Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (c. 1151)

TITLE II U.K. PROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

[F1 Article 14c U.K. Third Country designations of origin and geographical indications covered by bridging arrangements

1. A designation of origin or geographical indication to which paragraph 2 applies is, for the protection period, to be entered on Great Britain’s PDOs and PGIs Register.

2. This paragraph applies to a designation of origin or geographical indication which relates to a geographical area in a third country (‘C’) which:

(a) was, immediately before IP completion day, protected in the European Union under an EUIA to which the European Union and C were contracting parties, and

(b) is, before a qualifying international agreement enters into force, to be protected in Great Britain pursuant to any written arrangements made by the United Kingdom and C (“bridging arrangements”).

3. For the purposes of this Article, ‘the protection period’, in relation to a designation of origin or geographical indication, is the period for which:

(a) the relevant bridging arrangements have effect, or

(b) if only part of the relevant bridging arrangements relates to the designation of origin or geographical indication, that part has effect.

4. In this Article ‘qualifying international agreement’ means an international agreement between the United Kingdom and C, which has been initialled.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Arts. 14c, 14d inserted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1661), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1