Product
Define the product and the name for which protection is sought.
Define what the protected name means.
The Product Specification is the shared technical and geographic rulebook for a proposed GI.
Product / area / production stages
05.2Product Specification
A claim about place must be capable of verification.
A specification records the protected name, product description, geographic area, materials, production stages, the link between product and place, evidence, controls, labelling and verification arrangements.
It must be precise enough to protect reputation without freezing a living practice unnecessarily or excluding legitimate producers without reason.
Report basisMapping Australia’s Crafts Sector 2026 · Sections 15.2–15.5.
Place
Describe the production area and the stages that must occur there.
Controls
Set evidence and verification arrangements that producers can follow.