ANNEX VIIIREQUEST OF OBJECTION TO A TRADITIONAL TERM

Date of receipt (DD/MM/YYYY) …

[to be completed by the Commission]

Number of pages (including this page) …

Language of request of objection …

File number [to be completed by the Commission] …

Objector

Name of legal or natural person …

Full address (street number and name, town/city and postal code, country) …

Nationality …

Tel., fax, e-mail …

Intermediary

• Member State(s) (*) …

• Third-country authority (optional) (*) …

[(*) delete as appropriate]

Name(s) of intermediary(ies) …

Full address(es) (street number and name, town/city and postal code, country) …

Objected traditional term …

Prior rights

• Protected designation of origin (*) …

• Protected geographical indication (*) …

• National geographical indication (*)

[(*) delete as appropriate]

Name …

Registration number …

Date of registration (DD/MM/YYYY) …

• Existing protected traditional term …

• Trademark

Sign …

List of products and services …

Registration number …

Date of registration …

Country of origin …

Reputation/renown (*) …

[(*) delete as appropriate]

Grounds for objection

• Article 31 (*)

• Article 35 (*)

• Article 40(2)(a) (*)

• Article 40(2)(b) (*)

• Article 40(2)(c) (*)

• Article 41(3) (*)

• Article 42(1) (*)

• Article 42(2) (*)

• Article 54 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008

[(*) delete as appropriate]

Explanation of ground(s) …

Name of signatory …

Signature …