The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (expired—not approved)

Prospective

Regulation 4

[X1 SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council: new provisions

Editorial Information

X1 This statutory instrument was made under a procedure whereby it ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which it was made unless, during that period, the instrument was approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. It was not approved by Parliament within that period and so has ceased to have effect.

PART 1 U.K. New Article 93a

“Article 93a U.K. Definitions: types of designation of origin and geographical indication

In Article 102a and Annex 8A any reference to:

(a) ‘a type 1 designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 1 of the Types Table;

(b) ‘a type 2A designation of origin’ means the designation of origin specified in column 2 of row 2 of the Types Table to which the provisions in column 3 of that row apply;

(c) ‘a type 2B designation of origin’ means the designation of origin specified in column 2 of row 2 of the Types Table to which the provision in column 4 of that row applies;

(d) ‘a type 3A designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 3 of the Types Table to which paragraph 1 or 2 in column 3 of that row applies;

(e) ‘a type 3B designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 3 of the Types Table to which the provisions in column 4 of that row apply;

(f) ‘a type 4A designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 4 of the Types Table to which paragraph 1 or 2 of column 3 of that row applies;

(g) ‘a type 4B designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 4 of the Types Table to which the provisions in column 4 of that row apply;

(h) ‘a type 5A designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 5 of the Types Table to which paragraph 1 or 2 of column 3 of row 4 of that table applies;

(i) ‘a type 5B designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 5 of the Types Table to which the provisions in column 4 of row 4 of that table apply;

(j) ‘a type 6A designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 6 of the Types Table to which paragraph 1 or 2 of column 3 of row 4 of that table applies;

(k) ‘a type 6B designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 6 of the Types Table to which the provisions in column 4 of row 4 of that table apply;

(l) ‘a type 7A designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 7 of the Types Table to which paragraph 1 or 2 in column 3 of row 4 of that table applies;

(m) ‘a type 7B designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a designation of origin or geographical indication of the type described in column 2 of row 7 of the Types Table to which the provisions in column 4 of row 4 of that table apply.”

PART 2 U.K. New Articles 102a and 102b

“Article 102a U.K. Transitional provisions: relationship with trade marks

1.   Unless paragraph 4 applies, an application to register a trade mark that was pending immediately before exit day or filed during the relevant period must be refused where, if the trade mark is registered, the use of the trade mark will contravene Article 103(2) in relation to a category A designation of origin or geographical indication.

2.   Unless paragraph 4 applies, an application to register a trade mark that was pending immediately before exit day or filed during the relevant period must be refused where:

(a) if the trade mark is registered, the use of the trade mark will contravene Article 103(2) in relation to a category B designation of origin or geographical indication, and

(b) after the application for the trade mark is accepted but before the trade mark is registered:

(i) in the case of a type 3B designation of origin or geographical indication:

(aa) the international agreement referred to in paragraph (c) of column 2 of row 3 of the Types Table enters into force, and

(bb) the entry into force of the international agreement is brought to the attention of the registrar before the trade mark is registered;

(ii) in the case of any other category B designation of origin or geographical indication:

(aa) the Secretary of State publishes an Article 99 approval notice relating to the designation of origin or geographical indication, and

(bb) the Article 99 approval notice is brought to the attention of the registrar before the trade mark is registered.

3.   Where an application for a declaration of invalidity is made under the TMA (as applied by Article 102b(1) and modified by Article 102b(2)) in relation to the registration of a trade mark, the registration of a trade mark must be declared to be invalid, unless paragraph 4 applies, if:

(a) the application to register the trade mark was pending immediately before exit day or filed during the relevant period,

(b) the use of the trade mark contravenes, or will, if used, contravene, Article 103(2) in relation to a category B designation of origin or geographical indication, and

(c) in the case of a type 2B, 4B, 5B, 6B or 7B designation of origin or geographical indication, the Secretary of State publishes an Article 99 approval notice relating to the designation of origin or geographical indication on or after the day on which the trade mark application is accepted.

