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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.

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