regulation (EEC) 2081/92 protects as designations of origin certain traditional geographical or non-geographical names designating an agricultural product or a foodstuff originating in a region or a specific place, which fulfil the conditions referred to in the second indent of the definition of a designation of origin. PDOs and PGIs receive the same form of protection.]