4.   This paragraph applies where a column 5 date applies in relation to a category A or B designation of origin or geographical indication and, taking account of any priority claimed in respect of an application to register a trade mark referred to in paragraph 1, 2 or 3(a) (as relevant) and on the basis of the information available to the registrar, it appears to the registrar that the date of filing of the trade mark application is earlier than the column 5 date that applies to the relevant designation of origin or geographical indication.

5.   As regards paragraph 1 or 2, a column 5 date does not apply in relation to a type 3A, 4A or 5A designation of origin or geographical indication where the EUIA referred to in paragraph (b) in column 2 of the row of the Types Table relating to the designation of origin or geographical indication provides that an application for a trade mark must be refused, regardless of when that application is filed, if the trade mark, if registered, will contravene a provision in the EUIA providing for the protection of the use of the designation of origin or geographical indication

6.   As regards paragraph 3, a column 5 date does not apply in relation to a type 3B, 4B or 5B designation of origin or geographical indication where the EUIA referred to in paragraph (b) in column 2 of the row of the Types Table relating to the designation of origin or geographical indication provides that the registration of a trade mark must be invalidated if, regardless of when the application that resulted in the registration of the trade mark is filed, the use of the trade mark contravenes a provision in the EUIA providing for the protection of the use of the designation of origin or geographical indication.

7.   Where a designation of origin or geographical indication falls within the definition of more than one type of designation of origin or geographical indication in Article 93a, the column 5 date to be taken into account for the purpose of paragraph 4 is the earliest of the column 5 dates for the relevant types of designation of origin or geographical indication.

8.   A trade mark that could be used under Article 102(2) of EU Regulation 1308/2013 immediately before exit day and could be renewed pursuant to that provision may continue to be used and renewed:

(a) notwithstanding that the use of the trade mark would contravene Article 103(2) in relation to a designation of origin or geographical indication registered by the Secretary of State under this Regulation;

(b) provided that no grounds for the invalidation or revocation of the trade mark exist in, or under, the TMA.

9.   Where paragraph 8 applies to the use or renewal of a trade mark, this does not affect the use of:

(a) a designation of origin or geographical indication entered on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register following a decision by the Secretary of State to approve an application made under Article 95(1a) M1 or Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, the objection procedure, amendments to product specifications, the register of protected names, cancellation of protection and use of symbols, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an appropriate system of checks M2 ;

(b) a designation of origin or geographical indication entered on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register by the Secretary of State following a decision of the Secretary of State to approve an application to which Article 97A applies;

(c) a designation of origin or geographical indication entered on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register by the Secretary of State pursuant to the second sentence of Article 104;

(d) an established protected designation of origin or an established protected geographical indication entered on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register by the Secretary of State pursuant to 107(1).

10.   In this Article:

(a) ‘an application to register a trade mark’ means an application to register a trade mark filed under the TMA;

(b) ‘a category A designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a type 1, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A or 7A designation of origin or geographical indication;

(c) ‘a category B designation of origin or geographical indication’ means a type 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B or 7B designation of origin or geographical indication;

(d) ‘the column 5 date’, in relation to a designation of origin or geographical indication that is a category A or B designation of origin or geographical indication, means the date specified, or provided for, in column 5 of the Types Table in the row relating to the relevant type of designation of origin or geographical indication;

(e) ‘date of filing’:

(i) in the case of an EUTM-based trade mark application, means the filing date referred to in paragraph 25(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 2A to the TMA for the existing EUTM application;

(ii) in the case of an ITM-based trade mark application, means:

(aa) in the case of an application for the registration of a trade mark to which paragraph 28 of Schedule 2B to the TMA applies, the date referred to in paragraph 28(2)(a) of that Schedule for the existing ITM application or existing request for EU extension (as the case may be);

(bb) in the case of an application for the registration of a trade mark to which paragraph 29 of Schedule 2B to the TMA applies, the date referred to in paragraph 29(2)(a) of that Schedule for the existing ITM application or existing request for EU extension (as the case may be);

