(12)Pursuant to Article 3 of Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754note, Member States that were parties to the Lisbon Agreement on 26 February 2020 (such as Slovakia) are authorised to ratify or accede to the Geneva Act strictly to the extent that their accession is necessary to preserve, in the interest of the Union, the seniority and continuity of the protection of the appellations of origin already registered by those Member States under the Lisbon Agreement and to comply with the obligations provided for by Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1753.
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