Activities of Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA related to 2022/0089(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Amendments (12)
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To ensure transparency and uniformity across Member States, it is necessary to establish and maintain an electronic Union register of geographical indications, registered as protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications. The register should provide information to consumers and to those involved in trade. The register should be an electronic database stored within an information system, and should be accessible to the public. It should be kept-up-to date and maintained by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The procedures for registration, amendment and cancellation of geographical indications, including the scrutiny and the opposition procedure, should be carried out in the most efficient way. This can be achieved by using the assistance for the scrutiny of the applications provided by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)UIPO. The involvement of the EUIPO should not lead to delays or unnecessary administrative burden. While a partial outsourcing to EUIPO has been considered, the Commission wshould remain responsible for registration,the one single document, Union amendment and cancellation, due to a strong relation with the Common Agricultural Policy and to the expertise needed to ensure that specificities of wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products are adequately assessed.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39 a) The role of the EUIPO should be reinforced in order for the registration procedure to be more efficient. Namely, the EUIPO should be tasked with assisting the Commission in scrutinising the single document; informing applicants in the event of delay in the scrutiny process and preparing the observations for the Commission from the applicant if necessary. The EUIPO should be entrusted with the publication of the single document in the Union register, after its verification by the Commission. The EUIPO should support the Commission in the opposition procedure. It should assist the Commission in carrying out the tasks related to amendments to a product specification . Similarly to its role in protecting domain names in trade marks, the EUIPO should establish and manage an alert system that provides information about the availability of a geographical indication as a domain name. The EUIPO should carry out the scrutiny of third-country geographical indications other than geographical indications under the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications proposed for protection pursuant to international negotiations or international agreements and updates to the list of international agreement protecting them.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission , assisted by the EUIPO, shall scrutinise any application for registration that it receives pursuant to Article 16(1). Such scrutiny shall consist of a check that there are no manifest errors, that the information provided in accordance with Article 15 is complete and that the single document referred to in Article 13 is precise and technical in nature. It shall take into account the outcome of the national procedure carried out by the Member State concerned and the opinion of the Commission. It shall focus in particular on the single document referred to in Article 13.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The EUIPO shall perform all the technical scrutiny tasks.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 10
Article 19 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by detailed procedures and deadlines for the opposition procedure, for the official submission of comments by national authorities and persons with a legitimate interest, which will not trigger the opposition procedure and by rules on entrusting its tasks set out in this Article to EUIPO.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Union register as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be, kept up-to-date and maintained by the EUIPO for applications for registration, amendment and cancellation of GIs
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 7
Article 23 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by rules on entrusting EUIPO to operate, keep-up-to-date and maintain the Union register of geographical indications.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. A standtemporardy amendment shall be considered as a temporstandaryd amendment when it concerns a temporary change in the product specification resulting from the imposition of obligatory sanitary and phytosanitary measures by the public authorities or a temporary amendment necessary because of a natural disaster, because of a natural or made-man disaster or adverse weather conditions formally recognised by the competent authorities.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. The EUIPO shall be responsible for the publication of standard amendments referred to in paragraph 9. The EUIPO shall perform the technical scrutiny of the Union amendments and prepare the observations, which shall be verified and sent to the applicants by the Commission.