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| 10.8.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 232/13 |

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INFORMATION NOTICE — PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Geographical indications from the Kingdom of Morocco

2013/C 232/05

Within the ongoing negotiations with the Kingdom of Morocco for an Agreement on protection of geographical indications of agricultural and foodstuff products (hereafter ‘the Agreement’), the Moroccan authorities have presented, for protection under the Agreement, the attached lists of geographical indications (GIs) for agricultural products and for wines. While these GIs are officially recognised as such by the applicable laws in the Kingdom of Morocco within the meaning of Article 22(1) of the TRIPS Agreement, the European Commission is currently considering whether these GIs 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 e-mail address:

AGRI-B3-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 foodstuff[(1)](#ntr1-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0001) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007[(2)](#ntr2-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0002) establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), or contained in the agreements the Union has concluded with the following countries:   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Australia[(3)](#ntr3-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0003), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Chile[(4)](#ntr4-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0004), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | South Africa[(5)](#ntr5-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0005), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Switzerland[(6)](#ntr6-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0006), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Mexico[(7)](#ntr7-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0007), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Korea[(8)](#ntr8-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0008), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Central America[(9)](#ntr9-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0009), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Colombia and Peru[(10)](#ntr10-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0010), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia[(11)](#ntr11-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0011), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Croatia[(12)](#ntr12-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0012), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Canada[(13)](#ntr13-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0013), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | United States[(14)](#ntr14-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0014), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Albania[(15)](#ntr15-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0015), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Montenegro[(16)](#ntr16-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0016), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Bosnia and Herzegovina[(17)](#ntr17-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0017), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Serbia[(18)](#ntr18-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0018), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Moldova[(19)](#ntr19-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0019), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Georgia[(20)](#ntr20-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0020); | |

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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 eventual protection of these names in the European Union is subject to the successful conclusion of these negotiations and subsequent legal act.

No budgetary implications.

List of GIs for wines and agricultural products and foodstuffs
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| Type of product |  | Name as registered in Kingdom of Morocco | |
| Oil | 1 | «Argane» | « Image » |
| Oil | 2 | «huile d'olive Tyout Chiadma» | « Image » |
| Spices | 3 | «Safran de Taliouine» | « Image » |
| Fruit | 4 | «Dattes Majhoul de Tafilalet» | « Image » |
| Fruit | 5 | «Clémentine de Berkane» | « Image » |
| Meat | 6 | «Viande Agneau Béni Guil» | « Image » |
| Fruit | 7 | «Grenades Sefri Ouled Abdellah» | « Image » |
| Cheese | 8 | «Fromage de chèvre de Chefchaouen» | « Image » |
| Fruit | 9 | «Figue de Barbarie d’Ait Baâmrane» | « Image » |
| Flower | 10 | «Rose de Kelaât M'Gouna-Dadès» | « Image » |
| Fruit | 11 | «Dattes Aziza Bouzid de Figuig» | « Image » |
| Fruit | 12 | «Amande de Tafraout» | « Image » |
| Fruit | 13 | «Dattes Boufeggous» | « Image » |
| Honey | 14 | «Miel d’Euphorbe Tadla Azilal» | « Image » |

List of GIs for wines and agricultural products and foodstuffs
[(22)](#ntr22-C_2013232EN.01001301-E0022)

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| Type of products | Name as registered in Kingdom of Morocco | |
|  | Appellations | Image |
| Wines | «Berkane» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Angad» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Sais» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Beni Sadden» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Zerhoun» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Guerrouane» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Beni M’Tir» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Rharb» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Chellah» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Zaër» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Zemmour» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Zenata» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Sahel» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Doukkala» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Les Côteaux de l’Atlas» | « Image » |
| Wines | «Crémant de l’Atlas» | « Image » |

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