TITLE IIPROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
Article 11Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications
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The F1Secretary of State must establish and maintain a publicly accessible updated register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications recognised under this scheme.
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Geographical indications pertaining to products of third countries that are protected in F2Great Britain under an international agreement to which the F3United Kingdom is a contracting party may be entered in the register. Unless specifically identified in the said agreement as protected designations of origin under this Regulation, such names shall be entered in the register as protected geographical indications. F4The entry in the register is to be treated as taking effect:
(a)
in a case where the register is established by the Secretary of State after IP completion day but before the end of the day following the day on which IP completion day falls and the entry is in the register as established during that period, on IP completion day;
(b)
in any other case, immediately the entry is made.
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The F7Secretary of State shall make public and regularly update the list of the international agreements referred to in paragraph 2 as well as the list of geographical indications protected under those agreements.