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LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND FOODSTUFFS
Andreas Auer
Sažetak
Accession to the European Union (EU) implies the acceptance
of the rights and obligations attached to the EU system and its
institutional framework, known as the “acquis communautaire”. Each
new Member State of the EU will have to apply this as it stands at the
time of accession. The subject matter of this Article is the part of the
“acquis” dealing with the protection of geographical indications and
designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs. The
author fi rst describes the pre-accession situation, then points out the
possibilities of transitional arrangements, and later goes into the details
of Regulation 510/2006 - the most important legal source for the
protection of geographical indications and designations of origin after
accession to the EU. Where appropriate, the relevant ECJ cases are
cited. Some of these cases are described in detail. Finally, to give an
overview of the existing means of legal protection, the author contemplates
the international dimension by examining WTO law.
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Hrčak ID:
28519
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Datum izdavanja:
3.11.2006.
Posjeta: 1.442 *