Unofficial translation  
L a w  o f  U k r a i n e  
 
On Amendments to the Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Improvement of 
the Legal Protection of Geographical Indications  
(Bulletin of Verkhovna Rada 2019, № 45, pp.290)  
The Verkhovna  Rada of Ukraine decrees : 
I. To amend the following legislative acts of Ukraine : 
1. In the Article  160 of the Commercial  Code of Ukraine (Bulletin of the Verkhovna  Rada of 
Ukraine, 2003, No. 18 -22, Article 144):  
1) the second part shall be laid out in the following wording : 
"2. The terms of use of geographical indications in the field of business shall be determined by 
law";  
2)  the third part shall be deleted . 
2. The first part of Article 502 of the Civil Code of Ukraine (Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of 
Ukraine, 2003, No. 40 -44, Article 356) shall be laid out in the following wording : 
"1. Subjects of intellectual property right to geographical indication are manuf acturers of goods, 
associations of producers, other persons defined by law."  
3. In the Law of Ukraine "On Protection of the Rights to Indicate the Origin of Goods" 
(Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 1999, No. 32, Article 267 with the subsequent 
changes):  
1) The name and preamble shall be laid out in such wordings:  
“On the Legal Protection of Geographical indications ” 
This Law sets out legal principles for the legal protection of geographical indications in 
Ukraine, and regulates relationship arising in the course of registration, use and protection thereof.  
The special aspects of relations occurring in the course of preparing to registration, use and 
protection of geographical indications with respect to agricultural products(agri cultural goods), 
foodstuff, wines, aromatized wine products, spirit drinks, and control with respect thereof shall be 
regulated by other laws ”; 
2) Articles 1 and 2 shall be laid out in the following wording : 
“Article 1 . Definition of terms  
1. For the purp oses of this Law, the terms mentioned below are used with the following 
meanings:  
1) Appellate Chamber — the Institution’s collegiate body reviewing objections to the 
Institution’s decisions regarding accrual of rights to intellectual property and other matte rs 
included by this Law to the scope of its competence;  
 
2) Bulletin — the Institution’s official electronic bulletin;  3) Geographical indication — appellation of origin  identifying a product originating from 
certain geographical place and having special quality, reputation or other characteristics 
stemming mainly from this geographical place of origin, preserving that at least one of the 
stages of this product’s manufact ure (production (extraction) and/or processing and/or 
preparation) takes place in a certain geographical area;  
 
4) geographical place – any geographical object with officially defined boundaries, in 
particular: country, region as part of a country, settlement , locality, etc.;  
 
5) state system for legal protection of intellectual property  — the Institution and the set of 
expert, research, educational, information and other appropriately specialized public 
establishments falling within the scope of the Institution’ s administration;  
 
6) examination body — a public body (enterprise, organization) authorized by the Institution to 
examine and to proceed with expertise of applications;  
 
7) application — a package of documents required for registration of a geographical indicat ion; 
 
8) applicant  — a person or association of persons filing an application;  
 
9) appellation of origin — a type of geographical indication meaning the name identifying a 
product originating from a certain geographical place and having special qualities or 
properties stemming, solely or mainly, from particular geographical environment with 
natural and human factors characteristic for this geographical place, if all stages of this 
product’s manufacture (production (extraction) and/or processing and/or preparation ) take 
place in a designated geographical area;  
 
10) the name becoming generic — a product name which, although being the name of the 
geographical place in which the product of this type was first made and/or processed, has 
become generally used in Ukraine as the name of a certain product type irrespective to the 
specific place of that product’s origin, including derivatives from that name;  
 
11) person — natural or legal person;  
 
12) registration  — state registration of a geographical indication;  
 
13) Register  — the electr onic State Register of Geographical Indications of Ukraine;  
 
14) product specification  — a set of information regarding a product concerning which a 
geographical indication has been used, approved by the authorized body;  
 
15) authorized body — a central body of executive power designated by the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine and authorized to a pprove product specifications and amendments 
thereto and control special qualities and other characteristics of products marked with a 
geographical indications, and to designate boundaries of geographical places to which these 
special qualities or other ch aracteristics are related and manufacturers of these goods within 
the boundaries of these geographical places;  
 
16) Institution  — the central body of executive power responsible for implementation of the 
national policy on intellectual property ”; 
 
“Article 2 . Ukrainian legislation on the legal protection of geographical indications   
Ukrainian legislation on the legal protection of geographical indications consists of this Law, 
Laws of Ukraine On the Protection against Unfair Competition, On the Prot ection of Rights to 
Trademarks, On the Protection of Consumer Rights, On Advertising, Laws of Ukraine regulating 
special aspects of relations occurring in the course of preparing to registration, use and protection of 
geographical indications with respect to agricultural products (agricultural goods), foodstuff, wines, 
aromatized wine products, spirit drinks, and con trol and other regulatory acts”;  
3)  in the Article 3  
In the name the words "protection of rights" shall be replaced with the words "legal 
protection";  
in para one:  
in the first paragraph, the words "protection of rights" shall be replaced with the words "legal 
protection";  
the third paragraph shall be laid out in the following wording:  
"carries out state registration of geographical indications" ; 
 
