CHAPTER IIPROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

SECTION 4Cancelling a protected designation of origin or geographical indication

Article 21Admissibility of cancellation requests

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 F1Secretary of State considers that the cancellation request is not admissible F2the Secretary of State shall inform the F3... 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.