At the top of the table, with 891 protected products, is Italy, followed by France (767), Spain (394), Greece (284) and Portugal (212).

At the other end of the table are Estonia, with only two GIs, Luxembourg and Malta (three each) and Latvia (four).

Geographical indications establish intellectual property rights for specific agricultural products whose qualities are related to the area of production and include three categories: PDO – protected designation of origin (food and wine), PGI – protected geographical indication (food and wine) and GI - geographical indication (spirits and aromatized wines).

Products registered as a DOP are those that have the strongest links with the place where they are manufactured.

The Portuguese list begins, in alphabetical order, with Alentejo brandy and ends with Lafões veal.

In order to register the name of a product, European producers or groups of producers must draw up the product's specification and, where applicable, indicate the link with the geographical area.