“Article 5 . Rights and duties of foreign and other persons  
 
1. Foreign and stateless persons have the same rights and duties as the rights and duties 
provided to Ukrainian citizens by this Law in accordance with international treaties of Ukraine 
ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.  
2. Foreign and other perso ns permanently residing or permanently staying outside Ukraine  shall 
exercise their rights in the relationship with the Institution directly by return to the institution or via 
representatives for intellectual property affairs (patent attorneys) registered  according to a provision 
approved by the central body of executive power responsible for formation of the national policy on 
intellectual property ”;  
 
Article 6.  Providing legal protection to geographical indications  
 
1. This Law provides legal protection to geographical indications on the basis of their 
registration according to the procedure provided by this Law or according to international treaties of 
Ukraine.  
Legal protection of geographical indications has unlimited period, except in the cases of early 
termination of a geographical indication mentioned in Article 21 of this Law.  
 
2. The scope of legal protection of a geographical indication is determined by t he product’s 
characteristics and the boundaries of the geographical appellation  of its origin stated in the 
Register ”; 
 
Article 7.  Conditions for provision of legal protection  
 
1. Legal protection is provided to geographical indications, if the declared n ame meets 
requirements of the indent four, Article 1 of this Law, and the grounds for denial of legal protection 
set out in this Law do not apply to this name.  2. Legal protection is provided to a geographical indication appellation  of origin, if the decl ared 
name meets requirements of the indent ten of Article 1 of this Law and the grounds for denial of 
legal protection set out in this Law do not apply to it.  
Irrespectively of the provisions of the indent ten of Article 1 of this Law, the name of 
geograp hical place shall be considered the appellation  of origin, if raw materials used to 
manufacture this product originate from a geographical place other than the geographical place of 
the product’s manufacture, if geographical place of the production (extrac tion) of raw materials is 
designated, there are special conditions for the production of these raw materials and observance of 
these conditions is controlled.  
For the purposes of this part, only living animals, meat and milk can be considered as raw 
mater ials.  
3. Legal protection is provided to a geographical indication fully or partially homonymous with 
a geographical indication registered in Ukraine under condition of bona fide local and traditional 
use and if this use rules out the possibility of confu sing or deceiving consumers as regards the 
product’s actual origin.  
Homonymous geographical indications  may be registered, if there is a difference during the use 
between this indication and a previously -registered geographical indication without giving 
preference to a particular manufacturer and if measures were taken to avoid deception of 
consumers.  
A homonymous indication correctly indicating geographical place of the product’s manufacture 
but creating wrong impression in consumers that the product was  made in another geographical 
place cannot be registered ”; 
5) in the first part of Article 8.  
paragraph b) shall be deleted;  
paragraph c) shall be laid out in the following wording:   
“c) represents  a name that became generic;”  
paragraph d) shall be deleted;  
paragraph e) shall be laid out in the following wording:  
“e) includes or reproduces a name of plant variety or animal breed, and therefore, can deceive 
consumers as regards the product’s actual origin. This paragraph does not apply in the cases when:  
a) a product contains or originates from the relevant plant variety or animal breed;  
b) consumers are not deceived;  
c) the name of plant variety or animal breed is used in good faith;  
the product’s manufactur e and sales went beyond the boundaries of its appellation of  origin 
before the date of filing a geographical indication registration application;  
in paragraph f)  the words “with the label for goods and services, rights to which”, “this label”, 
and “identi ty” shall be respectively replaced with “the trademark, rights to which”, “this 
trademark”, and “authenticity”;  
6) Article 9 shall be laid out in the following wording:  “Article 9 . The right to registration of a geographical indication  
1. The right to stat e registration of a geographical indication is granted to the association of 
persons which, in a designated geographical place, manufacture the product and/or produce and/or 
process raw materials of a product whose special quality, reputation or other char acteristics stem 
from this geographical place.  
For the above purpose, association of persons means any set of persons regardless of its legal 
form or composition.  
One natural or legal person may have the right to register a geographical indication only if:  
a) this person is the sole manufacturer which, in a designated geographical place, 
manufactures the product and/or produce and/or process raw materials of a product  and 
is desirous of filing an application for registration of a geographical indication;  
b) the geographical area in which the product is manufactured (extracted) and/or processed 
and/or prepared has characteristics significantly different from the adjacent areas, or if 
the product’s characteristics are different from products made in the adjacen t areas”;  
7) supplements the Article 91 with following content:  
Article 91. Product specification  
1. For registration of a geographical indication, the product for which this indication is fileded 
must meet the product specification approved by the authorized body.  
2. Product specification shall include at least the data on:  
a) name applied for registrati on as the name of the product’s appellation  of origin or 
geographical indication, in the form and language used during the product’s sales or the 
language historically used to mark the product in the relevant geographical area;  
b) name and description of the product, including (if appropriate) raw materials (key 
characteristics , physical, chemical, microbiological and organoleptic characteristics of 
the product);  
c) boundaries of geographical place where the product is manufactured and, if appropriate, 
area where  raw materials are produced, if it is greater than or different from the area 
where the product is manufactured;  
d) description of the product manufacturing methods, for instance, specific conditions and 
invariable local methods of product’s manufacture (if a ny), and also, packaging 
information, if the applicant decides and substantiates that the product must be 
packaged in a designated geographical place for the purpose of preserving quality, or 
guaranteeing the product’s authenticity, or ensuring control;  
e) information regarding relation of the product’s specific quality or other characteristics 
to geographical environment mentioned in the indent ten of Article 1 of this Law, or 
relation of the product’s special quality, reputation or other characteristics to i ts 
geographical place of origin mentioned in the indent four of Article 1 of this Law;  
f) special product labelling  rules (if available).  
3. Special requirements to specifications for agricultural products, foodstuff, wines, aromatized 
wine products, spirit d rinks might be defined by the special laws in the appropriate spheres. The 
requirements to specifications and to procedures on approval thereof shall be approved by the regulatory acts approved specially authorised bodies designated by the Cabinet of Minis ters of 
Ukraine.  
8) part one of the Article 10   shall be laid out in the following wording:  
 
