CHAPTER IIPROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

SECTION 1Application for protection

Article 9Admissibility of the application

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Applications for protection are considered admissible if they are submitted in accordance with Articles 94 F6and 95 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 3 and Article 5(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 and if they are duly completed.

An application for protection shall be considered to be duly completed when it complies with Article 94(1) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34 and if the single document is duly completed.

The single document summarising the product specification, referred to in Article 94(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be considered to be duly completed when it complies with the requirements listed in Article 5(1) and (2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/34. The product specification shall be considered duly completed when it complies with the requirements set out in Article 94(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

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If the F1Secretary of State considers that an application is inadmissible, F2the Secretary of State must inform the applicant, or, in the case of a third country application, the applicant established in, or the authorities of, that country, of the reasons grounding the finding of inadmissibility.

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At least once a month the F3Secretary of State must publish the list of names for which F4the Secretary of State has received applications for protection as designations of origin or geographical indications, the name of the applicant F5relevant country and the date of submission of the application. F7The list may be published in such manner as appears appropriate to the Secretary of State from time to time.