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paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: ‘1. Upon the accession of the Union to the Geneva Act and thereafter on a regular basis, the Commission or the Office shall, in their respective capacity as Competent Authority within the meaning of Article 3 of the Geneva Act as specified in Article 4(1) of Decision (EU) 2019/1754, file applications for the international registration of geographical indications protected and registered under Union law and pertaining to products originating in the Union pursuant to Article 5(1) and (2) of the Geneva Act with the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“the International Bureau”). 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, Member States may request the Commission or, in respect of geographical indications for craft and industrial products, the Office, to register in the International Register geographical indications that originate in the territory of a Member State and that are registered and protected under Union law. Such requests shall be based on: ; a request by a natural person or legal entity as referred to in point (ii) of Article 5(2) of the Geneva Act or by a beneficiary as defined in point (xvii) of Article 1 of the Geneva Act; or their own initiative.’

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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.