(iii) in any other case, has the meaning given by section 33 of the TMA;

(f) ‘established protected designation of origin’ means a designation of origin covered by Article 107(2)(a);

(g) ‘established protected geographical indication’ means a geographical indication covered by Article 107(2)(a);

(h) ‘EUTM-based trade mark application’ means an application to register a trade mark to which paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 2A to the TMA applies that is made within the period specified in paragraph 25(2) of that Schedule;

(i) ‘existing EUTM application’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 24 of Schedule 2A to the TMA;

(j) ‘existing ITM application’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 27(1)(a) of Schedule 2B to the TMA;

(k) ‘existing request for EU extension’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 27(1)(b) of Schedule 2B to the TMA;

(l) ‘ITM-based trade mark application’ means an application to register a trade mark to which paragraph 28(1) or 29(1) of Schedule 2B to the TMA applies that is made within the period specified in paragraph 28(1)(c) or 29(1)(c) (as the case may be) of that Schedule;

(m) ‘the registrar’ has the meaning given by section 62 to the TMA.

11.   Any reference in this Article to:

(a) ‘priority claimed in respect of an application’:

(i) in the case of an EUTM-based trade mark application, means any priority claimed in respect of the existing EUTM application referred to in paragraph 25(2)(a)(ii) of Schedule 2A to the TMA;

(ii) in the case of an ITM-based trade mark application, means any priority claimed in respect of the existing ITM application or the existing request for EU extension referred to in paragraph 28(2)(b) or 29(2)(b) (as the case may be) of Schedule 2B to the TMA;

(iii) in any other case, means any priority claimed in respect of the application pursuant to section 35 of the TMA;

(b) an application to register a trade mark that was ‘pending immediately before exit day’ is to an application that was neither refused, nor resulted in the registration of the trade mark that is the subject of the application, before exit day;

(c) a trade mark includes a reference to:

(i) a collective mark as defined in section 49(1) of the TMA;

(ii) a certification mark as defined in section 50(1) of the TMA.

Article 102b U.K. Application and modification of trade mark provisions

1.   For the purpose of Article 102a, the following provisions of the TMA apply, with the modifications, in the case of section 47(3) and (5), 74(1), 76(1) and 77(1), specified in paragraph 2:

(a) subsections (3) to (5) and (6) of section 47 (invalidation of trade marks) in relation to an application to invalidate a trade mark referred to in Article 102a(3);

(b) section 72 (registration to be prima face evidence of validity);

(c) section 73 (certificate of validity of contested application);

(d) section 74 (registrar's appearance in proceedings involving the register of trade marks);

(e) section 75 (definition of ‘the court’);

(f) section 76 (appeals) except for subsection (5);

(g) section 77(1) (persons appointed to hear and determine appeals).

2.   The modifications are:

(a) section 47 applies as if:

(i) in subsection (3), in the words before paragraph (a), after ‘invalidity’ there were inserted ‘made under this section, as applied by Article 102b(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products’;

(ii) in subsection (5), for ‘grounds of invalidity exist’ there were substituted ‘ground for invalidity specified in Article 102a(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council exists’;

(b) section 74(1) applies as if, for the words from ‘for’ to ‘the registrar’ there were substituted ‘for a declaration of the invalidity of the registration of a trade mark the registrar’;

(c) section 76(1) applies as if:

(i) in the first paragraph, for the words from ‘this Act’ to the end there were substituted ‘made under Article 102a(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council’;

(ii) the second paragraph were omitted;

(d) section 77(1) applies as if, at the end there were inserted ‘as applied by Article 102b(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council’.

3.   In the case of the following proceedings, the rules made under section 68 or 69 of the TMA apply to those proceedings as they apply to proceedings involving an application of the type referred to in section 74(1)(b) of the TMA:

(a) an application to invalidate a trade mark referred to in Article 102a(3);

(b) an appeal to the appointed person from a decision of the registrar in relation to an application referred to in paragraph (a).”

