European Court of Justice: the listing of the Slovakian Tokaji wine region cannot be challenged

European Court of Justice dismissed the action of Hungary, which appealed against the decision of the committee which listed the Slovakian “Vinohradnícka oblast' Tokaj” wine region designation to the  E-Bacchus list.

The Tribunal explained that the Tokaj designation received EU protection for Slovakian request already. The introduction of the E-Bacchus scheme is just a technological change compared to the previous lists, those descriptions, which were previously protected were automatically transferred to the new system. (Konsiczky Zoltán, MTI)