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CHAPTER III TRADITIONAL TERMS

SECTION 1 Applications for protection and examination procedure

Article 28Scrutiny by the Commission

1.The date of submission of an application for protection of a traditional term shall be the date on which the application is received by the Commission.

2.The Commission shall examine whether the application for protection meets the conditions laid down in this Chapter.

3.Where the Commission considers that the conditions laid down in Articles 26 and 27 are met, it shall adopt an implementing act concerning the publication, in the Official Journal of the European Union, of the application for protection.

4.If an application for the protection of a traditional term does not meet the conditions laid down in this Chapter, the Commission shall inform the applicant of the grounds for refusal, setting a deadline for the withdrawal or modification of the application or for the submission of comments.

5.If the obstacles are not remedied by the applicant within the deadline referred to in paragraph 4, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act rejecting the application in accordance with Article 115(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.