“1. An application shall be filed with the Institution by a person or association of persons who 
have the right to registration of a geographical indication under Article 9 of this Law.  
An application may be filed in paper or electronic form at the applic ant’s choice.  
Electronic applications are processed in accordance with the law regulating electronic 
documents and electronic document flow, this Law and the rules set by the central body of 
executive power responsible for formation of the national policy  on intellectual property. Electronic 
applications may be filed upon identification of the applicant (applicant’s representative for 
intellectual property affairs or another authorized representative) using an electronic digital 
signature.  
In part three th e words “(patent attorney)” shall be deleted;  
4. An application shall be completed in the Ukrainian language and contain:  
a) application for registration of geographical indication (the product’s appellation  of 
origin), stating the applicant’s (applicants’) name(s) and address(es) and the 
authorized bodies checking the product’s conformity with product specification.  
b) product’s specification mentioned in the Article 91 of this Law;  
c) a document stating:  
• key aspects of the product specification: declared name, product description, 
including (if appropriate) special rules for product’s packing and marking, and brief 
description of the boundaries of the geographical place where the product is 
manufactured and/or processed;  
• description of the product’s relati on to geographical environment or geographical 
place of the product’s origin defined in the indents four and ten of Article 1 of this 
Law, respectively, including special aspects of the product’s description or 
manufacturing methods confirming this relatio n. 
Part five shall be deleted  
Part six shall be laid out in the following wording : 
“6. Instead of the product specification mentioned in the paragraph b) of part four of this 
Article, foreigners shall submit, along with the application, documents con firmin g legal protection 
of fil ed geographical indication in the relevant foreign country or accrual of rights to this indication 
on the basis of use in good faith, if provided by that country’s law. Such documents shall meet the 
minimum requirements for data in  the specification stated in article 91. 
The documents mentioned in this part may be submitted in a foreign language, in which case, 
the Institution must receive their Ukrainian translation within two months after application filing 
date.”;  
Parts seven and eight shall be replaced with three new parts of the following wording:  
“7. Applications must be completed and filed according to the rules set by the central body of 
executive power responsible for formation of the national policy on intellectual  property.  8. A fee is charged for filing an application. This fee must be paid before expiration of two 
months after application filing date. This period may be extended by up to six months, if a relevant 
request was filed before expiration of that perio d and the applicable filing fee paid.  
9. Application filing date is the date when the Institution receives an application for 
registration of a geographical indication, if all documents and information mentioned in the parts 
four and six of this Article ar e available”;  
9) Article 11  shall be laid out in the following wording:  
“Article 11 . Examination of applications  
 
