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The 25 Approved Geographical Indications for Artisanal and Industrial Products

28th November 2025

An official sign of quality and origin, the GI is a guarantee of authenticity for consumers and a way to enhance the value of products and know-how for companies.

• Woodturning and woodworking in the Jura Mountains – November 2025

• Fayl-Billot Basketry – October 2025

• Pierre de Limeyrat – February 2025

• Pierre de Fontbelle – February 2025

• Pierre de Paussac/Paussac-et-Saint-Vivien – December 2024

• Pierre de Mareuil – December 2024

• Laguiole knife – October 2024

• Camargue boots – June 2024

• Pierre de Vianne – June 2024

• Calais-Caudry Lace – January 2024

• Velay Clays – December 2023

• Pierre du Midi – October 2023

• Alsatian Pottery - Soufflenheim/Betschdorf – March 2022

• Absolue Pays de Grasse – November 2020

• Basque linen – November 2020

• Marble stones of the Rhône-Alpes region – November 2019

• Pierre d'Arudy – March 2019

• Charentaise from Charente-Périgord – March 2019

• Aubusson carpet – December 2018

• Aubusson Tapestry – December 2018

• Grenat de Perpignan – November 2018

• Pierre de Bourgogne – June 2018

• Limoges porcelain – December 2017

• Granite from Brittany – January 2017

• Liffol headquarters – December 2016

In the Jura Mountains, woodturning and the art of woodworking perpetuate the ancestral craft of woodworking. These unique skills, already documented in the Middle Ages, rely on locally grown wood species renowned for their quality, such as boxwood, beech, and spruce. Woodturning involves shaping pieces (toys, skittles, furniture) by rotating them on a machine called a lathe, while woodworking creates boxes, chests, and other objects that are carved and assembled flat, without rotation.

These creations demand mastery of precise manufacturing and machining techniques specific to the region's artisans and businesses – turning, shaping, cutting, assembly, and machining on specialized machines – passed down from generation to generation. Most of these businesses have machines and tools designed and built on-site, specifically adapted to the requirements of the products they manufacture.

The geographical indication "woodturning and woodworking of the Jura Mountains" covers the following manufacturing stages, which must be carried out within the defined geographical area: woodworking, as well as the optional stages of assembly, marking, and finishing, in all the municipalities of the Jura Mountains, in the departments of Doubs, Jura, Ain, and Territoire de Belfort. The marking, engraving, finishing, and assembly operations may be carried out by subcontractors located outside the geographical indication area.

The syndicate Creativewood is the body responsible for the protection and management of the eponymous geographical indication. To consult the specifications, go to the "Geographical Indications Database" section. here

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The 1er December 2025, A new procedure is coming into force to register geographical indications for artisanal and industrial products at the European level.These will then be protected throughout the territory of the European Union and will benefit from the "Protected Geographical Indication" (PGI) logo.

Find the details of the new registration procedure for artisanal and industrial PGIs below:

The new European protection system for artisanal and industrial geographical indications

Source: https://www.inpi.fr//en/in-one/linpi-approves-the-woodturning-and-tablet-making-of-the-Jura-massif