Information notice – Public consultation – Crafts and Industrial Geographical indications from the Philippines
Date: 2026-06-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: Philippines, consumer information, cooperation agreement (EU), designation of origin, product designation, public consultation, textile product








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2026/3480


30.6.2026







            INFORMATION NOTICE – PUBLIC CONSULTATION
         
Crafts and Industrial Geographical indications from the Philippines
(C/2026/3480)

Within the framework of negotiations with the Philippines on a Free Trade Agreement (hereafter ‘the future Agreement’), which includes a chapter on geographical indications, the authorities of the Philippines have presented, for protection under the future Agreement, two geographical indications for craft and industrial products (‘CIGIs’). The Commission is currently considering whether these geographical indications should be protected under the future Agreement as geographical indication 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 two months of the date of publication of this notice. Statements of opposition should be sent to the following e-mail address: GROW-CIGI@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:






(a)


the name proposed would be wholly or partly homonymous with that of a name already protected in the Union under Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753, or with one of the crafts and industrial geographical indications from non-EU countries protected in the EU under bilateral agreements publicly available at the following address: https://www.tmdn.org/giview/











(b)


in the light of a trade mark with a reputation or a well-known mark, the protection of the name proposed would be liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product;










(c)


the protection of the name proposed would jeopardise the existence of an identical or similar name used in the course of trade or of a trade mark, or the existence of products that have been legally on the market for at least five years preceding the date of the publication of this notice;










(d)


from the details they give, 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 Crafts and Industrial Geographical Indications (CIGIs)









CIGI N°


Name to be protected


Transcription into Latin alphabet


Short description of the product




1


Aklan Piña


N/A


Handwoven Textile




2


Tnalak Tau Sebu


N/A


Handwoven Textile






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/3480/oj
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