Section 4: Judicial protection

Any person who claims that an appellation of origin is being used to his direct or indirect detriment and against his right, to a natural or manufactured product, contrary to the origin of that product, may bring legal action to have the use of that appellation prohibited.The same action may be brought by trade unions and associations that have been regularly constituted, for at least six months, in respect of…

The persons, trade unions and associations mentioned in the first two paragraphs of article L. 431-6 who claim to have been injured by acts prohibited by articles L. 431-2 and L. 431-4 may bring a civil action in accordance with the provisions of the code de procédure pénale.