Recital 34

(34) The Union negotiates international agreements, including those concerning the protection of geographical indications, with its trade partners. Protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products in the Union can also stem from such agreements, irrespective of the international registration provided for under the Geneva Act and of the registration system set out in this Regulation. It should be possible to enter in the Union register geographical indications protected in the Union by virtue of an international registration under the Geneva Act or under international agreements with Union trade partners, in order to facilitate the provision of information to the public, to increase transparency for the benefit of consumers and, in particular, to ensure protection and control of the use to which those geographical indications are put. In such cases, the respective names should be entered in the Union register as protected geographical indications.

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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.