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|  | C/2025/4653 | 14.8.2025 |

INFORMATION NOTICE – PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Geographical indications from CARIFORUM States

(C/2025/4653)

Pursuant to Article 145.E of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement [(1)](#ntr1-C_202504653EN.000101-E0001), the European Union and the CARIFORUM States are negotiating an agreement on the protection of geographical indications. In that context, the CARIFORUM Directorate has submitted a list of geographical indications from CARIFORUM States for protection under the future agreement. The European Commission is currently considering whether those geographical indications should be protected in the European Union.

The Commission invites any Member State or third country or any natural or legal persons 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: [AGRI-G1@ec.europa.eu](mailto:AGRI-G1@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:

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| 1. | the protection of the name proposed would 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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| 2. | the name proposed would be wholly or partially homonymous with that of a name already protected in the Union under Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council [(2)](#ntr2-C_202504653EN.000101-E0002), or with one of the geographical indications from non-EU countries protected in the Union under bilateral agreements available at the following address: <https://www.tmdn.org/giview/>; |

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| 3. | in the light of a trade mark’s reputation and renown and the length of time it has been used, the protection of the name proposed would be liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product; |

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| 4. | the protection of the name proposed would jeopardise the existence of an entirely or partly identical name, the existence 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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| 5. | from the details they provide, 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.

List of geographical indications from CARIFORUM States to be protected as geographical indications in the European Union
[(3)](#ntr3-C_202504653EN.000101-E0003)

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| Country of origin | Category of products and short description (for information purposes) | Name protected in the country of origin |
| Dominican Republic | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.) – Cocoa | Cacao Dominicano |
| Dominican Republic | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.) – Coffee | Café Barahona |
| Dominican Republic | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.) – Coffee | Café de Valdesia |
| Dominican Republic | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.) – Coffee | Café Juncalito |
| Dominican Republic | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed – Mango | Mangos Dominicanos |
| Dominican Republic | Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed – Avocado | Oro Verde Cambita |
| Dominican Republic | Rum | Ron Dominicano |
| Guyana | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.) – Sugar | Demerara Molasses |
| Guyana | Rum | Demerara Rum |
| Guyana | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.) – Sugar | Demerara Sugar |
| Jamaica | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.) – Seasoning / condiment | Jamaica Jerk |
| Saint Lucia | Rum | Saint Lucia Rum |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.) – Cocoa | Trinidad Montserrat Hills Cocoa |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4653/oj

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