Marginal Citations

M1 Article 95(1a) is prospectively inserted in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of European Council and of the Parliament on exit day by regulation 4(4) of these Regulations.

M2 It is prospectively amended on exit day by S.I. 2019/759, .

PART 3 U.K. New Annex 8A

“ANNEX 8A U.K. TYPES OF DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION TO WHICH ARTICLE 102A APPLIES

PART 1 U.K. Types of designation of origin and geographical indication (the Types Table)

Column 1Row No.	Column 2The name of the designation of origin or a description of the type of designation of origin or geographical indication	Column 3Type A provisions	Column 4Type B provisions	Column 5The specified date
1.	A designation of origin or geographical indication that: (a) relates to a geographical area in the United Kingdom, and (b) is on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register, having been entered on that register pursuant to Article 107, when the paragraph 1 trade mark application is accepted.	Not applicable	Not applicable	1. In the case of Darnibole, 30th October 2012. 2. In any other case, 29th December 2011.
2.	Sussex	The designation of origin is on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register, having been entered on that register following the approval of the application to which Article 97A applied, when the paragraph 1 trade mark application is accepted.	The designation of origin is not on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register and an Article 99 notice is not published in relation to the application to register the designation of origin to which Article 97A applies before the relevant trade mark application is accepted.	27th July 2017
3.	A designation of origin or geographical indication that: (a) relates to a geographical area in a third country, (b) was protected in the European Union immediately before exit day pursuant to an EUIA to which the European Union and the third country were contracting parties, and (c) must be protected in the United Kingdom pursuant to an international agreement to which the United Kingdom and the third country are contracting parties that enters into force during the relevant period.	1. A designation of origin or geographical indication that is on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register when the paragraph 1 trade mark application is accepted and is entered on that register pursuant to the second sentence of Article 104. 2. A designation of origin or geographical indication that is not on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register when the paragraph 1 trade mark application is accepted but must be protected in the United Kingdom pursuant to an international agreement to which the United Kingdom and the third country are contracting parties that enters into force before the paragraph 1 trade mark application is accepted.	A designation of origin or geographical indication that is not on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register when the relevant trade mark application is accepted but must be protected in the United Kingdom pursuant to an international agreement to which the United Kingdom and the third country are contracting parties that enters into force on or after the relevant trade mark application is accepted.	The relevant EUIA-based date that applies to the designation of origin or geographical indication in relation to the EUIA referred to in point (b) of column 2.
4.	A designation of origin or geographical indication that: (a) relates to a geographical area in a third country, and (b) was protected in the European Union immediately before exit day pursuant to an EUIA to which the European Union and the third country were contracting parties.	1. A designation of origin or geographical indication that is on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register when the paragraph 1 trade mark application is accepted and is entered on that register following the approval of an application to register the designation of origin or geographical indication submitted to the Secretary of State under Article 95(1a), or Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/3, during the relevant period. 2. A designation of origin or geographical indication: (a) that is not on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register when the paragraph 1 trade mark application is accepted, (b) for which an application to register the designation of origin or geographical indication is submitted to the Secretary of State under Article 95(1a), or Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34, during the relevant period, and (c) for which an Article 99 approval notice relating to the application is published before the paragraph 1 trade mark application is accepted.	A designation of origin or geographical indication: (a) that is not on the United Kingdom's PDOs and PGIs Register when the relevant trade mark application is accepted, and (b) for which an application to register the designation of origin or geographical indication is submitted to the Secretary of State under Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 during the relevant period and that application: (i) is not submitted before the relevant trade mark application is accepted, or (ii) is submitted before the relevant trade mark application is accepted but for which an Article 99 notice relating to the application to register the designation of origin or geographical indication is not published before the relevant trade mark application is accepted.	The relevant EUIA-based date that applies to the designation of origin or geographical indication in relation to the EUIA referred to in point (b) of column 2.
5.	A designation of origin or geographical indication: (a) that relates to a geographical area in a third country, and (b) for which an assessment relating to the protection of the designation of origin or geographical indication was being carried out, or a request for protection, or an application for assessment for protection, was submitted, before exit day in respect of the designation of origin or geographical indication under an EUIA, and (c) for which no decision was made pursuant to the EUIA before exit day as to whether the designation of origin or geographical indication should be protected in the European Union.	See the entry in row 4 of this column.	See the entry in row 4 of this column.	The relevant EUIA-based date that applies to the designation of origin or geographical indication in relation to the EUIA referred to in point (b) of column 2.
6.	A designation of origin or geographical indication that: (a) relates to a geographical area in a third country, and (b) was on the European Commission's PDOs and PGIs Register immediately before exit day.	See the entry in row 4 of this column.	See the entry in row 4 of this column.	1. In the case of a designation of origin or geographical indication that was protected under Article 118s(1) or (5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) M3 , whichever is the later of: (a) the date on which the designation of origin or geographical indication application was first protected in the third country, or (b) 1st January 1996. 2. In the case of a designation of origin or geographical indication that was not automatically protected under Article 118s of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the date on which the application that resulted in the first registration of the designation of origin or geographical indication was submitted to the European Commission under the relevant pre-exit legislation.
7.	A designation of origin or geographical indication: (a) that relates to a geographical area in a third country, and (b) for which an application to register the designation of origin or geographical indication was submitted to the European Commission under Article 3 of Regulation 607/2009 M4 , or Article 3 of EU Regulation 2019/34 M5 , before exit day that was neither refused nor resulted in the registration of the designation of origin or geographical indication on the European Commission's PDOs and PGIs Register before exit day.	See the entry in row 4 of this column.	See the entry in row 4 of this column.	The date on which the application to register the designation of origin or geographical indication referred to in point (b) of column 2 was submitted to the European Commission under the relevant pre-exit legislation.

