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Article 14Submission of the application for registration at Union stage#
1.An application for registration of a geographical indication at Union stage shall be submitted to the Commission electronically, through a digital system.Upon receiving a request from one or more Member States, the Commission shall adapt the digital system to make it suitable to be used in the national part of the procedure for registration of a geographical indication by any Member State that so wishes.
2.Where the application for registration relates to a geographical area outside the Union, the application shall be submitted to the Commission, either directly by an applicant, namely a producer group or a single producer, or via the authorities of the third country concerned.A single producer of a third country shall meet the conditions set out in Article 9(3). A producer group of a third country shall be a producer group which works with a product, the name of which is proposed for registration.
3.A joint application for registration referred to in Article 9(4) shall be submitted by either:
(a)one of the Member States concerned; or
(b)an applicant of a third country, namely a producer group or a single producer, either directly or through the authorities of that third country.
4.The names for which applications for registration at Union stage have been submitted shall be made public by the Commission through the digital system referred to in paragraph 1.
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