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Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008

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[F1ANNEX 2U.K.APPEALS

PART 1U.K.Interpretation

In the table in Part 2, ‘a valid notice of opposition’ means a notice of opposition that contains the declaration required by the second subparagraph of Article 27(1).

PART 2U.K.Appellants and powers of the FTT on appeal

Column 1 DecisionColumn 2 Persons who may appeal against the decisionColumn 3 FTT powers
Decision of the Secretary of State to approve an application submitted under Article 24 to register a geographical indication.

The persons are:

(a) a person who submits a valid notice of opposition in relation to the application;

(b) a person marketing a product that is, or may be, affected by the registration of the geographical indication.

Power to:

(a) quash the decision and direct the Secretary of State to:

(i) remove the entry for the geographical indication from Great Britain's GIs Register, and

(ii) remove the copy of the product specification for the geographical indication attached to Great Britain's GIs Register, or

(b) remit the matter to the Secretary of State for reconsideration and fresh decision.

Decision of the Secretary of State to reject an application submitted under Article 24 to register a geographical indication.

The persons are:

(a) the person who submitted the application;

(b) a person marketing a product that is, or may be, affected by the decision not to register the geographical indication.

Power to:

(a) quash the decision and direct the Secretary of State to register the geographical indication by:

(i) making an entry for the geographical indication in Great Britain's GIs Register, and

(ii) attaching a copy of the product specification for the geographical indication to the register, or

(b) remit the matter to the Secretary of State for reconsideration and fresh decision.

Decision of the Secretary of State to approve an application submitted under Article 31 to amend a product specification for a geographical indication.

The persons are:

(a) a person who submits a valid notice of opposition in relation to the application under Article 27(1) (as it applies to an application to amend a product specification by virtue of Article 31(9));

(b) a person marketing a product that is, or may be, affected by the amendment of the product specification.

Power to:

(a) quash the decision and (as appropriate) direct the Secretary of State to:

(i) restore the data in the entry for the geographical indication in Great Britain's GIs Register;

(ii) remove the copy of the modified product specification for the geographical indication attached to Great Britain's GIs Register and replace it with a copy of the product specification that was attached to Great Britain's GIs Register immediately before the Secretary of State decided to approve the application, or

(b) remit the matter to the Secretary of State for reconsideration and fresh decision.

Decision of the Secretary of State to reject an application submitted under Article 31 to amend a product specification for a geographical indication.

The persons are:

(a) the person who submitted the application;

(b) a person marketing a product that is, or may be, affected by the decision not to amend the product specification.

Power to:

(a) quash the decision and (as appropriate) direct the Secretary of State:

(i) in the case of an amendment to the product specification that is not a temporary amendment:

(aa) to make such change to the data in the entry for the geographical indication in Great Britain's GIs Register as the amendment to the product specification may entail;

(bb) to replace the copy of the product specification for the geographical indication attached to Great Britain's GIs Register with a copy of the modified product specification;

(ii) in the case of a temporary amendment to the product specification, to make an appropriate entry relating to the temporary amendment to the product specification for the geographical indication in Great Britain's GIs Register, or

(b) remit the matter to the Secretary of State for reconsideration and fresh decision.

Decision of the Secretary of State under Article 32, on the Secretary of State's own initiative, to cancel the registration of a geographical indication.

The persons are:

(a) a person who submits a valid notice of opposition under Article 27(1) in relation to the proposed decision (as it applies to a decision to cancel the registration of a geographical indication by virtue of the second subparagraph of Article 32(1));

(b) a person marketing a product that is, or may be, affected by the cancellation of the geographical indication.

Power to:

(a) quash the decision and direct the Secretary of State to:

(i) restore the entry for the geographical indication in Great Britain's GIs Register,

and

(ii) reattach to Great Britain's GIs Register a copy of the product specification for the geographical indication that was attached to the register immediately before the Secretary of State decided to cancel the registration of the geographical indication, or

(b) remit the matter to the Secretary of State for reconsideration and fresh decision.

Decision of the Secretary of State to approve a request submitted under Article 32 to cancel the registration of a geographical indication.

The persons are:

(a) a person who submits a valid notice of opposition under Article 27(1) in relation to the request (as it applies to a request to cancel a geographical indication by virtue of the second subparagraph of Article 32(1));

(b) a person marketing a product that is, or may be, affected by the cancellation of the geographical indication.

Power to:

(a) quash the decision and direct the Secretary of State to:

(i) restore the entry for the geographical indication in Great Britain's GIs Register,

and

(ii) reattach to Great Britain's GIs Register a copy of the product specification for the geographical indication that was attached to the register immediately before the Secretary of State decided to cancel the registration of the geographical indication, or

(b) remit the matter to the Secretary of State for reconsideration and fresh decision.

Decision of the Secretary of State to reject a request submitted under Article 32 to cancel the registration of a geographical indication.

The persons are:

(a) the person who submitted the request;

(b) a person marketing a product that is, or may be, affected by the decision not to cancel the geographical indication.

Power to:

(a) quash the decision and direct the Secretary of State to;

(i) remove the entry for the geographical indication from Great Britain's GIs Register, and

(ii) remove the copy of the product specification for the geographical indication attached to Great Britain's GIs Register, or

(b) remit the matter to the Secretary of State for reconsideration and fresh decision.]

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