CHAPTER II

PROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
SECTION 4

Cancelling a protected designation of origin or geographical indication

Admissibility of cancellation requests
Article 21
1
For the purpose of Articles 106 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 a substantiated cancellation request shall be admissible where:
a
the cancellation request complies with the requirements set out in Article 13(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34; and
b
the cancellation request is based on the grounds referred to in Article 106 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2
Where the Commission considers that the cancellation request is not admissible it shall inform the Member State or third country authority or the natural or legal person that submitted the request of the reasons supporting the finding of inadmissibility.
3
Substantiated statements of objection to cancellation shall be admissible only where they show commercial reliance by an interested person on the registered name.