Database of Origin and Registration
The Database of Origin and Registration ( DOOR ) of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission is a database of all foods with protected names produced in the European Union.
The DOOR database was replaced by the eAmbrosia online database on December 31, 2019 .
Protection class
There are three different types of protection listed in the database:
The names and abbreviations are available in all 24 official languages of the European Union . As a result, the products have different names depending on the country, with the same origin.
Examples in English, French, Spanish and Italian
- Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
- PDO - Protected Designation of Origin
- AOP - Appellation d'origine protégée
- DOP - Denominación de Origen Protegida
- DOP - Denominazione d'origine protetta
- Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
- PGI - Protected Geographical Indication
- IGP - Indication geographique protégée
- IGP - Indicación Geográfica Protegida
- IGP - Indicazione geografica protetta
- guaranteed traditional specialty (gtS)
- TSG - Traditional Specialty Guaranteed
- STG - Spécialité traditionnelle guarantee
- ETG - Especialidad Tradicional Garantizada
- STG - Specialità tradizionale garantita