They now benefit from the IGP label: protected geographical indication for artisanal and industrial products. An official sign of quality and origin, the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) is a guarantee of authenticity for consumers and a way to promote the know-how and products of companies, now protected throughout the territory of the European Union.

Since December 1, 2025, a European regulation allows, for the first time, the registration of protected geographical indications (PGI) for artisanal and industrial products across the European Union. A major step forward that grants these products extended protection across all 27 Member States and the right to display the official "Protected Geographical Indication" logo.

France, a pioneer in this area since the 2014 "consumer" law which extended geographical indications to manufactured products, now has a portfolio of recognized national designations which can now claim this European protection.

In this new system, the INPI plays a central and unprecedented role. It processes the national phase of PGI applications — verifying the conformity of the specifications, the representativeness of the applicant and the proven link between the product and its territory of origin — before forwarding the validated files to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which conducts the European examination and decides on the final registration.

For national geographical indications already recognized, a simplified procedure is provided: France has transmitted all of its files to the EUIPO and the European Commission since December 1, 2025, relating to national designations eligible for elevation to the rank of European PGI, without opposition phase at the European Union level. © INPI items Protected geographical indications as of June 1, 2026 A PGI highlights a specific French geographical area and defines the characteristic qualities of the product originating from that area.

Limoges porcelain Velay clays Granite from Brittany Marble stones from Rhône-Alpes Alsatian Pottery – Soufflenheim/Betschdorf Fayl-Billot Basketry On the right, a map of metropolitan France locates these six geographical indications using numbered markers corresponding to the list: No. 1: Limoges region, in west-central France; No. 2: Velay region, in Auvergne; No.

3: Brittany; No. 4: Rhône-Alpes region; No. 5: Alsace, in the northeast; No. 6: Fayl-Billot, in northeastern France. Title A journey through geographical indications Title To learn more about geographical indications Content Website Travel-in-geographic-indications.inpi.fr , dedicated to GIs and PGIs, allows an interactive experience for the user through several approaches: geographic: interactive map with the possibility of accessing detailed identity cards for each IG.

temporal: timeline offering an overview from the first approval in 2016 to the most recent as of today. Economic data: number of cities and companies affected by these GIs.

Source: https://www.inpi.fr/en/in-one/five-new-French-geographical-indications-protected-at-the-European-level