CHAPTER II

PROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
SECTION 3

Objection procedures

Submission of objections under Community procedure
Article 14
1
Objections referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be drawn up on the basis of the form set out in Annex III to this Regulation. The objection shall be submitted to the Commission in paper or electronic form. The date of submission of the objection to the Commission shall be the date on which the objection is entered in the Commission's mail registry. This date is made available to the public by appropriate means.
2
The Commission shall mark the documents making up the objection with the date of receipt and the file number allocated to the objection.
The objector shall receive an acknowledgement of receipt indicating at least the following:
a
the file number;
b
the number of pages received; and
c
the date of receipt of the request.