The General Court of the European Union on Wednesday 21 February rejected (Case T-361/21), an action brought by a Cypriot company, Papouis Dairies Ltd, and others to annul the European Commission’s implementing regulation on the registration of the name ‘Χαλλούμι (Halloumi)/Hellim’ as a protected designation of origin (PDO) (see EUROPE B12696A2).
The General Court found that, when examining whether registration as a PDO complies with EU law, the Commission is not required to...