Information notice — Public consultation — Names from Mercosur to be protected as geographical indications in the European Union
Date: 2017-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Mercosur, Mercosur countries, agricultural product, consumer information, designation of origin, foodstuff, public consultation, spirits, wine




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20.10.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/34





INFORMATION NOTICE — PUBLIC CONSULTATION
Names from Mercosur to be protected as geographical indications in the European Union
(2017/C 353/09)
Within the ongoing negotiations with Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) for an Association Agreement (hereafter ‘the Agreement’) including a chapter on geographical indications, the Mercosur authorities have presented, for protection under the Agreement, the attached list of names. The European Commission is currently considering whether these names shall be protected under the future Agreement as geographical indications within the meaning of Article 22(1) of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
The Commission invites any Member State or third country or any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest, resident or established in a Member State or in a third country, to submit oppositions to such protection by lodging a duly substantiated statement.
Statements of opposition must reach the Commission within one month of the date of this publication. Statements of opposition should be sent to the following email address: AGRI-A3@ec.europa.eu
Statements of opposition shall be examined only if they are received within the time limit set out above and if they show that the protection of the name proposed would:






(a)


conflict with the name of a plant variety or an animal breed and as a result is likely to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product;










(b)


be wholly or partially homonymous with that of a name already protected in the Union under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (2) and Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks (3), or contained in the agreements the Union has concluded with the following countries:






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Australia (4),










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Chile (5),










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SADC EPA States (comprising Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa) (6),










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Switzerland (7),










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Mexico (8),










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Korea (9),










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Central America (10),










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Colombia, Peru and Ecuador (11),










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former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (12),










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Canada (13),










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United States (14),










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Albania (15),










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Montenegro (16),










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Bosnia and Herzegovina (17),










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Serbia (18),










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Moldova (19),










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Ukraine (20),










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Georgia (21);














(c)


in the light of a trade mark’s reputation and renown and the length of time it has been used, be liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product;










(d)


jeopardise the existence of an entirely or partly identical name or of a trade mark or the existence of products which have been legally on the market for at least five years preceding the date of the publication of this notice;










(e)


or if they can give details from which it can be concluded that the name for which protection is considered is generic.




The criteria referred to above shall be evaluated in relation to the territory of the Union, which in the case of intellectual property rights refers only to the territory or territories where the said rights are protected. The possible protection of these names in the European Union is subject to the successful conclusion of these negotiations and subsequent legal act.

List of names from Mercosur to be protected as geographical indications in the European Union for agricultural products, foodstuffs, wines and spirits
 (22)







