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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-787/article-24",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/787",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008",
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  "path": "article/24",
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  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Application for registration of a geographical indication",
  "text": "1. Applications for the registration of a geographical indication under this Chapter may only be submitted by groups who work with the spirit drink, the name of which is proposed for registration.\n2. An authority designated by the Secretary of State may, on application to the Secretary of State, be deemed to be a group for the purposes of this Chapter if it is not feasible for the producers concerned to form a group by reason of their number, geographical locations or organisational characteristics. In such case, the application ... referred to in Article 23 shall state those reasons.\n3. A single natural or legal person may be deemed to be a group for the purpose of this Chapter if both of the following conditions are fulfilled:\n(a) the person concerned is the only producer willing to submit an application; and\n(b) the defined geographical area possesses characteristics which differ appreciably from those of neighbouring areas, the characteristics of the spirit drink are different from those produced in neighbouring areas or the spirit drink has a special quality, reputation or other characteristic which is clearly attributable to its geographical origin.\n4. In the case of a geographical indication that designates a cross-border geographical area, several groups from different ... countries may submit a joint application for registration.\nWhere a joint application is submitted, it shall be submitted to the Secretary of State by an applicant group ... or through the authorities of a third country concerned, after consultation, in both cases, of all the authorities and applicant groups concerned. ... The requirements laid down in Article 23 shall be fulfilled , as relevant, in all the countries concerned.\nIn the case of joint applications, the related national opposition procedures shall be carried out in all the Member States concerned.\n5. Where the application relates to a geographical area in the United Kingdom, the application shall be submitted to the Secretary of State.\n...\n6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n8. Where the application relates to a geographical area in a third country, the application shall be submitted to the Secretary of State, either directly or via the authorities of the third country concerned.\n9. The documents referred to in this Article which are sent to the Secretary of State shall be in one of the official languages of the Union.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
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  "version": "current",
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