1. Examination of applications has the status of scientific -technical examination, and is 
performed by the expertise establishment in accordan ce with this Law and the rules set on the basis 
of this Law by the central body of executive power responsible for formation of the national policy 
on intellectual property.  
The expertise establishment conducts information activities necessary for examinat ion of 
applications, and is a center for international exchange of publications in accordance with the 
Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications adopted on 3 December 1958 by 
the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization . 
2. The end results of examination of an application not considered withdrawn or which has 
not been withdrawn shall be laid down in the application examination report which enters into force 
upon approval thereof by the Institution. Based on this report, the Institution will decide on 
registration of a geographical indication or denying registration of a geographical indication. The 
Institution’s decision will be sent to the applicant.  
An applicant has the right to re quest copies of materials contradicting the application within 
one month after receiving the Institution’s decision. These copies will be sent to the applicant 
within one month after receiving a request.  
3. The applicant has the right to participate, pers onally or via a representative, in accordance 
with the applicable procedure, in the review of matters arising during examination.   
4. The applicant has the right to correct errors in his application and change his name and 
correspondence address, the corr espondence address, name and address of his representative, and 
clarify product description or boundaries of geographical place of the product’s origin.  
Changes related to clarification of product description or boundaries of geographical place of 
the prod uct’s origin shall not concern the product’s essential characteristics or change boundaries of 
geographical place.  
Corrections and changes will be taken into account, if the expertise establishment receives 
them before receiving a document confirming payme nt of the state duty for state registration of 
geographical indication.  
A fee is charged for filing a request for correction of errors or making any of the 
aforementioned changes, if an error is not obvious or technical and the change has occurred due to 
circumstances within the applicant’s control.  
5. An expertise establishment may require applicants to provide additional materials, if 
examination of an application is impossible without them or if there are reasonable doubts as 
regards the accuracy of an y information or elements contained in the application’s materials.  An applicant shall submit additional materials within two months after receiving an expertise 
establishment’s notice or conclusion or copies of materials contradicting the application. If  the 
applicant fails to submit additional materials by the required deadline, his application shall be 
considered withdrawn and the relevant notice will be served to the applicant.  
The deadline for submission of additional materials may be extended for up  to six months, if a 
relevant request was filed before expiration of that period and the applicable filing fee paid.  
If the deadline for submission of additional materials is missed for valid reasons, the 
applicant’s rights concerning application shall be  restored, if a relevant request along with 
additional materials was submitted within six months after expiration of that period and the 
applicable filing fee paid.  
6. Within three months after the date of publication in the Bulletin of information regard ing 
the application and product specification mentioned in Article 91 of this Law, any person may 
submit a reasonable objection to an expertise establishment concerning nonconformity of declared 
indication with the conditions for legal protection set out i n Articles 7 and 8 of this Law, or breach 
of conditions set out in Article 9 of this Law.  
A fee is charged for filing an objection.  
Requirements to objections are set by the central body of executive power responsible for 
formation of the national policy on intellectual property. An objection shall be submitted together 
with a copy thereof.  
The expertise establishment will send a copy of objection to the applicant.  
The applicant may inform the expertise establishment about his opinion regarding the 
objection within two months after receiving it. The applicant may refute the objection and leave the 
application unchanged, make changes in the application or recall it  
Examination body within two months after receiving the objection invites a person filed an 
objection and an applicant for consultations within the reasonable time, but not more than three 
months.  
A person which filed an objection and an applicant shall sta rt such consultations immediately. 
They shall provide each other with relevant information for evaluation of the application’s 
conformance with the requirements indicated in articles 7,8,10 of this Law, or product 
specification’s conformance with the requi rements of the article 91 of this Law. If the agreement is 
not reached, such information shall be provided to examination body.  
At any time within these 3 months the examination body may, under request of the applicant, 
extend consultations additionally, but not more than for 3 months.  
7. During examination:  
a) the application filing date is determined in accordance with part nine of the Artic le 
10 of this Law;  
b) the application is checked for conformance with formal requirements of Articles 9 
and 10 of this Law and the rules set on its basis by the central body of executive 
power responsible for formation of the national policy on intellectual property;  
c) the  fee paid for application filing is checked for conformance with the applicable 
requirements;  d) the declared indication is checked for conformance with the conditions for legal 
protection set out in Articles 7 and 8 of this Law.  
8. If all documents and i nformation required for an application by the parts four to six of 
Article 10 of this Law are available and the application filing fee is paid, the applicant will be sent a 
notice of determined application filing date.  
9. If any of the materials required b y the parts four to six of Article 10 of this Law are 
unavailable, the applicant shall be immediately notified about it.  
If the applicant submits the required materials within two months after receiving the expertise 
establishment’s relevant notice, the a pplication filing date shall be considered date when the 
expertise establishment receives the last of required materials. Otherwise, the application shall be 
considered not filed and the application shall be notified appropriately.  
10. If requirements of Article 10 (8) of this Law are not met, an application shall be 
considered withdrawn and the applicant shall be notified accordingly.  
11. If an application is compliant with Article 10 of this Law and the rules set on its basis by 
the central body of exec utive power responsible for formation of the national policy on intellectual 
property, and the fee paid for application filing is conformant with the applicable requirements, the 
applicant will be notified accordingly and information regarding the applicat ion and product 
specification mentioned in Article 91 of this Law or equivalent document in accordance with part 6, 
article 10 of this Law will be published in the Bulletin.  
After publication of information regarding the application and product specificati on, any 
person may have access to the application’s materials according to the procedure set by the central 
body of executive power responsible for formation of the national policy on intellectual property. A 
fee is charged for access to the application’s materials.  
12. If an application is noncompliant with formal requirements of Article 10 of this Law and 
the rules set on its basis by the central body of executive power responsible for formation of the 
national policy on intellectual property, or the fee paid for application filing is not conformant with 
the applicable requirements, the applicant will be notified accordingly and offered to fix 
deficiencies.  
The applicant shall fix deficiencies by the deadline and according to the procedure set out in 
the part five of this Article for additional materials.  
13. Objections filed under the part six of this Article will be reviewed during verification of 
conformity of declared indication with the conditions for legal protection set out in Articles 7 and 8 
of this Law.  
An objection will be reviewed on the basis of reasons stated therein and the applicant’s 
response (if provided by the required deadline).  
An objection to an application may be granted only if it:  
- proves nonconformity of a declared indication with the conditions for legal protection 
set out in Articles 7 and 8 of this Law, or breaches Article 9 of this Law;  
- proves that registration of a declared indication would damage a registered partially or 
fully homonymous geographical indicatio n, or trademark, or existence of products 
marketed in good faith within at least five years prior to the publication date of 
product specification mentioned in Article 91 of this Law;  - contains the proof that a declared indication became a generic name.  
 
