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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the action of the Union following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indicationsnote, and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,Whereas:
(1)In accordance with Article 5(1) and (2) of the Geneva Act, the Competent Authorities of each Contracting Party to the Geneva Act may file applications for international registration of an appellation of origin or geographical indication with the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization, which registers it in the International Register in accordance with Article 6 of the Geneva Act. In accordance with Article 9 of the Geneva Act, the other Contracting Parties shall protect registered appellations of origin and geographical indications within their own legal system subject to any refusal, renunciation, invalidation or cancellation.
(2)In accordance with Article 6(4) of the Geneva Act, on 14 December 2020, the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization notified the Commission that the name 'ម្រេចកំពត'/'Kampot Pepper', applied by Cambodia, had been recorded as Geographical Indication in the International Register of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications under the Geneva Act.
(3)Pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1753, the international registration of the Geographical Indication 'ម្រេចកំពត'/'Kampot Pepper' was published in the Official Journal of the European Unionnote to enable possible opposition to be lodged.
(4)Pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1753, the Commission assessed the international registration of the Geographical Indication 'ម្រេចកំពត'/'Kampot Pepper' against the conditions laid down in that Article and concluded that they are fulfilled.
(5)As no opposition under Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 has been received by the Commission, the name 'ម្រេចកំពត'/'Kampot Pepper' should be protected in the Union, in accordance with the Geneva Act.
(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Agricultural Product Quality Policy Committee,
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