IP/N/1/EU/23  
IP/N/1/EU/G/10  
 
26 March 2019  
(19-1902)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
EUROPEAN UNION : COMMISSION IMPLEMENT ING REGULATION (EU) 2019/34 OF 
17 OCTOBER  2018 LAYING DOWN RUL ES FOR THE APPLICATI ON OF REGULATION (EU ) 
NO 1308/2013 OF THE EUR OPEAN PARLIAMENT AND  OF THE COUNCIL AS R EGARDS 
APPLICATIONS FOR PRO TECTION OF DESIGNATI ONS OF ORIGIN, GEOGR APHICAL  
INDICATIONS AND TRAD ITIONAL TERMS IN THE  WINE SECTOR, THE OB JECTION  
PROCEDURE, AMENDMENT S TO PRODUCT SPECIFI CATIONS, TH E REGISTER OF  
PROTECTED NAMES, CAN CELLATION OF PROTECT ION AND USE OF  
SYMBOLS, AND OF REGU LATION (EU) NO 1306/ 2013 OF THE  
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL A S  
REGARDS AN APPROPRIA TE SYSTEM OF CHECKS  
(OJEU L 9, 11.01.201 9, P. 46.)  
Notifying Member  EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/34 of 
17 October  2018 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications 
and traditional terms in the wine sector, the objection procedure, 
amendments to product specifications, the register of protected names, 
cancellation of protection and use of symbols, and of Regulation (EU) 
No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an 
appropriate system of checks (OJEU L 9, 11.01.2019, p. 46.)  
Subject matter  Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/IP/EEC/19_1711_00_e.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/IP/EEC/19_1711_00_f.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/IP/EEC/19_1711_00_s.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  IP/N/1/EU/23 • IP/N/1/EU/G/10  
 
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  Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The text includes the implementing rules of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (circulated to Members 
in document IP/N/1/EU/G/4) for the part which concerns designations of origin and geographical 
indications in the wine sector. In particular the text concerns: applications for protection (in EU and 
in Third countries, joint applications, single doc ument, geographical area, scrutiny procedure); the 
objection procedure (procedural rules); amendments to product specifications (requirements for 
application and communication of amendments); the register of protected names, cancellation of 
protection, use  of symbols, checks (authorities responsible for verifying compliance with the product 
specification, actions to prevent unlawful use of names, communications between the Commission 
and the Member States and the Third countries, annual verification, testin g); communications, 
publication and final provisions; templates (in Annexes).  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, French , Spanish  
Entry into force  14 January 2019  
Other date   Enactment : 17 October 2018  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  14 February 2019  
Other information  https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0034&from=ES  
 
Agency  or 
authority 
responsible  European Commission  
DG Agriculture and Rural Development  
Unit B.3. – Geographical Indications  
L130 07/233  
B-1049 Brussels/ Belgium  
 
AGRI-B3@ec.europa.eu  
https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/index_en