1. As an alternative to the procedure set out in Article 51, Member States may provide for the verification of compliance of the product with the corresponding product specification by means of controls, carried out before and after the product has been placed on the market, by:
(a)
one or more competent authorities referred to in Article 50(1); or
(b)
one or more product certification bodies or natural persons to which control tasks have been delegated in accordance with Article 55.
2. Where controls carried out before placing the product on the market demonstrate compliance of the product with the product specification, the competent authority shall issue a certificate of authorisation to use the geographical indication for the product concerned.
3. Controls carried out after the product has been placed on the market shall be based on a risk analysis and, if available, on notifications by interested producers of products designated by a geographical indication. Where such controls demonstrate compliance of the product with the product specification, the competent authority shall renew the certificate of authorisation.
4. In the event of non-compliance, the competent authority shall take the necessary measures to remedy the situation.
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