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| 27.1.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 31/26 |

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INFORMATION NOTICE — PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Geographical indications from the Swiss Confederation

(2018/C 31/09)

The Agreement between the EU and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products[(1)](#ntr1-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0001) entered into force in 2002. Annex 7 to the Agreement concerns trade in wine-sector products. This Annex foresees the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications of both parties.

The two parties are in the process of updating the list of denominations protected pursuant to this Annex. In this context, the protection in the European Union, as geographical indications, of the following names of the Swiss Confederation is under consideration:

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| — | Aargau |

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| — | Appenzell Ausserrhoden |

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| — | Calamin |

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| — | Dézaley |

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| — | Dézaley-Marsens |

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| — | Jura |

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 opposition to such protection by lodging a duly substantiated statement.

Statements of opposition must reach the Commission within two months of the date of this publication. Statements of opposition should be sent to the following email address:

AGRI-A5-GI@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:

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| (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; |

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| (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[(2)](#ntr2-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0002), 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[(3)](#ntr3-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0003) 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[(4)](#ntr4-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0004), or contained in the agreements the Union has concluded with the following countries:   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Australia[(5)](#ntr5-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0005) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Chile[(6)](#ntr6-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0006) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | SADC EPA States (comprising Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa)[(7)](#ntr7-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Mexico[(8)](#ntr8-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0008) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Korea[(9)](#ntr9-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0009) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Central America[(10)](#ntr10-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0010) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Colombia, Peru and Ecuador[(11)](#ntr11-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0011) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia[(12)](#ntr12-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Canada[(13)](#ntr13-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0013) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | United States[(14)](#ntr14-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0014) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Albania[(15)](#ntr15-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0015) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Montenegro[(16)](#ntr16-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0016) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Bosnia and Herzegovina[(17)](#ntr17-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0017) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Serbia[(18)](#ntr18-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0018) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Moldova[(19)](#ntr19-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0019) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Ukraine[(20)](#ntr20-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0020) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Georgia[(21)](#ntr21-C_2018031EN.01002601-E0021) | |

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| (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; |

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| (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; |

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| (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.

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