Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications: action of the Union following its accession to the Act

This dossier concerns Union action following accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on appellations of origin and geographical indications. The amendments address the Commission filing geographical indications with the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization, extension to non-agricultural products, fees, opposition and refusal procedures, relations with prior trademarks, third-country geographical indications, and implementing acts and committees, referencing wine, aromatised wine and spirit-drink regulations.