Name


Short description





Argentina






25 de Mayo


Wines




9 de Julio


Wines




Agrelo


Wines




Albardón


Wines




Alto valle de Río Negro


Wines




Angaco


Wines




Añelo


Wines




Arauco


Wines




Avellaneda


Wines




Barrancas


Wines




Barreal


Wines




Belén


Wines




Cachi


Wines




Cafayate — Valle de Cafayate


Wines




Calingasta


Wines




Castro Barros


Wines




Catamarca


Wines




Caucete


Wines




Chapadmalal


Wines




Chilecito


Wines




Chimbas


Wines




Colón


Wines




Colonia Caroya


Wines




Confluencia


Wines




Córdoba Argentina


Wines




Cruz del Eje


Wines




Cuyo


Wines




Distrito Medrano


Wines




El Paraíso


Wines




Famatina


Wines




Felipe Varela


Wines




General Alvear


Wines




General Conesa


Wines




General Lamadrid


Wines




General Roca


Wines




Godoy Cruz


Wines




Guaymallén


Wines




Iglesia


Wines




Jáchal


Wines




Jujuy


Wines




Junín


Wines




La Consulta


Wines




La Paz


Wines




La Rioja Argentina


Wines




Las Compuertas


Wines




Las Heras


Wines




Lavalle


Wines




Luján de Cuyo


Wines




Lunlunta


Wines




Maipú


Wines




Mendoza


Wines




Molinos


Wines




Neuquén


Wines




Paraje Altamira


Wines




Patagonia


Wines




Pichimahuida


Wines




Pocito


Wines




Pomán


Wines




Pozo de los Algarrobos


Wines




Quebrada de Humahuaca


Wines




Rawson


Wines




Río Negro


Wines




Rivadavia de San Juan


Wines




Rivadavia de Mendoza


Wines




Russel


Wines




Salta


Wines




San Blas de los Sauces


Wines




San Carlos de Mendoza


Wines




San Carlos de Salta


Wines




San Javier


Wines




San Juan


Wines




San Martín de Mendoza


Wines




San Martín de San Juan


Wines




San Rafael


Wines




Sanagasta


Wines




Santa Lucía


Wines




Santa María


Wines




Santa Rosa


Wines




Sarmiento


Wines




Tafí


Wines




Tinogasta


Wines




Tucumán


Wines




Tunuyán


Wines




Tupungato — Valle de Tupungato


Wines




Ullum


Wines




Valle de Chañarmuyo


Wines




Valle de Uco


Wines




Valle del Pedernal


Wines




Valle del Tulum


Wines




Valle Fértil


Wines




Valle de Zonda


Wines




Valles Calchaquíes


Wines




Valles del Famatina


Wines




Vinchina


Wines




Villa Ventana


Wines




Vista Flores


Wines




Zonda


Wines




Alcauciles Platenses/Alcachofas Platenses
Alcauciles Romanesco, Híbridos Violeta y Blanco


