Convention on the protection of appellations of origin, indications of source and designations of certain products Document type Bilateral Field of application Regional/restricted Date Apr 28, 1964 Source FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-149058) Place of adoption Rome Language English Entry into force Apr 24, 1969 Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Packaging/labelling International organization International trade International agreement-text Certification Offences/penalties Abstract The Contracting Parties aim at guaranteeing protection against unfair competition in natural or manufactured products and particularly the protection of appellations of origin, indications of source and other designations reserved for certain specified products and goods. For this purpose, each Contracting Party undertakes to adopt all necessary measures for effectively ensuring the protection of natural and manufactured products originating in the territory of the other State against unfair competition in commercial transactions. Moreover, the Contracting States shall guarantee effective protection for the designations specified in Annexes A and B to this Convention. In case of contravention of the provisions hereby laid down, legal and administrative penalties (including seizure) shall be applied (art. 5). The Mixed Commission set up under article 5 of the Agreement of 29 May 1948 relating to the protection of appellations of origin and the designations of certain products is in charge of the enforcement of this Convention. The tasks entrusted to the Commissions are, among others: a) the drafting or improvement of similar or parallel legislation in matter of appellations of origin, indications of source and protection against unfair competition in trade; b) review of proposals intended to amend or supplement the lists referred to in Annexes A and B. Full text Other Website untreaty.un.org Country/Territory/Participant See Expanded View Show Map Countries Entry into force France - Italy - reset zoom out zoom in References - Treaties Supersedes Agreement on the protection of appellations of origin and the safeguarding of designations of certain products Treaty | Bilateral | Rome | May 29, 1948 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, International trade, Internal trade, International agreement-text, Certification, Viticulture/oenological practices Source: FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-148902)