Judgment_paragraph 64 · European Commission v Council of the European Union (C-389/15)

64It is admittedly true that the draft revised agreement entrusts the International Bureau of WIPO with the management of one of the components of the international agreement which it presages, namely the mechanism for international registration of appellations of origin and geographical indications that it establishes. It is also true that, more generally, that international agreement is to be administered by that organisation. However, the detailed rules which an international agreement lays down for its future performance and administration must be viewed in the light of the objectives which led the parties to conclude that agreement, and not vice-versa.