Do Geographical Indications Certify Origin and Quality?

Martijn Huysmans; Daniël van Noord; Gero Laurenz Höhn

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-71641-6_2

Do Geographical Indications Certify Origin and Quality?

Martijn Huysmans^*, Daniël van Noord, Gero Laurenz Höhn

^*Corresponding author for this work

KU Leuven

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Abstract

Geographical Indications (GIs) protect regional specialty foods such as lemons from Sorrento or Gouda from Holland. While the EU asserts that GIs certify and protect traditional high-quality products, the US sees them as protectionist. This chapter contributes to the debate by developing a conceptual framework of different quality attributes and analyzes how GIs may certify quality on those attributes. It argues that GIs always certify origin, although with some caveats. In terms of consumer valuation, origin may be valued as a quality attribute per se, or only indirectly through taste. Our framework clarifies the possibilities and limits for GIs to certify quality to different consumers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications
Subtitle of host publication	Crossed views between researchers, policy makers and practitioners
Editors	Emilie Vandecandelaere, Delphine Marie-Vivien, Erik Thévenod-Mottet, Maria Bouhaddane, Valérie Pieprzownik, Florence Tartanac, Ida Puzone
Publisher	Springer
Pages	13-23
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-71641-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-71640-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71641-6_2
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2025

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Keywords

European Union
Geographical indications
Protected designation of origin
Protected geographical indication
Quality

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Huysmans, M., van Noord, D., & Höhn, G. L. (2025). Do Geographical Indications Certify Origin and Quality? In E. Vandecandelaere, D. Marie-Vivien, E. Thévenod-Mottet, M. Bouhaddane, V. Pieprzownik, F. Tartanac, & I. Puzone (Eds.), Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications: Crossed views between researchers, policy makers and practitioners (pp. 13-23). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71641-6_2

Huysmans, Martijn ; van Noord, Daniël ; Höhn, Gero Laurenz. / Do Geographical Indications Certify Origin and Quality?. Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications: Crossed views between researchers, policy makers and practitioners. editor / Emilie Vandecandelaere ; Delphine Marie-Vivien ; Erik Thévenod-Mottet ; Maria Bouhaddane ; Valérie Pieprzownik ; Florence Tartanac ; Ida Puzone. Springer, 2025. pp. 13-23

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Huysmans, M, van Noord, D & Höhn, GL 2025, Do Geographical Indications Certify Origin and Quality? in E Vandecandelaere, D Marie-Vivien, E Thévenod-Mottet, M Bouhaddane, V Pieprzownik, F Tartanac & I Puzone (eds), Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications: Crossed views between researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Springer, pp. 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71641-6_2

Do Geographical Indications Certify Origin and Quality? / Huysmans, Martijn; van Noord, Daniël; Höhn, Gero Laurenz.
Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications: Crossed views between researchers, policy makers and practitioners. ed. / Emilie Vandecandelaere; Delphine Marie-Vivien; Erik Thévenod-Mottet; Maria Bouhaddane; Valérie Pieprzownik; Florence Tartanac; Ida Puzone. Springer, 2025. p. 13-23.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review