France once again suspends the ban on the use of meat denominations for products of plant origin

The judge of provisional measures of the French Council of State suspended, at the request of French companies, a new decree prohibiting the use of butchery and charcuterie terms, such as "steak", to designate products containing vegetable proteins, which was due to come into force on May 1st. The judge of the provisional measures considers that there are serious doubts regarding the legality of this prohibition. This doubt has already led the Council of State, when analyzing an appeal against a first decree on the same subject, to question the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in July 2023, about the possibility of a Member State adopt national measures that regulate or prohibit this type of designation. Pending a response from the CJEU, the precautionary measures judge suspended the new decree, on the grounds that it would also seriously and immediately harm the interests of manufacturers who exclusively sell this type of product. In a decree published on June 29, ...