Union register of geographical indications for craft and industrial products

1.   An electronic Union register shall be established and maintained by the Office for the purposes of management of geographical indications for craft and industrial products. It shall be easily accessible to the public and in a machine-readable format.
2.   Upon the taking effect of a decision registering a geographical indication in accordance with Article 29 or 30, the Office shall enter the following data in the Union register:
(a)
the name registered as a protected geographical indication (‘protected geographical indication’);
(b)
the type of product for which the geographical indication has been registered;
(c)
the name of the applicant in whose name the geographical indication has been registered;
(d)
the reference to the decision registering the geographical indication;
(e)
the country or countries of origin of the product for which the geographical indication has been registered.
3.   Third-country geographical indications that are protected in the Union under an international agreement to which the Union is a contracting party may be entered in the Union register, if the Commission so decides. In such case, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act, following which the geographical indications shall be entered in the Union register by the Office. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 68(2).
4.   A geographical indication shall be entered in the Union register in its original script. Where the original script does not use Latin characters, the geographical indication shall be transcribed in Latin characters and both versions of the geographical indication shall be entered in the Union register and shall have equal status.
5.   The Office shall keep the documentation related to the registration of a geographical indication in digital or paper form for the period of validity of the geographical indication, and, in the event of rejection of the application or cancellation of the registration, for 10 years after such rejection or cancellation.
6.   The running costs of the Union register shall be covered by the Office’s operational budget.
7.   The Commission may adopt implementing acts setting out the IT architecture and presentation of the Union register. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 68(2).