1a

For the purpose of Article 102a and Annex 9A:

a

‘an Article 99 approval notice’ means a notice published under Article 99(3) relating to a decision of the Secretary of State to approve an application to register a designation of origin or geographical indication;

b

‘enters into force’, in relation to a reference to an international agreement, includes, where the provisional application of that agreement is agreed between the parties before it enters into force, the provisional application of the agreement and ‘entry into force’ is to be construed accordingly;

c

‘EUIA’ means an international agreement made between the European Union and a third country that provides for the protection of a designation of origin or geographical indication of the third country in the European Union;

d

‘EU Regulation 1308/2013’ means Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products60 as it had effect before IP completion day;

e

‘Great Britain’s PDOs and PGIs Register’ means the register established and maintained by the Secretary of State under Article 104;

f

‘the relevant period’ means the period beginning on IP completion day and expiring at the end of the day that falls nine months after the day on which IP completion day falls;

g

‘the TMA’ means the Trade Marks Act 199461;

h

‘the Types Table’ means the table in Part 3 of Annex 9A.

1b

In the following provisions ‘third country’ means any country except that it does not include any part of the British Islands:

a

the definition of ‘EUIA’ in paragraph 1a(c);

b

Annex 9A.