9 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2018/0189(COD)
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure that additional or future geographical indications protected and registered in the Union are registered in the International Register, it is appropriate to authorise the Commission, at a later stage, to file applications for the international registration of such additional geographical indications, on its own initiative or, in case of non-agricultural geographical indications, at the request of a Member State or of an interested group of producers or, in exceptional cases, at the request of a single producer.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It appears equitable that the fees to be paid under the Geneva Act and the Common Regulations under the Lisbon Agreement and the Geneva Act for filing an application with the International Bureau for the international registration of a geographical indication as well as the fees to be paid in respect of other entries in the International Register and for the supply of extracts, attestations, or other information concerning the contents of that international registration should be borne by the Member State in which the geographical indication originates. This should be without prejudice to any decision by the Member State to seek reimbursement of those fees from the group of producers or single producer using the geographical indication for which international registration is sought.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
For the purpose of this Regulation, appellations of origin, including “designations of origin” as defined by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and geographical indications, are henceforth both referred to as 'geographical indications, agricultural and non- agricultural ones'.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Upon the accession of the Union to the Geneva Act, the Commission shall file with the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization ('the International Bureau') applications for the international registration of geographical indications protected and registered under Union law and pertaining to products originating in the Union, or at the request of a Member State or of an interested group of producers, in case of non- agricultural geographical indications pursuant to Article 5(1) and (2) of the Geneva Act.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
In order to establish the list referred to in the second paragraph, the Commission shall take into account, in particularamong others, the following:
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Following the accession of the Union to the Geneva Act, the Commission may on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State or of an interested group of producers or of the single producer using a geographical indication, agricultural and non-agricultural ones, protected and registered in the Union, adopt implementing acts in order to file an application for international registration of a geographical indication protected and registered under Union law and pertaining to a product originating in the Union with the International Bureau.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Following the accession of the Union to the Geneva Act, the Commission may on its own initiative orshall, at the request of a Member State or of an interested group of producers or of the single producer using a geographical indication protected and registered in the Union, adopt implementing acts in order to file an application for international registration of a geographical indication protected and registered under Union law and pertaining to a product originating in the Union with the International Bureau.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2