Section 4, Article 22 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1956

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Article 22Temporary amendments to product specifications#

1.Temporary amendments to product specifications shall be approved and made public by the competent authority of the Member State in whose territory the defined geographical area of the name concerned is located. Temporary amendments may concern a part of the geographical area.

2.Temporary amendments shall be communicated to the Office not later than one month following the date on which the national approval decision was made public. That communication shall indicate the reasons for the temporary amendments.

3.The temporary amendment shall be applicable in the Member State according to the applicable national rules.

4.Each temporary amendment shall apply for a limited period of time set out by the competent authority approving such amendment. It may only be renewed if the exceptional circumstances, referred to in Article 31(6) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411, and if reasons for which it had been approved still exist. A renewal of temporary amendments shall be communicated to the Office following the procedure provided for the communication of temporary amendments referred to in Article 24.

5.Where the geographical area covers more than one Member State, the procedure for temporary amendments shall apply separately in the Member States concerned for the part of the area which falls within their respective territory.

6.Temporary amendments concerning geographical indications originating in third countries shall be communicated to the Office not later than one month following their approval. That communication shall indicate the reasons for the temporary amendments.

7.The Office shall make public the communication of temporary amendment via its digital system within three months after the date on which it has received the communication of that temporary amendment, in the language as received. A temporary amendment shall be applicable in the territory of the Union from the date on which it was made public by the Office.

8.This Article does not apply to procedures referred to in Article 21, point (b) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411.