Recital 33

(33) To avoid fragmentation of the internal market and to ensure transparency and uniformity across the Union, it is necessary to establish an electronic Union register of geographical indications for craft and industrial products (‘the Union register’), which should be easily accessible to the public in a machine-readable format. The Union register should be established and maintained by the Office and the personnel for its operation should be provided by the Office. The possibility of using existing databases should be considered in order to avoid creating an unnecessary administrative burden.

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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.