31/10/2024-Evocation established through conceptual proximity in the case concerning the PDO Mejillón de Galicia

Mejillón de Galicia (in Spanish) or Mexillón de Galicia (in Gallego) is an EU-registered Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) since 2007. Ramon Franco S.A. is a company based in Galicia producing canned mussels, which do not correspond to the PDO specifications. The company marketing its canned mussels using the label “de las Rías Gallegas” (ría in Spanish means estuary).