1.   In the table in this Part:

(a) ‘an Article 99 notice’ means a notice published by the Secretary of State under Article 99(2) or (3);

(b) ‘the European Commission's PDOs and PGIs Register’ means the register established and maintained by the European Commission pursuant to Article 104 of EU Regulation 1308/2013 M6 ;

(c) ‘EU Regulation 2019/34’ means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, the objection procedure, amendments to product specifications, the register of protected names, cancellation of protection and use of symbols, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an appropriate system of checks as it had effect before exit day;

(d) ‘the paragraph 1 trade mark application’ means the application to register a trade mark referred to in Article 102a(1);

(e) ‘Regulation 607/2009’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products;

(f) ‘the relevant pre-exit legislation’ means, as relevant:

(i) in the case of an application to register a designation of origin or geographical indication submitted to the European Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, Article 118d or Article 118f(7) of that Regulation, as relevant;

(ii) in the case of an application to register a designation of origin or geographical indication submitted to the European Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine M7 , Article 36(2) or Article 38(5) of that Regulation, as relevant;

(iii) in the case of an application to register a designation of origin or geographical indication submitted to the European Commission under Regulation 607/2009, paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Article 10 of that Regulation, as relevant;

(iv) in the case of an application to register a designation of origin or geographical indication submitted to the European Commission under EU Regulation 1308/2013, Article 96(5) of that Regulation;

(v) in the case of an application to register a designation of origin or geographical indication submitted to the European Commission under EU Regulation 2019/34, Article 3 or 4 of that Regulation, as relevant;

(g) ‘the relevant trade mark application’ means a trade mark application of the type referred to in Article 102a(2) or (3)(a), as relevant;

(h) ‘the relevant EUIA-based date’ means the relevant EUIA-based date determined in accordance with Part 2.

PART 2 U.K. The relevant EUIA-based date

2.   In the table in Part 1, in a case where the relevant EUIA-based date applies, the relevant EUIA-based date means:

(a) the date provided for in paragraph 3, or

(b) where paragraph 3 does not apply, the date provided for in the relevant point of paragraph 4, or paragraph 5 or 6, as relevant to the designation of origin or geographical indication.

