44It should also be noted that recital 19 of that regulation states that uniform respect throughout the EU for the intellectual property rights related to names protected in the EU is a priority which can be achieved more effectively at EU level. Such an objective also militates in favour of a broad interpretation of the concept of ‘legitimate interest’. Such uniform respect presupposes that the conditions for registration of a protected geographical indication or of a non-minor amendment to the specification of a product benefiting from such protection are checked in a uniform manner from one Member State to another, which runs counter to a narrow interpretation of the concept of ‘legitimate interest’. Such an approach would run counter to the possibility afforded to a person established in a given Member State of lodging an opposition before the Commission against an application for registration or a non-minor amendment relating to a geographical indication falling within the territory of another Member State.
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