Fruit, vegetables and cereals or processed: artichoke




Chivito Criollo del Norte Neuquino/Chivito mamón/Chivito de veranada


Meat product: lamb




Cordero Patagónico


Meat product: lamb




Dulce de Membrillo Rubio de San Juan


Other products: quince jam




Melón de Media Agua, San Juan


Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed: cantaloupe




Salame de Tandil


Meat product: salami




Salame Típico de Colonia Caroya


Meat product: salami




Yerba Mate Argentina/Yerba Mate Elaborada con Palo


Other beverages: mate





Brasil






Alta Mogiana


Coffee




Altos Montes


Wines and sparkling wines




Cachaça


Cane Spirits — Cachaça




Canastra


Cheese




Carlópolis


Guava




Cruzeiro do Sul


Cassava flour




Farroupilha


White wine, sparkling wine and liqueur




Linhares


Cocoa beans




Litoral Norte Gaúcho


Rice




Manguezais de Alagoas


Red propolis




Mara Rosa


Saffron




Maracaju


Sausage




Marialva


Fine table grapes




Microrregião de Abaíra


Cane Spirits — Cachaça




Monte Belo


Wines and sparkling wines




Mossoró


Melon




Norte Pioneiro do Paraná


Coffee




Oeste do Paraná


Honey




Ortigueira


Honey




Pampa Gaúcho da Campanha Meridional


Beef and meat products




Pantanal


Honey




Paraty


Cane Spirits — Cachaça




Pelotas


Fine sweets




Piauí


Cajuína




Pinto Bandeira


Wines: red, white and sparkling wine




Região da Costa Negra


Shrimps




Região da Própolis Verde de Minas Gerais


Green propolis




Região da Serra da Mantiqueira de Minas Gerais


Coffee




Região de Pinhal


Coffee




Região de Salinas


Cane Spirits — Cachaça




Região do Cerrado Mineiro


Coffee




Rio Negro


Ornamental fishes




São Bento de Urânia


Yam




São Matheus


Yerba mate




São Tiago


Shortbread




Serro


Cheese




Vale do Sinos


Finished leather




Vale do Submédio São Francisco


Table grapes and mangos




Vale dos Vinhedos


Wines: red, white and sparkling wine




Vales da Uva Goethe


White wine, sparkling wine and liqueur





Uruguay






Bella Unión


Wines




Atlántida


Wines




Canelón Chico


Wines




Canelones


Wines




Carmelo


Wines




Carpinteria


Wines




Cerro Carmelo


Wines




Cerro Chapeu


Wines




Constancia


Wines




El Carmen


Wines




Garzón


Wines




José Ignacio


Wines




Juanico


Wines




La Caballada


Wines




La Cruz


Wines




La Puebla


Wines




Las Brujas


Wines




Las Violetas


Wines




Lomas De La Paloma


Wines




Los Cerrillos


Wines




Los Cerros De San Juan


Wines




Manga


Wines




Paso Cuello


Wines




Progreso


Wines




Rincón De Olmos


Wines




Rincón del Colorado


Wines




San José


Wines




Santos Lugares


Wines




Sauce


Wines




Sierra de la Ballena


Wines




Sierra de Mahoma


Wines




Suarez


Wines




Villa Del Carmen


Wines




Montevideo


Wines




Sur de Florida


Wines




Maldonado


Wines




Sur de Rocha


Wines




Colonia


Wines




Soriano


Wines




Rio Negro


Wines




Salto


Wines




Paysandú


Wines




Artigas


Wines




Rivera


Wines




Tacuarembó


Wines




Flores


Wines




Norte de Florida


Wines




Cerro Largo


Wines




Norte de Lavalleja


Wines




Norte de Rocha


Wines




Colon


Wines




La Paz


Wines




San Carlos


Wines




Santa Rosa


Wines




Santa Lucía


Wines






(1)  OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(3)  OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16.

(4)  Council Decision 2009/49/EC of 28 November 2008 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine (OJ L 28, 30.1.2009, p. 1).

(5)  Council Decision 2002/979/EC of 18 November 2002 on the signature and provisional application of certain provisions of an Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part (OJ L 352, 30.12.2002, p. 1).

(6)  Council Decision (EU) 2016/1623 of 1 June 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and provisional application of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (OJ L 250, 16.9.2016, p. 1).

(7)  Decision of the Council, and of the Commission 2002/309/EC, Euratom as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1) and in particular the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Federation on trade in agricultural products — Annex 7.

(8)  Council Decision 97/361/EC of 27 May 1997 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the United Mexican States on the mutual recognition and protection of designations for spirit drinks (OJ L 152, 11.6.1997, p. 15).

(9)  Council Decision 2011/265/EU of 16 September 2010 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (OJ L 127, 14.5.2011, p. 1).

(10)  Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other (OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, p. 3).

(11)  Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (OJ L 354, 21.12.2012, p. 3) and Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador (OJ L 356, 24.12.2016, p. 3).

(12)  Council Decision 2001/916/EC of 3 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of the negotiations between the parties on reciprocal preferential concessions for certain wines, the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of wine names and the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of designations for spirits and aromatised drinks (OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 6).

(13)  Council Decision 2004/91/EC of 30 July 2003 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Canada on trade in wines and spirit drinks (OJ L 35, 6.2.2004, p. 1).

(14)  Council Decision 2006/232/EC of 20 December 2005 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine (OJ L 87, 24.3.2006, p. 1).

(15)  Council Decision 2006/580/EC of 12 June 2006 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part — Protocol 3 on reciprocal preferential concessions for certain wines, the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of wine, spirit drinks and aromatised wine names (OJ L 239, 1.9.2006, p. 1).

(16)  Council Decision 2007/855/EC of 15 October 2007 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (OJ L 345, 28.12.2007, p. 1).

(17)  Council Decision 2008/474/EC of 16 June 2008 on the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part — Protocol 6 (OJ L 169, 30.6.2008, p. 10).

(18)  Council Decision 2010/36/EC of 29 April 2008 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part (OJ L 28, 30.1.2010, p. 1).

(19)  Council Decision 2013/7/EU of 3 December 2012 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on the protection of geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 10, 15.1.2013, p. 1).

(20)  Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3).

(21)  Council Decision 2012/164/EU of 14 February 2012 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the protection of geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 93, 30.3.2012, p. 1).

(22)  List provided by the Mercosur authorities in the framework of the ongoing negotiations, registered in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.