Considerations on COM(2022)593 - Amendment of 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

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dossier COM(2022)593 - Amendment of Decision (EU) 2019/1754 on the accession of the EU to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of ...
document COM(2022)593 EN
date October  9, 2023
 
(1) On 26 November 2019, the European Union acceded to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications 1 (the Geneva Act), its accession entering into force on 26 February, 2020. The Geneva Act itself entered into force on 26 February, 2020.

(2) Under Article 4(1) of Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754 2 , the Commission is to be the Competent Authority as referred to in Article 3 of the Geneva Act, responsible for the administration of the Geneva Act in the territory of the Union and for communications with the International Bureau of Intellectual Property of the World Intellectual Property Organization under the Geneva Act, as well as and the Common Regulations under the Lisbon Agreement and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement.

(3) With a view to the administration at Union level of the registration of geographical indications for craft and industrial products provided for in Regulation (EU) 2022/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … concerning geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products, and in line with the amendments introduced by that Regulation to Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 of the European Parliament and of the Council 3 , the European Intellectual Property Office should play the role of the Union’s Competent Authority in respect of geographical indications for craft and industrial products under the Geneva Act.