Commission Decision (EU) 2026/1367

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2021/270 of 25 January 2021 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part^note, and in particular Article 3 thereof,Whereas:

(1)The Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’), applied provisionally from 1 June 2018 and entered into force on 1 March 2021.

(2)Article 232 of the Agreement provides for the possibility to add new geographical indications to be protected in Annex X thereto after having completed the objection procedure and after having examined the new geographical indications to the satisfaction of each Party.

(3)Article 240 of the Agreement establishes the Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications that is to see to the proper functioning of Subsection on geographical indications of the Agreement and is responsible for, among others, amending the lists of geographical indications set out in Annex X to the Agreement.

(4)The Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications examined the list of newly registered geographical indications proposed for inclusion in Annex X to the Agreement, as well as proposed corrections and removals of names that are currently listed in that Annex but are no longer protected by the Parties. Pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 231 of the Agreement, the Parties have completed the objection procedure and the examination of the amended list.

(5)Annex X to the Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly and the amendment should be approved on behalf of the Union,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: