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i) Regulations under the Law: Supreme Decree No. 78, of 1986, of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The activities mentioned under (e), (f), (g) and (h) shall be undertaken in the pisco producing zone.
Article 3. The protection afforded by the “pisco” appellation of origin shall include the right to the exclusive use of this appellation to identify, distinguish and recognize the said product, subject to full compliance with the legal and regulatory provisions established in this respect.
Pursuant to the Marrakesh Agreement and Article 10 of the Paris Convention (1967), such protection shall also include the right for the persons concerned to:
(a) oppose, in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 19,039, the use of any name of a city, town, locality or village in the regions of Atacama and Coquimbo, as a trademark or part thereof, as an advertising slogan or as an integral part of a label corresponding to Class 33 of the Trademark Classifier, to distinguish any distilled alcoholic beverage derived from grapes that is not pisco;
(b) prevent the use of other geographical indications that identify distilled alcoholic beverages derived from grapes or any of the distinctive signs of pisco in such beverages, that may lead the public to confuse them with the “pisco” appellation of origin, including where the genuine origin of the product is indicated or where the geographical indication is used, translated or accompanied by such expressions as “class”, “type”, style” or “imitation”;
(c) denounce, to the competent authority, as an act of unfair competition, indications or assertions whose use may mislead the public as to the nature, method of preparation, characteristics or suitability for use of the pisco.
Article 4. All pisco growers, winemakers, distillers and bottlers shall register in the respective register kept for this purpose by the Agriculture and Livestock Service.
Article 5. Only alcohol from wine from the following varietals of the species Vitis vinifera L., planted in the piscogrowing zone, hereinafter referred to as “pisco grapes”, may be used in the preparation of pisco:
Muscat of Alexandria or Italian grape Pink or Pastilla Muscat Torontel Austrian Muscat Pedro Jiménez White or Early Muscat Real Chasselas Muscat Yellow Muscat Muscat Canelli Muscat Frontignan Muscat Hamburg Black Muscat Orange Muscat
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