Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 25.8.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 280/24 |

---

INFORMATION NOTICE – PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Geographical indications from the Republic of Korea

(2020/C 280/11)

In the framework of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union, and its Member States, and the Republic of Korea, the Korean authorities have presented a list of geographical indications to be protected under the Agreement. The European Commission is currently considering whether these geographical indications shall be protected under the Agreement.

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 this publication. Statements of opposition should be sent to the following email address: AGRI-A4@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)](#ntr1-C_2020280EN.01002401-E0001) or under 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)](#ntr2-C_2020280EN.01002401-E0002) or with one of the geographical indications from non-EU countries protected in the EU under bilateral agreements available at the following address:  https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/food-farming-fisheries/food\_safety\_and\_quality/documents/list-gis-non-eu-countries-protected-in-eu\_en.pdf |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| (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 the discussions led under the Agreement and subsequent legal act.

List of Geographical Indications [(3)](#ntr3-C_2020280EN.01002401-E0003)

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Korean  name to be protected | Transcription into Latin alphabet  (for information purpose only) | Translation  (for information purpose only) | Category of Product |
| 1 | Image 1 | Cheonan Bae | Cheonan Bae (Pear) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Pear) |
| 2 | Image 2 | Naju Bae | Naju Bae (Pear) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Pear) |
| 3 | Image 3 | Anseong Bae | Anseong Bae (Pear) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Pear) |
| 4 | Image 4 | Goryeo Heuksamjepum | Korean Black Ginseng Product | Black Ginseng Products |
| 5 | Image 5 | Yeongju Sagwa | Yeongju Apple | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Apple) |
| 6 | Image 6 | Yesan Sagwa | Yesan Apple | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Apple) |
| 7 | Image 7 | Anseong Ssal | Anseong Ssal (Rice) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Rice) |
| 8 | Image 8 | Yeongwol Gochutgaru | Yeongwol Red Pepper Product | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.)  (Red Pepper Powder) |
| 9 | Image 9 | Goryeo Heuksam | Korea Black Ginseng | Ginseng |
| 10 | Image 10 | Seosaengganjeolgot Bae | Seosaengganjeolgot Pear | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Pear) |
| 11 | Image 11 | Boseong Ungchi Olbyeossal | - | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Grains) |
| 12 | Image 12 | Gimpo Ssal | Gimpo Ssal (rice) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Rice) |
| 13 | Image 13 | Jindo Geomjeong Ssal | Jindo Black Rice | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Rice) |
| 14 | Image 14 | Gunsan Ssal | Gunsan Ssal (rice) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Rice) |
| 15 | Image 15 | Yeongwol Gochu | Yeongwol Red Pepper | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.)  (Pepper) |
| 16 | Image 16 | Yeongcheon Podo | Yeongcheon Grapes | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Grapes) |
| 17 | Image 17 | Muju Sagwa | Muju Apple | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Apples) |
| 18 | Image 18 | Samcheok Maneul | Samcheok Garlic | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Garlic) |
| 19 | Image 19 | Gimcheon Jadu | Gimcheon Jadu (plum) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Plum) |
| 20 | Image 20 | Yeongdong Podo | Yeongdong Grapes | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Grapes) |
| 21 | Image 21 | Mungyeong Omija | - | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (omija) |
| 22 | Image 22 | Cheongdo Bansi | Cheongdo Seedless Flat Persimmon | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (persimmon) |
| 23 | Image 23 | PyeongChang  Sanyangsam | PyeongChang Wild-cultivated Ginseng | Ginseng |
| 24 | Image 24 | Boeun Daechu | Boeun Jujube | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Jujube) |
| 25 | Image 25 | Chungju Bam | Chungju Bam (chestnut) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Chestnut) |
| 26 | Image 26 | Gapyeong Jat | Gapyeong Korean Pine Nuts | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Pine nut) |
| 27 | Image 27 | Jeongseon Gondre | - | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  Gondre (Korean Thistle) |
| 28 | Image 28 | Yeongdong Gotgam | Yeongdong Persimmon Dried | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Persimmon) |
| 29 | Image 29 | Buyeo Pyogo | Buyeo Pyogo oak mushroom | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (Oak mushroom) |
| 30 | Image 30 | Wando Miyeok | Wando Sea mustard | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (sea mustard) |
| 31 | Image 31 | Wando Dasima | Wando Dried Sea Tangle | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (sea tangle) |
| 32 | Image 32 | Gijang Miyeok | Gijang Dried Sea Mustard | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (sea mustard) |
| 33 | Image 33 | Gijang Dasima | Gijang Dried Sea Tangle | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (sea tangle) |
| 34 | Image 34 | Wando Gim | Wando Laver | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (laver) |
| 35 | Image 35 | Jangheung Gim | Jangheung Laver | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (laver) |
| 36 | Image 36 | Yeosu Gul | Yeosu Gul (oyster) | Fresh fish, molluscs, and crustaceans and products derived therefrom  (oyster) |
| 37 | Image 37 | Goheung Miyeok | Goheung Dried Sea Mustard | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (sea mustard) |
| 38 | Image 38 | Goheung Dasima | Goheung Dried Sea Tangle | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (sea tangle) |
| 39 | Image 39 | Sinan Gim | Sinan Gim (laver) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (laver) |
| 40 | Image 40 | Haenam Gim | Haenam Gim (laver) | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (laver) |
| 41 | Image 41 | Goheung Gim | Goheung Laver | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed  (laver) |
| 42 | Image 42 | Goheung Gul | Goheung Gul (Oyster) | Fresh fish, molluscs, and crustaceans and products derived therefrom  (oyster) |
| 43 | Image 43 | Muju Meoru wine | Muju Wild Grape Wine | wine |

---

---

[Top](#document1)