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

European Parliament procedure 2018/0189(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee ENVI / INTA / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 71 committee amendments tabled by 12 Members between 2018-10-26 and 2019-01-08.

## What the amendments focus on

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.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124985.md |
| Jiří MAŠTÁLKA | Czechia | GUE/NGL | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23704.md |
| Kostas CHRYSOGONOS | Greece | GUE/NGL | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125061.md |
| Tiziana BEGHIN | Italy | NI | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124777.md |
| Ana MIRANDA PAZ | Spain | Verts/ALE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/24942.md |
| Stelios KOULOGLOU | Greece | GUE/NGL | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/130833.md |
| Nicola DANTI | Italy | RE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124821.md |
| Daniel BUDA | Romania | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125012.md |
| Mireille D'ORNANO | France | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124750.md |
| Angel DZHAMBAZKI | Bulgaria | ECR | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124873.md |
| Nicola CAPUTO | Italy | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124851.md |
| Axel VOSS | Germany | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96761.md |

## Official source documents

- PE629.621: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-629621_EN.pdf
- PE630.585: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/INTA-AM-630585_EN.pdf
- PE632.797: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-632797_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2018-0189-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2018-0189-COD.json

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