# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2035 of 7 December 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 as regards the application for action form provided for in Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in order to introduce the possibility to request the taking of action in Northern Ireland, Annex II

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In Part I of Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013, in the note on the completion of box 6 (‘Member State or, in the case of a Union application, Member States in which customs action is requested’), the following paragraph is added:
‘In case Northern Ireland (XI) is indicated, the application shall be a Union application and can only be granted for protection of any of the following intellectual property rights which are protected in Northern Ireland by virtue of the IE/NI Protocol:
(a) geographical indications or designations of origin protected for agricultural products and foodstuff as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(b) geographical indications of spirit drinks as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(c) geographical designations for aromatised products as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(d) designations of origin or geographical indications for wine as provided for in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter I of Title II of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.’

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/2035/annex/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2035/annex-II
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.