Legal provisions of COM(2023)54 - Amendment of Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754 on the accession of the EU to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2023)54 - Amendment of Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754 on the accession of the EU to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on ... |
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| document | COM(2023)54  |
| date | May 22, 2023 |
Article 1 - Amendments to Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754
(1) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Member States which were parties to the Lisbon Agreement on 26 February 2020 6 are hereby authorised, in full respect of the Union’s exclusive competence, to ratify or accede, alongside the Union, to the Geneva Act, to the strict extent that this accession is necessary to preserve, in the interest of the Union, the priority rights linked to the appellations of origin already previously registered by these Member States under the Lisbon Agreement and to comply with the obligations provided for by Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1753.’;
(2) in Article 4(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘In the Special Union, the Union and those Member States which have ratified or acceded to the Geneva Act pursuant to Article 3 of this Decision shall be represented by the Commission in accordance with Article 17(1) TEU. The Union shall be responsible for ensuring the exercise of the rights and fulfilment of the obligations of the Union pursuant to Article 3 of this Decision.’.