Lesvos / Mytilini

Other legal names: ΛέσβοςMυτιλήνη

PGI, registered in the EU

What do PDO and PGI mean?

Legal facts

Scheme

PGI

Evidence (1 source)

eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
Where: $.giType
Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document

Status

PGI, registered in the EU

Evidence (1 source)

eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
Where: $.status
Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document

Jurisdiction

European Union (EU register)

Evidence

Follows from the register the protection is recorded in (the cited register record); no separate quote.

Register number

EUGI00000013026

Evidence (1 source)

eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
Where: $.giIdentifier
Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document

Countries

Greece

Evidence (1 source)

eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
Where: $.countries
Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document

Legal names

Λέσβος (Greek)
Evidence (1 source)
- eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
  Where: $.protectedNames[0]
  Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document
Mυτιλήνη (Greek)
Evidence (1 source)
- eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
  Where: $.protectedNames[1]
  Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document
Lesvos (Greek, Latin script)
Evidence (1 source)
- eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
  Where: $.protectedNames[2]
  Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document
Mytilini (Greek, Latin script)
Evidence (1 source)
- eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
  Where: $.protectedNames[3]
  Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document

Legal basis

EU regulation

Evidence (1 source)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (OJ L 148, 21.6.1996), the register's legalInstrument: its annex lists the name among the Greek olive oils, EL version (Legal act, authoritative version)
Where: p. 1, recitals
τον κανονισμό (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 2081/92 του Συμβουλίου, της 14ης Ιουλίου 1992
Source's words for this value: κανονισμό (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 2081/92
Source last checked: 2026-11-10 · Open the document

Amendment pending

Evidence (1 source)

eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
Where: $.amendmentsInProgressFlag
Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document

Listed as removed in the source

Evidence (1 source)

eAmbrosia register record EUGI00000013026 (Λέσβος) (Register record)
Where: $.removedFlag
Source last checked: 2026-11-09 · Open the document

Production area

Legal description of the area, as the legal act words it:

Η ένδειξη «ΛΕΣΒΟΣ» Προστατευόμενη Γεωγραφική Ένδειξη μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί για την περιγραφή παρθένου ελαιολάδου που παράγεται από τις ποικιλίες ελιάς Κολοβή και Αδραμυτιανή καλλιεργούμενες στο Νομό Λέσβου και εφόσον πληρούνται οι προϋποθέσεις που καθορίζονται με την απόφασή μας αυτή και με τις σχετικές διατάξεις του Ν. 2040/1992 και του Π.Δ. 61/1993.

Evidence (1 source)

Ministerial decision 371579 of 19.7.1993 recognising 'Λέσβος' (PGI), with its rules (ΦΕΚ Β' 575, 2.8.1993, item 5): a scan of the issue's front page and the decision's pages (Legal act, authoritative version)
Where: p. 3, point 1
Η ένδειξη «ΛΕΣΒΟΣ» Προστατευόμενη Γεωγραφική Ένδειξη μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί για την περιγραφή παρθένου ελαιολάδου που παράγεται από τις ποικιλίες ελιάς Κολοβή και Αδραμυτιανή καλλιεργούμενες στο Νομό Λέσβου και εφόσον πληρούνται οι προϋποθέσεις που καθορίζονται με την απόφασή μας αυτή και με τις σχετικές διατάξεις του Ν. 2040/1992 και του Π.Δ. 61/1993.
Source last checked: 2026-11-10 · Open the document

On the map: Approximate location only, not an area.

Cultivars

No cultivars recorded in the catalogue yet.

Dates and coverage

Sources last checked: 2026-11-09. Profile reviewed: not recorded.

Scope: Olive oils in eAmbrosia (the EU register). 152 candidates: 0 pending, 152 included, 151 published.

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