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The Cabinet of Ministers intends to fine for the names “champagne” and “cognac”

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The fine for the illegal use of geographical indications of alcohol and food products is planned to be introduced at the end of next year.

A government bill has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada that provides for fines for the illegal use of registered brands of alcohol and food products. This is confirmed by the draft law card on the parliament’s website.

Thus, the document provides for the introduction of administrative liability for violation of the law in the field of geographical indications of alcoholic beverages and food products.

In particular, an allusion (direct or indirect reference to one or more official names of alcoholic beverages and food products or their geographical indications in the description, presentation, labeling) provides a fine of 20 to 50 tax-free minimum income of citizens ( from 340 hryvnia to 850 hryvnia) .

As noted in the explanatory note to the project, the law on geographical indications of alcoholic beverages, adopted in December 2022, will enter into force on December 28, 2024.

This law should harmonize national law with EU law and establish common rules for the definition, description, presentation and labeling of products and the protection of geographical indications.


According to international law, the use of the name “champagne” is reserved for sparkling wine producers only in the French Champagne region, and “cognac” is reserved for the Charente region of France. By signing the Association Agreement with the European Union, Ukraine has committed to comply with international standards for regional names.

Let’s recall that in 2019 the Rada adopted a law on the protection of geographic brands. Ukraine signed an Association Agreement with the EU and committed itself to protecting European geographical names from counterfeiting. The law also applies to champagne and cognac brands.

And in 2020, Ukraine stopped exporting products under the names “cognac” and “champagne”, replacing their names with “sparkling wine” and “brandy”.

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