European Union (Quality Schemes for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 296 of 2015).

These Regulations implement the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 510/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1898/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs. These Regulations provide for the appointment of authorised officers and for control and enforcement powers in respect of certain EU Geographical Indication measures to which the regulations are applied in the Agricultural sector. They also appoint the competent authority responsible for the application of the Council Regulation, the Commission Delegated Regulation and the Commission Implementing Regulation and for the registration of an agricultural product or foodstuff (protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication). The Minister may grant the protection in accordance with Article 9 of the Council Regulation to a product which is the subject of the application to the Commission.
It shall be prohibited: to sell a foodstuff or agricultural product bearing a designation of origin or geographical indication protected under the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation unless it complies with the provisions of the Council Regulation, the Commission Regulation and these Regulations.