The results of reviewing an objection will be stated in the application examination report. A 
copy of the Institution’s decision made on the basis of this report will be sent to the person who 
filed the objection.  
14. If no objections were received or if objections were deemed unfounded, and if a declared 
indication is compliant with the conditions set out in Articles 7 and 8 of this Law and the conditions 
set out in Article 9 of this Law are met, the Institution wi ll approve registration of a geographical 
indication based on examination report.  
15. If examination made by taking into account an objection (if any) establishes that a declared 
indication is not compliant with the conditions for legal protection set out  in Articles 7 or 8 of this 
Law, or if an application was filed by a person not entitled to registration of a geographical 
indication under Article 9 of this Law, the expertise establishment will send a relevant substantiated 
preliminary conclusion to the applicant with an offer to provide a reasonable response regarding the 
grounds for denial of legal protection to the declared indication.  
The applicant’s response shall be provided by the deadline and according to the procedure set 
out in the part five of this Article for additional materials, and will be taken into account when 
preparing the application examination report”;  
10) in Article 12  the word “day” shall be replaced with the word “date”;  
11) in  Article 13  
In part one:  
Paragraph one after the words “Institution’s decision” shall be added with the words and 
numbers “or copies of materials requested in accordance with Article 11 (2) of this Law”;  
Shall be added with the paragraph two with the following wording:  
“A person filing an objection, who receiv ed a copy of the Institution’s decision in accordance 
with Article 11 (13) of this Law may appeal the Institution’s decision with the Appellate Chamber 
within two months after receiving a copy thereof.  
Part two shall be deleted  
Part three shall be laid out  with the following wording:  
“3. The applicant’s right to appeal an Institution’s decision at the Appellate Chamber becomes 
void after payment of the state duty for registration of a geographical indication”;  
In part four:  
In the first sentence the words “ the central body of executive power responsible for formation of 
the national policy on intellectual property” shall be replaced with the words “the Institution”;  
In the third sentence the word “applicant” shall be replaced with the words “person, filing t he 
objection”;  
In part five:  In the first paragraph the words “document about payment” shall be replaced with the word 
“payment”;  
Shall be added with  the second paragraph with the following  wording:  
“If objection to the Institution’s decision regarding an application was filed by the person who 
filed objection under Article 11 (6) of this Law, the applicant shall be immediately notified about 
the receipt of this objection and sent a copy  thereof. The applicant may submit to the Appellate 
Chambe r a substantiated response to the objection within two months after receiving a copy of the 
objection and participate in the review thereof”;  
In the first sentence of part six the words “document about payment” and “provided by the 
applicant in objection a nd during review thereof” shall be respectively replaced with the words 
“payment” and “stated in the objection and during review thereof, and taking into account the 
applicant’s response (if received by the required deadline)”;  
In part seven:  
After the par agraph one shall be added with the new paragraph with the following wording:  
“If the Institution’s decision is appealed by a person who filed objection under Article 11 (6) of 
this Law, a copy of the Appellate Chamber’s decision shall be sent to that person”;  
With regard to the abovementioned, paragraph two shall be considered paragraph three.  
Paragraph three shall be laid out with the following wording:  
“If an objection is granted due to breach of the expertise procedure, the fee for filing an objecti on 
shall be refunded and the application returned to the expertise establishment for re -examination”;  
Part eight shall be deleted.  
In part nine the words “the Applicant may” shall be replaced with the words “Persons who filed 
objections under this Article may”;  
Add with the part ten with the following wording:  
“10. The Appellate Chamber’s decisions enter into force as of the date of their approval by an 
order of the Institution, and require publication in full on the Institution’s official website”;  
12) Articles 14 and 15  shall be laid out with the following wording:  
“Article 14 . Registration of a geographical indication  
1. The Institution proceeds with state registration of a geographical indication on the basis of 
decision approving registration of a geog raphical indication and availability of a document 
confirming payment of the state fee for registration and payment of the fee for publication of a 
registration notice by including to the Register information required by the central body of 
executive power  responsible for formation of the national policy on intellectual property. The 
Register keeping procedure and composition of information filed in the Register are determined by 
the central body of executive power responsible for formation of the national policy on intellectual 
property.  
The aforementioned duty and fee are payable after the applicant receives decision approving 
registration of a geographical indication.  If an expertise establishment does not receive a document confirming payment of the stat e fee 
for registration and the fee for publication of a registration notice in the amount and according to 
the procedure required by law within three months after the applicant receives decision approving 
registration of a geographical indication, the stat e registration of a geographical indication will not 
be filed and the application will be considered withdrawn.  
The deadline for receipt of a document confirming payment of the state fee for registration and 
payment of the fee for publication of a registr ation notice may be extended for up to six months, if a 
relevant request was filed before expiration of that period and the applicable filing fee paid.  
If the deadline for receipt of a document confirming payment of the state fee for registration 
and paym ent of the fee for publication of a registration notice is missed for valid reasons, the 
applicant’s rights concerning application shall be restored, if a relevant request along with 
