Recital 38

(38) In order to strengthen the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and to combat counterfeiting effectively, the protection under this Regulation should also apply to domain names on the internet. It is also important to have due regard to the TRIPS Agreement, and in particular Articles 22 and 23 thereof, and to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which was concluded, on behalf of the Union, by virtue of Council Decision 94/800/EC (13), including Article V of that Agreement on the freedom of transit. Within that legal framework, to combat counterfeiting more effectively, such protection should also apply with regard to goods entering the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation, and placed under special customs procedures such as those relating to transit, storage, specific use or processing.

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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.