Capacity building and knowledge expansion on the EU GI legal framework and practice: GI Conference

In March 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation on agricultural GIs, followed by a proposal for a regulation on craft and industrial geographical indications (CIGIs), published in April 2022. As a result, the EU landscape presents a new legislative framework in the area of GIs:

• a reforming Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of 11 April 2024 on geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural products – amending the Regulations related to wines (Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013), spirit drinks (Regulation (EU) No 2019/787) and repealing the one related to agricultural products and foodstuffs (Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012);
• a new Regulation (EU) No 2023/2411 of 18 October 2023 introducing the unitary protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and for which the EUIPO will be the competent examination Office.

This activitiy will facilitate the participation of the georgian, moldovan and ukrainian authorities in the high-level conference on Geographical Indications organised by the EUIPO in view of discussing, together with Member States and candidate countries, the new landscape on Gegraphical Indiciations in the EU.