CHAPTER IIIU.K.TRADITIONAL TERMS

SECTION 3U.K.Protection

[F1Article 32cU.K.Third Country traditional terms covered by bridging arrangements

1.A traditional term to which paragraph 2 applies is, for the protection period, to be entered on Great Britain’s Traditional Terms Register.

2.This paragraph applies to a traditional term which relates to a wine sector product produced in a third country (“C”) which:

(a)was, immediately before IP completion day, protected in the European Union under an EUIA to which the European Union and C were contracting parties, and

(b)is, before a qualifying international agreement enters into force, to be protected in Great Britain pursuant to any written arrangements made by the United Kingdom and C (“bridging arrangements”).

3.For the purposes of this Article, “the protection period”, in relation to a traditional term, is the period for which:

(a)the relevant bridging arrangements have effect, or

(b)if only part of the relevant bridging arrangements relates to the traditional term, that part has effect.

4.In this Article “qualifying international agreement” means an international agreement between the United Kingdom and C, which has been initialled.]