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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 (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

1. The Commission shall be empowered to grant a Member State a derogation from the obligation, laid down in Section 1, to designate a competent authority and to process applications at national level, where the Member State, by 30 November 2024, provides the Commission with: evidence showing that the Member State concerned does not have national specific protection for geographical indications for craft and industrial products; and a request for such a derogation accompanied by an assessment demonstrating that the local interest for protecting geographical indications for craft and industrial products is low.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.