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Article 4 Objective

United Kingdom

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A scheme for protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications is established in order to help producers of products linked to a geographical area by:

  1. (a)

    securing fair returns for the qualities of their products;

  2. (b)

    ensuring uniform protection of the names as an intellectual property right in the territory of F1Great Britain;

  3. (c)

    providing clear information on the value-adding attributes of the product to consumers.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Words in Art. 4(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 18(6)