# L_2022316EN.01008801.xml

| 8.12.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 316/88 |
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8.12.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 316/88

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DECISION No 1/2022 OF THE TRADE COMMITTEE

of 16 November 2022

modifying Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part [2022/2392]

THE TRADE COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part, and in particular Article 13(1)(d) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 21 November 2017 Colombia submitted to the Union its request to add a new geographical indication to Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement pursuant to Article 209 of the Agreement. The Union completed the objection procedure and the examination of one new geographical indication of Colombia. |
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(1)

On 21 November 2017 Colombia submitted to the Union its request to add a new geographical indication to Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement pursuant to Article 209 of the Agreement. The Union completed the objection procedure and the examination of one new geographical indication of Colombia.

| (2) | On 20 October 2022, pursuant to Article 257(2) of the Agreement, the Sub-Committee on Intellectual Property, in a session between the Union Party and Colombia, assessed the information in relation to the geographical indication and proposed to the Trade Committee to modify Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement. |
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(2)

On 20 October 2022, pursuant to Article 257(2) of the Agreement, the Sub-Committee on Intellectual Property, in a session between the Union Party and Colombia, assessed the information in relation to the geographical indication and proposed to the Trade Committee to modify Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement.

| (3) | Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement should therefore be modified. |
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(3)

Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement should therefore be modified.

| (4) | The decision to modify Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement may be adopted in a session of the Trade Committee between the Union Party and Colombia, pursuant to Article 14(3) of the Trade Agreement, as it relates exclusively to the bilateral relationship between them and does not affect the rights and obligations of another signatory Andean Country, |
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(4)

The decision to modify Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement may be adopted in a session of the Trade Committee between the Union Party and Colombia, pursuant to Article 14(3) of the Trade Agreement, as it relates exclusively to the bilateral relationship between them and does not affect the rights and obligations of another signatory Andean Country,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In the table under point (a) ‘Geographical Indications of Colombia for agricultural and foodstuff products, wines, spirit drinks and aromatised wines’ in Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement, the entry in the Annex to this Decision is added.

Article 2

This Decision, done in duplicate, shall be signed by representatives of the Trade Committee who are authorized to act on behalf of the Parties for purposes of modifying the Agreement. This Decision shall be effective from the date of the later of these signatures.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Quito, 16 November 2022.

For the Trade Committee

Head of EU delegation

Paolo GARZOTTI

Head of Colombia’s delegation

Luis Felipe QUINTERO

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ANNEX

| (a) | ‘Geographical Indications of Colombia for agricultural and foodstuff products, wines, spirit drinks and aromatised wines’ |
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(a)

‘Geographical Indications of Colombia for agricultural and foodstuff products, wines, spirit drinks and aromatised wines’

BOCADILLO VELEÑO

Fruit paste

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