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2. The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down rules that limit the information contained in the product specification referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, where such a limitation is necessary to avoid excessively voluminous applications, and laying down rules on the form of the product specification. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 68(2).

1. In order for the name of a craft or industrial product to be protected as a geographical indication, the product shall comply with the product specification demonstrating that all the requirements of Article 6(1) are met. The product specification shall be objective and non-discriminatory and shall indicate the production steps taking place in the defined geographical area. The product specification shall include the following:

(a) the name to be protected as a geographical indication, which may be a geographical name of the place of production of the product, or a name used in the course of trade or in common language to describe or to refer to the product in the defined geographical area;

(b) the type of product;

(c) a description of the product, including, where appropriate, of the raw materials;

(d) the specification of the defined geographical area as referred to in Article 6(1), point (a), and information establishing the link between the geographical area and a given quality, the reputation or other characteristic of the product as referred to in Article 6(1), point (b);

(e) evidence that the product originates in the defined geographical area specified in Article 6(1), points (a) and (c), including by stating the production steps that take place in the defined geographical area;

(f) a description of the production methods and, where appropriate, the traditional methods and specific practices used;

(g) information concerning packaging, where the applicant determines that the packaging has to take place in the defined geographical area, in which case the applicant shall give a sufficient product-specific justification as to why the packaging has to take place in that area;

(h) any specific labelling rule for the product;

(i) an indication of any individual production step that is carried out by one or more producers in a Member State or third country other than the Member State or third country in which the name of the product originates, and of any specific provisions for the verification of compliance in that regard;

(j) other requirements provided for by Member States or by a producer group, as applicable, on condition that such requirements are objective, non-discriminatory and compatible with Union and national law.