(1)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) establishes one common Union framework for the registration and protection of geographical indications in three agricultural sectors (wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products). To this purpose, it amends or repeals, to the extent necessary, Regulations, which previously provided for separate frameworks in those sectors: Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) has been amended as regards geographical indications in the wine sector, Regulation (EU) 2019/787 has been amended as regards geographical indications in the spirit drinks sector and Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), concerning geographical indications in the agricultural products and foodstuffs sector, has been repealed.

(2)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts setting out uniform procedure for the registration of geographical indications for the agricultural sectors of wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products. As a result, delegated and implementing acts previously adopted on the basis of the empowerments given in the sectoral regulations have to be amended or repealed, to the extent necessary to bring them in conformity with Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 and its secondary legislation.

(3)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1235 (5) supplements Regulation (EU) 2019/787, among others, with rules concerning applications for registration of geographical indications of spirit drinks, amendments to the product specifications, cancellation of the registration and the register. In the new Union framework for geographical indications, established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, covering three agricultural sectors (wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products), the rules included in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1235 are exhaustively replaced, partly by certain provisions included in Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 and partly by the provisions included in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/27 (6), that supplements Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 with rules concerning, among others, the procedures for Union amendments, and for approval and communication of standard and temporary amendments. Therefore, as regards the spirit drinks sector, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1235 became obsolete and should be repealed as its provisions would be in conflict with the provisions adopted in Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 or in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/27, which also apply to the spirit drinks sector,