EU members states cannot ban the use of commonly used terms if they do not have legal definitions, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJUE) said in its ruling.



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EU court blocks French ban on vegetable 'steak' labelling

A European court on Friday overturned a French government ban on makers of plant-based meats calling their products "steak" or "sausage", which Paris had imposed to protect livestock farmers.EU members states cannot ban the use of commonly used terms if they do not have legal definitions, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJUE) said in its ruling.France issued decrees in 2022 and February 2024 restricting the use of words including "ha…

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EU court blocks French ban on vegetable 'steak' labeling

A state cannot prohibit the use of terms to refer to the product, the court ruled in its judgment delivered on Friday 4 October.

Un État ne peut interdire l'utilisation de termes visant à désigner le produit, a tranché la cour dans son arrêt rendu vendredi 4 octobre.

La justice européenne contredit l'interdiction prise la France concernant l'appellation « steak » végétal

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European justice contradicts the ban taken by France concerning the name “vegetable steak”

The tile on Italian law signed by Francesco Lollobrigida that prohibits calling plant-based foods' steak ', which is then the same against cultured meat, comes from the EU Court of Justice. For European judges, vegetarian products can instead be marketed and advertised in the European Union using the terms traditionally associated with meat. You can write 'steak', 'sausage', 'escalope' and 'hamburger', as long as the ingredients are clearly indi…

La tegola sulla legge italiana firmata Francesco Lollobrigida che vieta di chiamare ‘bistecca’ alimenti a base vegetale, che poi è la stessa contro la carne coltivata, arriva dalla Corte di Giustizia Ue. Per i giudici europei i prodotti vegetariani possono invece essere commercializzati e pubblicizzati in Unione europea utilizzando anche i termini tradizionalmente associati alla carne. Si può scrivere ‘bistecca’, ‘salsiccia’, ‘scaloppina’ e ‘ham…

Lollobrigida flop: si potranno chiamare hamburger, bistecca o salsiccia i prodotti a base vegetale. La decisione della Corte Ue

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Lollobrigida flop: plant-based products may be called hamburger, steak or sausage. The decision of the EU Court

The Court of Justice of the EU overturned a French government ban on using words like 'steak' or 'bacon' to describe plant-based products, ruling that such terms could not be banned unless they had legal definitions.

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EU court blocks French ban on vegetarian 'steak' labeling

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld that plant-based products can be labeled as' hamburger ',' sausage 'or' steak 'without any EU country prohibiting it, unless a specific legal name is adopted for these foods. However, the use of the name could be vetoed if the country officially establishes a specific legal name for such products.

El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) ha respaldado que productos de origen vegetal puedan ser etiquetados como 'hamburguesa', 'salchicha' o 'bistec' sin que ningún país de la UE lo prohíba, salvo que se adopte una denominación jurídica concreta para esos alimentos. Sin embargo, se podría vetar el uso del nombre si el país establece oficialmente una denominación legal específica para tales productos. Esta decisión está en línea con …

¿Una hamburguesa 100% vegetal se puede llamar hamburguesa? Esto es lo que dice la justicia europea

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Can a 100% vegetable hamburger be called a hamburger? This is what European justice says

A European court on Friday overturned a French government ban on makers of plant-based meats calling their products "steak" or "sausage", which Paris had imposed to protect livestock farmers.

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According to France, the names of vegetable products referring to meat caused confusion for consumers.

Ranskan mukaan lihaan viittaavat kasvistuotteiden nimet aiheuttivat hämmennystä kuluttajille.

Saako kasvistuotteita kutsua pihveiksi ja makkaroiksi? Näin EU linjasi

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Can vegetarian products be called steaks and sausages? This was the EU's policy

France had published two decrees to respond to a claim from actors in the animal sector, for whom terms such as “vegetable ham” can create confusion among consumers.

La France avait publié deux décrets pour répondre à une revendication des acteurs de la filière animale, pour qui des termes comme « jambon végétal » peuvent créer la confusion chez les consommateurs

Steak végétal : la France n’a pas le droit d’interdire l’appellation, selon la justice européenne

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Vegetable steak: France does not have the right to ban the appellation, according to European justice

The Spanish Government disagrees: Minister Luis Planas assures that a plant-based product should not be called a hamburger because of a matter of transparency. Leer

El Gobierno español no está de acuerdo: el ministro Luis Planas asegura que no debería llamarse hamburguesa a un producto de origen vegetal por una cuestión de transparencia. Leer

La justicia europea rectifica a Francia  y dictamina que se puede llamar "filete" a productos vegetales

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European justice rectifies France and rules that vegetable products can be called “steak”

The Court of Justice of the European Union has inflicted a setback on the French State, which intended to ban this terminology to reinforce animal supply chains.

La Cour de justice de l'Union européenne a infligé un revers à l'Etat français, qui comptait interdire cette terminologie pour conforter les filières animales.

EU court blocks French ban on vegetable 'steak' labelling

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