Law No. ZR-21 “On geographic indications”. Country/Territory Armenia Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition Keyword Cultural heritage Traceability/product tracing Registration Geographical area Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Landlocked Developing Nations, Western Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Law establishes legal grounds for regulating, unification, use, registration and protection of geographic indication and re-naming geographic objects and geographic indications that make part of national cultural and historical heritage, except for cases, pertaining to the competence of local self-government. The Act consists of 5 Sections divided into 16 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) competence of state bodies in the sphere of geographic indications; (3) state regulation; (4) liabi Full text Russian Website www.parliament.am