The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 4 New Article 25a

“Article 25a Register: established protected traditional terms

1.   The Secretary of State must include the relevant data for each established protected traditional term in Great Britain’s Traditional Terms Register when the register is established by the Secretary of State or, if that is not possible, as soon as possible after the register is established.

2.   In this Article:

(a) ‘the corresponding EU traditional term’, in relation to an established protected traditional term, means the traditional term that was protected in the European Union under EU Regulation 1308/2013 immediately before IP completion day that corresponds to the established protected traditional term;

(b) ‘an established protected traditional term’ has the meaning given by Article 1a(j) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33;

(c) ‘Great Britain’s Traditional Terms Register’ has the meaning given by Article 1a(m) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33;

(d) ‘the European Commission’s Traditional Terms Register’ means the register maintained by the European Commission under Article 25 of EU Regulation 2019/34;

(e) ‘the relevant data’, in relation to an established protected traditional term, means the data specified in Article 25(1)(a) to (g) of EU Regulation 2019/34 that is in the European Commission’s Traditional Terms Register for the corresponding EU traditional term immediately before IP completion day.”