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CHAPTER VGENERAL, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 71Wine names protected under Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

1.The Commission shall mark any document received from the Member States under Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, concerning a designation of origin or geographical indication as referred to in Article 51(3) of that Regulation, with the date of receipt and file number.

The Member State concerned shall receive an acknowledgement of receipt indicating at least:

(a)the file number;

(b)the number of documents received; and

(c)the date of receipt of the documents.

The date of submission to the Commission shall be the date on which the documents are entered in the Commission's mail registry.

2.Any decision to cancel a designation of origin or geographical indication concerned in accordance with Article 51(4) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be taken by the Commission on the basis of the documents available to it under Article 51(2) of that Regulation.