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In 2020, the French Parliament banned the use of terms used to designate foods of animal origin to market products containing plant proteins (1) (“soy steaks”, “plant-based sausages\u201d etc.). The Government specified this ban in a decree dated 29 June 2022, followed by a decree dated 26 February 2024 (2) .<\/em><\/p>\n

Further to an application from companies and trade associations, the Conseil d’\u00c9tat referred the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) before ruling on the legality of the decrees (3). In October, the CJEU ruled that European legislation fully covered the issue at EU level, preventing member states from introducing national measures to regulate or prohibit the use of common or descriptive names – other than legal names – to describe, market, or promote food products containing plant proteins.<\/p>\n

In compliance with this CJEU ruling, the Conseil d’\u00c9tat ruled that the decrees of 2022 and 2024, which prohibited the use of common or descriptive names comprising terms from the butchery, delicatessen and fishmongery sectors to describe, market or promote foodstuffs containing plant proteins, are illegal as they are contrary to European regulations.<\/p>\n

To know more you can consult the notification from the French Conseil d’Etat<\/a>.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2020, the French Parliament banned the use of terms used to designate foods of animal origin to market products containing plant proteins (1) (“soy steaks”, “plant-based sausages\u201d etc.). 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