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1. In relation to applications referred to in Article 21, the Commission may take over from the Office, at any time before the end of the registration procedure, on its own initiative or at the request of the competent authority of a Member State or of the Office, the power to decide on the application where the registration of the proposed geographical indication might be contrary to public policy, or where such registration or the rejection of the application might jeopardise the Union’s trade or external relations.

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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.