Article L431-4 of the French Consumer Code
In the absence of a final court ruling based on article L. 431-6, a decree in the Council of State, issued after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with the code de l’expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique and consultation with directly interested professional groups, may delimit the geographical area of production and determine the qualities or characteristics of a product bearing an appellation of origin on the basis of…