Decision of the Commission on the application

1.   In relation to applications referred to in Article 21, the Commission may take over from the Office, at any time before the end of the registration procedure, on its own initiative or at the request of the competent authority of a Member State or of the Office, the power to decide on the application where the registration of the proposed geographical indication might be contrary to public policy, or where such registration or the rejection of the application might jeopardise the Union’s trade or external relations.
2.   Where the Commission has taken over the procedure from the Office as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Office shall provide the Commission with a draft of the decision referred to in Article 29(1) to (5).
3.   The Commission shall adopt any decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 68(2) and shall be published in the Union register.
4.   Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall apply,
mutatis mutandis
, to procedures for amendment of the product specification and for cancellation of the registration.
5.   For the purposes of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, the Office shall ensure that the Commission has access, through the digital system for the electronic submission of applications to the Office referred to in Article 67, to documents concerning applications, requests for amendment of the product specification and requests for cancellation.
6.   The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the procedure applicable to the situations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 68(2).