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2. The Office may grant a transitional period of up to 15 years or may decide to extend the transitional period granted under paragraph 1 up to a total period of 15 years, provided it is additionally shown that: the name referred to in paragraph 1 has been in legal use consistently and fairly for at least 25 years before the application for the registration of the geographical indication concerned was submitted to the Office; the purpose of using the name referred to in paragraph 1 has not, at any time, been to profit from the reputation of the name that has been registered as a geographical indication; and the consumer has not been or could not have been misled as to the true geographical origin of the products.
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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.