additional materials was submitted within six months after expiration of that period, along with a 
document confirming payment of the state fee for registration and payment of the fee for 
publication of a registration notice, and the applicable filing fee paid.  
If decision regarding registration of a geographical indication wa s made on the basis of an 
application to which an objection was filed under Article 11 (6) of this Law, the timeframe for 
receipt of a document confirming payment of the state fee for registration and payment of the fee 
for publication of a registration no tice shall stop until expiration of the period for appealing of this 
decision by the person filing the objection, set by the indent two of the part one, Article 13 of this 
Law.  
2. After information regarding registration of a geographical indication is fil ed in the Register, 
any person may have access to this information according to the procedure set by the central body 
of executive power responsible for formation of the national policy on intellectual property, and 
receive, upon request, an abstract from the Register concerning geographical indication by paying a 
fee for filing this request.  
3. Errors in information filed in the register may be corrected at the request from persons 
mentioned in the Register or from the Institution.  
At the request from a p erson mentioned in the Register, change of the name and address, 
correspondence address or representative’s name and address may be filed in the Register.  
4. After information regarding registration of a geographical indication is filed in the Register, 
persons or associations of persons concerned who meet requirements of Article 9 of this Law may 
file changes in product specifications after approval of such  amended specifications by the specially 
authorized body . 
These changes may concern product manufacturing methods, taking into account scientific and 
technological progress or revision of boundaries of the geographical place mentioned in Article 91 
(2) (c)  of this Law.  
An application for changes in product specifications shall describe the requested changes and 
substantiate the need for them.  
If changes in product specifications require one or several changes in information filed in the 
Register, an applica tion for changes shall be reviewed according to the procedure set out in Article 
11 (11), (13) to (15) of this Law.  
If requested changes in product specifications are insignificant and do not require filing 
changes in information contained in the Register , the Institution may file these changes without 
applying the procedure set out in Article 11 (11), (13) to (15) of this Law, if these changes are confirmed by the authorized body or, if a geographical indication is located in another country, 
proof of fil ing relevant changes in that country.  
Changes are considered insignificant, if they do not:  
a) concern the product’s essential characteristics;  
b) change the relation between the product’s quality or other characteristics and 
geographical environment;  
c) change a geographical indication or part thereof;  
d) change boundaries of a geographical place;  
e) enhance restrictions on sales of the product or its raw materials.  
If changes concern temporary changes in product specifications occurring as a resu lt of 
obligatory sanitary or phytosanitary measures applied by public authorities, the Institution may file 
these changes without applying the procedure set out in Article 11 (11), (13) to (15) of this Law.  
A fee is charged for filing a request for correc tion of errors or for making any of the 
aforementioned changes, if an error is not obvious or technical and the change has occurred due to 
circumstances within the applicant’s control.  
Information regarding changes made in the Register and/or product speci fications shall be 
published in the Bulletin.  
5. Any natural or legal person who/which meets requirements of Article 9 of this Law and is 
desirous of having information about him/it as a person authorized to use a registered geographical 
indication and po ssessing other rights provided by Article 17 of this Law to be additionally filed in 
the Register may file a relevant request with the Institution along with a document issued by the 
authorized body and confirming that that person manufactures the product in a geographical place 
mentioned in the Register and the product’s characteristics are conformant with the relevant product 
specifications.  
A fee is charged for filing a request for filing information in the Register regarding a person 
entitled to use a registered geographical indication.  
The request shall be reviewed according to the procedure set by the central body of executive 
power responsible for formation of the national policy on intellectual property.  
If requirements of Article 9 of this Law are met, a request for filing information in the Register 
regarding a person entitled to use a registered geographical indication shall be granted and the 
relevant information filed in the Register, and a notice regarding the above shall be published in the 
Bulletin. Otherwise, this request shall be denied.  
Information regarding geographical indications protected in Ukraine under international treaties 
of Ukraine may be filed in the Register.  
Article 15.  Publication regarding state registration  
At the same time with the state registration of a geographical indication, information regarding 
state registration of a geographical indication shall be published in the Bulletin, containing a 
reference to a publication of the product specification or equivalent docu ment thereto made in 
accordance with Article 11 (11) of this Law”;  
13) Article 16  after the word “its” shall be added with the word “state”  
14) Article 17  shall be laid out with the following wording:  “Article 17 . Rights arising from the registration of a  geographical indication  
1. The rights arising from the registration of a geographical indication shall be valid from the 
date of registration of a geographical indication.  
2. Registration of a geographical indication shall entitle the persons referred to  in Article 9 of 
this Law to:  
a) а use a geographical indication;  
b) take measures to prohibit the use of geographical indication by persons not entitled to 
do so;  
c) carry out the activities to ensure the conformity of the product, for which the 
geographical indication is registered, with the product specification approved by the 
