CHAPTER IIPROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

SECTION 3Amendments to product specifications

Article 16Admissibility of applications for F1non-standard amendment

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Applications for approval of a F2non-standard amendment to a product specification are considered admissible if they are submitted in accordance with Article 105 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and with Article 3 and Article 9(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 mutatis mutandis, and if they are duly completed.

An application for approval of a F2non-standard amendment to a product specification shall be considered to be duly completed where it is comprehensive and exhaustive and where it complies with the requirements set out in Article 2 and Article 9(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34.

The approval by the F3Secretary of State of an application for approval of a F4non-standard amendment to a product specification shall only cover the amendments submitted in the application itself.

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If the application is considered inadmissible, the F5applicant or, in the case of a third country application, the applicant established in, or the competent authorities of, the third country, shall be informed of the reasons for the inadmissibility.