DECISION OF BOARD OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMISSION

of June 20, 2023 No. 81

About approval of rules of realization of general process "Registration, legal protection and use of names of places of goods origin of the Eurasian Economic Union"

According to Item 30 of the Protocol on information and communication technologies and information exchange within the Eurasian Economic Union (appendix No. 3 to the Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014) and being guided by the Decision of Board of the Eurasian economic commission of December 19, 2016 No. 169 "About approval of the Procedure for realization of general processes within the Eurasian Economic Union", the Board of the Eurasian economic commission solved:

1. Approve the enclosed Rules of realization of general process "Registration, legal protection and use of names of places of goods origin of the Eurasian Economic Union".

2. This Decision becomes effective after 30 calendar days from the date of its official publication.

Approved by the Decision of Board of the Eurasian economic commission of June 20, 2023 No. 81

Rules of realization of general process "Registration, legal protection and use of names of places of goods origin of the Eurasian Economic Union"

I. General provisions

1. These rules are developed according to the following international treaties and acts entering the right of the Eurasian Economic Union (further - the Union):

The agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014;

The agreement on trademarks, service marks and names of places of goods origin of the Eurasian Economic Union of February 3, 2020 (further - the Agreement on trademarks);

The decision of Council of the Eurasian economic commission of May 18, 2021 No. 53 "About some questions of implementation of the Agreement on trademarks, service marks and names of places of goods origin of the Eurasian Economic Union of February 3, 2020";

The decision of Board of the Euroasian economic commission of November 6, 2014 №200 "About the technological documents regulating information exchange in case of realization by means of the integrated information system of foreign and mutual trade of general processes";

The decision of Board of the Euroasian economic commission of April 14, 2015 № 29 "About the list of general processes within the Eurasian Economic Union and modification of the Decision of Board of the Euroasian economic commission of August 19, 2014 № 132";

The decision of Board of the Euroasian economic commission of June 9, 2015 №63 "About the Analysis technique, optimization, harmonizations and descriptions of general processes within the Eurasian Economic Union";

The decision of Board of the Euroasian economic commission of December 19, 2016 №. 169 "About approval of the Procedure for realization of general processes within the Eurasian Economic Union";

2. These rules determine requirements to realization of general process "Registration, legal protection and use of names of places of goods origin of the Eurasian Economic Union" (further - general process) and are the basis for process design of general process and work planning on its organizational technical supply.

3. Realization of general process is stipulated in Item 23 lists of general processes within the Eurasian Economic Union approved by the Decision of Board of the Eurasian economic commission of April 14, 2015 No. 29.

4. For the purposes of these rules concepts which mean the following are used:

"applicant" - the physical person or legal entity which submitted the application for the name of the place of goods origin of the Union to department of giving including the representative of the specified person, including the patent agent registered in department of giving according to international treaties and the legislation of the state of department of giving;

"person interested in receipt of data" - the physical person or legal entity, and also the representative of public authorities of state members of the Union interested in receipt of data from the Unified register of names of places of goods origin of the Union which requests and receives data on information portal of the Union.

Other concepts used in these rules are applied in the values defined by the Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014, the Agreement on trademarks, the Instruction to the Agreement on trademarks, service marks and names of places of goods origin of the Union of February 3, 2020 approved by the Decision of Council of the Eurasian economic commission of May 18, 2021 No. 53 (further - the Instruction), and the acts of bodies of the Union concerning questions of creation and development of the integrated information system of the Union (further - the integrated system).

II. Purposes and tasks of realization of general process

5. The purposes of realization of general process are ensuring information support of procedures of registration, legal protection and use of names of places of goods origin of the Union, and also forming and maintaining with use of information resources of the Eurasian economic commission (further - the Commission) within the integrated system of general information resource of national patent authorities of state members of the Union (further respectively - national patent authorities, state members) - the Unified register of names of places of goods origin of the Union.

6. Within realization of general process it is necessary to solve the following problems:

a) provide information exchange between participants of general process, including information exchange between national patent authorities and between national patent authorities and the Commission;

b) provide conditions for forming and passing of requests for names of places of goods origin of the Union according to requirements according to the Agreement on trademarks and the Instruction;

c) provide forming, maintaining and use of the Unified register of names of places of goods origin of the Union;

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