specially authorized body;  
d) disseminate information and carry out other activities aimed at informing consumers 
about specific features of the product for which the geogra phical indication is registered;  
e) other rights defined by this Law and in the separate laws regulating special aspects of 
relations occurring in the course of registration, use and protection of geographical 
indications with respect to agricultural product s, foodstuff, wine, aromatized wine products, 
alcoholic beverages.  
3. The use of a registered geographical indication shall be deemed to be:  
a) applying it to the product or to the label;  
b) applying it to the packaging of the product, the use in advertisemen t;  
c) record ing on letterheads, invoices and other documents accompanying the product.  
4. Registered geographical indications shall be protected against the following actions unless 
otherwise is provided by this Law : 
a) any direct or indirect commercial use of a registered geographical indication for a 
product not covered by the geographical indication registration, and such a product 
is similar to the product for which a geographical indication is registered, or when 
such use leads to the abus e of reputation of the geographical indication, including if 
this product is used as a component of another product;  
b) any unlawful use or imitation or other embodiment of the registered geographical 
indication, even if the true place of origin of the produc t is indicated, or if the 
registered indication is translated, provided in transcription or transliteration, or 
accompanied by an expression such as "style", "type", "method", "made in", 
"imitation", "taste", "similar", etc., including if this product is u sed as a component 
of another product;  
c) any other false or otherwise misleading, as to the source, the substance or essential 
qualities of the product, use of the geographical indication on the inner or outer 
packaging, promotional materials or documents r elating to the product in question, 
as well as the packaging of the product in a container which can mislead as to its 
origin;  
d)  any other use that may mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product.  
Taking into account the interest of intereste d producers and in order to prevent misleading the 
consumers as to the substance of the product, geographical place of origin of the product or its boundaries, the registered homonymous geographical indications shall be used in accordance with 
the practica l terms of use commonly defined by the interested producers, according to which such 
geographical indications shall differ from each other.  
If registered geographical indication is contained in the application for the trademark (label 
for goods and servic es), or in the respective certificate, this is the ground for the rejection in 
providing the legal protection of the trademark (label for goods and services) or the ground for 
invalidation thereof in the order prescribed by legislation .  
Measures for prot ection of registered geographical indications shall be undertaken by the state 
authorities within their competence, as well as by persons entitled to use a registered geographical 
indication.  
5. Person entitled to use a registered geographical indication s hall not be entitled to prohibit 
other person to:  
a) use the geographical indication for a product placed with this indication into a 
civilian circulation by a person who has the right to use a registered geographical indication;  
b) use their names or addresses in good faith;  
c) use the names of a plant variety or animal breed in good faith;  
d) use the unregistered homonymous geographical indication:  
- within five years from the date following the date of registration of a geographical 
indic ation, if the objection has been filed in accordance with part six of Article 11 of this 
Law, which indicates the problem arising due to the identity of geographical indications, 
and if such registration may endanger the existence of a product that was con tinuously and 
in good faith placed into a civilian circulation within at least five years before the date of 
publication of the product specification, as provided in part 11 of Article 11 of this Law;  
- within fifteen years from the date following the date of registration of a geographical 
indication, if an objection has been filed in accordance with part six of Article 11 of this 
Law, which indicates the problem arising due to the identity of geographical indications, 
and if the homonymous name has been use d continuously and in good faith within not less 
than twenty five years before the date of filing an application for registration of the 
relevant geographical indication and there is evidence that the purpose of such use was not 
to make profit at the expen se of the reputation of the registered geographical indication 
and that the consumer was not or could not be misled as to the true origin of the goods.  
The use of an unregistered geographical indication shall only be permitted if the appellation  
of origin  is clearly and visibly indicated on the label;  
e) use a trademark that was registered in good faith or filed for registration in Ukraine 
on behalf of another person for the same or related products and services before the date of 
filing an application for  registration of this geographical indication, if such use falls even 
under one of cases envisaged by items a) to d) of part four of this article.  
6. The persons entitled to use a registered geographical indication shall be entitled to place a 
warning mar king next to the geographical indication for information that this indication has been 
registered in Ukraine.  
For the warning marking of the place of origin of goods the abbreviation (NPO) ringed by an 
oval shall be used. Instead of that marking or along with it the following text may be applied: 
“Appellation of origin of goods registered in Ukraine”.  For the warning marking of a geographical indication the abbreviation (GI) ringed by an oval 
shall be used. Instead of that marking or along with it the fol lowing text may be applied: 
“Geographical indication registered in Ukraine”.  
7. The persons entitled to use a registered geographical indication may not:  
a) issue a license to use a geographical indication;  
b) prohibit (prevent) the specially authorized bodie s to exercise control over presence in 
the goods of special qualities and other characteristics, on the basis of which a geographical 
indication is registered.  