3.   In a case where the EUIA referred to in paragraph (b) in column 2 of the row of the Types Table relating to a designation of origin or geographical indication contained priority provisions that applied to the designation of origin or geographical indication, the relevant EUIA-based date is the priority date provided for in the EUIA that applied to that designation of origin or geographical indication.

4.   In a case of a type 3 or 4 designation of origin or geographical indication to which paragraph 3 does not apply, the relevant EUIA-based date is:

(a) in a case where the designation of origin or geographical indication was protected in the European Union immediately before exit day pursuant to an amendment made to the EUIA (without the need for further action to be taken under the EUIA), the date on which the amendment entered into force;

(b) in a case where the designation of origin or geographical indication was protected in the European Union immediately before exit day pursuant to a provision in the EUIA that was provisionally applied before exit day (without the need for further action to be taken under the EUIA), the date on which the provision was provisionally applied;

(c) in a case where the designation of origin or geographical indication was protected in the European Union immediately before exit day pursuant to an amendment made to the EUIA that was provisionally applied before exit day (without the need for further action to be taken under the EUIA), the date on which the amendment was provisionally applied;

(d) in a case of a designation of origin or geographical indication that was protected in the European Union immediately before exit day following the submission and processing of a request, or application, for protection or assessment (however described) under a provision in the EUIA providing for such requests, or applications, the date the request, or application, for protection or assessment was submitted under the EUIA;

(e) in any other case, including a case where the designation of origin or geographical indication was protected in the European Union immediately before exit day pursuant to provisions in the EUIA that applied from the date that the EUIA entered into force (without the need for further action to be taken under the EUIA), the date on which the relevant EUIA entered into force.

5.   In a case of a type 5 designation of origin or geographical indication to which paragraph 3 does not apply and for which a request, or application, for protection or assessment (however described) was submitted before exit day under the EUIA, the relevant EUIA-based date is the date the request, or application, for protection or assessment was submitted under the EUIA.

6.   Any reference in this Part to:

(a) ‘the priority date’ means the date provided for in priority provisions in an EUIA as the date that must be taken into account when determining whether an application for a trade mark may be granted, including:

(i) a calendar date specified in the EUIA;

(ii) a date relating to the happening of a specified event;

(b) ‘priority provisions’ means provisions in an EUIA that governed the relationship between trade marks and designations of origin and geographical indications that provided (however expressed):

(i) that, in the circumstances specified in the EUIA, an application for a trade mark must be refused if the application for the trade mark was filed after a date provided for in the EUIA,

(ii) that, in the circumstances specified in the EUIA, the registration of a trade mark must be invalidated if the application that resulted in the registration of that trade mark was filed after a date provided for in the EUIA, or

(iii) for both the refusal of applications for trade marks, and the invalidation of the registration of trade marks, as provided for in points (i) and (ii);

(c) ‘without the need for further action to be taken under the EUIA’, in relation to a designation of origin or geographical indication protected in the European Union immediately before exit day pursuant to an EUIA, means that the provisions in the EUIA providing for the designation of origin or geographical indication to be protected in the European Union did not require a request or application (however described) to be submitted by the contracting third country under the EUIA in relation to the protection of the designation of origin or geographical indication or require an assessment to be carried out under the EUIA in relation to the designation of origin or geographical indication.”]

Marginal Citations

M3 OJ No. L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1, repealed by Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).

M4 OJ No. L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60, repealed by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (OJ No. L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2).

M5 OJ No. L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 46.

M6 The section of the European Commission's register (eAmbrosia) relating to designations of origin and geographical indications for wine is available electronically from

https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/food-safety-and-quality/certification/quality-labels/geographical-indications-register/

. A hard copy of the eAmbrosia register as it stood immediately before exit day is available for inspection free of charge at the offices of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Second Floor, Seacole Block, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.

M7 OJ No. L 148, 6.6.2008, p. 1, repealed by Council Regulation (EC) No 491/2009 (OJ No. L 154, 17.6.2009, p. 1).