c) prohibit other persons referred to in Article 9 of this Law from exercising the rights 
establis hed by this article.  
8. Specially authorized bodies shall have the right to exercise control over presence in the 
goods of special qualities and other characteristics, the details of which are entered in the Register.  
Such control provides for:  
a) checking the goods for compliance with the product specification specified in Article 
91 of this Law;  
b) tracking the use of registered geographical indications on goods placed into a civilian 
circulation in order to prevent cases envisaged by part four of Ar ticle 17 of this Law  
c) other forms of control provided in the separate laws regulating special aspects of 
relations occurring in the course of registration, use and protection of geographical 
indications with respect to agricultural products, foodstuff, wine , aromatized wine products, 
spirit drinks and in other applicable legislation of Ukraine . 
15) Article 18  shall be deleted.  
16) in Article 20 : 
In the name the word “invalid” (single)  shall be replaced with the word “invalid” (plural)  
In part one:  
In paragra ph one the words and number “in case of its inconformity with the conditions of 
granting the legal protection provided by the article 7” shall be replaced with the words and 
numbers “if it is was made in violation of the conditions provided for in Articles  7 to 9 of this 
Law”;  
Paragraph two shall be laid out with the following wording:  
“The invalidated registration of a geographical indication shall be considered as not having 
entered into force from the date of its registration”;  
Part two shall be laid out  with the following wording:  
“2. When declaring the geographical indication to be invalid, the Institution shall notify this in 
the Bulletin”;  
17) in Article 21 : 
Part one shall be laid out with the following wording:  “1. The registration of a geographical indication may be terminated by the court if:  
a) it has been established by the specially authorized body that due to the change or loss of 
specific natural and/or human factors typical for the geographical territory de termined 
by the fourth and tenth paragraphs of Article 1 of this Law, it became impossible to 
produce goods that conform to the specification of the goods;  
b) the geographical indication is not used within seven years from the date of publication 
of informat ion on the registration of a geographical indication or from another date after 
this publication. Such termination shall be made upon application of any interested 
person.  
Part two shall be added with the words “or on the basis of an international treaty o f Ukraine”;  
Part three shall be deleted.  
18) Article 22  shall be deleted;  
19) In the name of Section VI the words “For Use Of The Name Of The Origin Of The Goods” 
shall be replaced with the words “Arising From Registration Of A Geographical Indication”  
20) Article 23  shall be laid out with the following wording:  
“Article 23 . Infringement of rights arising from registration of a geographical indication  
1. Any encroachment on the rights arising from the registration of a geographical indication, as 
provided for in Article 17 of this Law, shall entail liability in accordance with the laws.  
2. Such infringement should be stopped on demand of any person who  has the right to use the 
geographical indication, and the infringer shall be obliged to compensate the inflicted damage .” 
21) in paragraph five of part two of the Article 25  the words “owner of the certificate fpr 
registration of right to use the the qual ified denomination of the origin of the goods shall be 
replaced with the words “arising from the registration of a geographical indication”; Methods of 
protection of rights  
22) In the Article 26:  
In part one the words “issuing a certificate” shall be replaced with the words “registration of a 
geographical indication”;  
Part two shall be laid out with the following wording:  
“Revenues from the state duty for registration of geographical indications shall be remitted to 
budgets according to the procedure p rovided by the Budget Code of Ukraine”;  
23) in the text of the Law the words “qualified denomination of the origin of goods”, 
“denomination of the origin of goods”, “denomination of the origin of goods and/or rights to their 
use”, “qualified denomination o f origin and/or right to use already registered qualified 
denomination of origin of goods”, “qualified denomination of the origin and/or rights to its use”, 
“qualified denomination of the origin of goods and/or right to use qualified denomination of the 
origin of goods”, “qualified denomination of the origin of goods and/or right to use this 
denomination”, “qualified denomination of the origin of goods and right to its use” in all cases and 
numbers shall be replaced by the words “geographical indication” in  the corresponding case and 
number.  4. Paragraph eleven sub -point “y”of point 6 of Article 3 of Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers 
of Ukraine of January 21, 1993 No. 7 -93 "On State Duty" (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 1993, No. 
13, Article 113, as amended) sh all be laid out with the following wording:  
"for registration of a geographical indication".  
II. Final and transitional provisions  
1. This Law shall enter into force on January 1, 2020, with the exception of paragraph 5 of this 
section, which shall enter i nto force on the day of the publication of this Law.  
2. Prior to bringing the normative -legal acts adopted before the entry into force of this Law, 
they shall act in accordance with this Law in a part that does not contravene this Law.  
3. Examination of ap plications for registration of a qualified indication of origin of goods and / 
or the right to use a registered qualified indication of origin of goods received by the Office prior to 
the entry into force of this Law, not completed at the time of entry int o force of this Law, shall be 
conducted in accordance with the procedure established by this Law.  
4. Certificates issued on applications received by the Office prior to the entry into force of this 
Law shall be valid.  
5. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine  shall, within three months from the day this Law enters 
into force:  
- bring its normative legal acts in compliance with this Law;  
- ensure that ministries and other central executive bodies bring their normative -legal acts into 
compliance with this Law.  
 
 
President of  Ukraine  V. ZELENSKYY  
 
Kyiv  
September 20, 2019  
No. 123 -IX