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the products in question, using the names concerned continuously for at least
the five years prior to the lodging of the application to the authorities of the
Member State and have made that point in the national opposition procedure
referred to in Art 49(3).
The first subparagraph shall apply
mutatis mutandis
to a PGI or PDO referring
to a geographical area situated in a third country, with the exception of the
opposition procedure.
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Such transitional periods shall be indicated in the application dossier referred to
in Article 8(2).
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Q. PRESERVED REGISTRATIONS
Article 16(1) provides that names entered in the register provided for in Art
7(6) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 shall automatically be entered in the
register referred to in Art 11 of this Regulation. The corresponding specifica-
tions shall be deemed to be the specifications referred to in Art 7 of this
Regulation. Any specific transitional provisions associated with such registra-
tions shall continue to apply.
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Article 16(2) provides that this Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any
right of coexistence recognised under Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 in respect
of designations of origin and GIs, on the one hand, and trade marks, on the
other.
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R. TRADITIONAL SPECIALITIES GUARANTEED
Recital (34) to the Regulation explains that the specific objective of the scheme
for TSGs 'is to help the producers of traditional products to communicate to
consumers the value-adding attributes of their product'. It noted that only a few
names had been registered under the preceding legislation
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and that to realise
its potential, provisions should be improved, clarified and sharpened in order to
make the scheme more understandable, operational and attractive to potential
applicants.
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Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as
traditional specialities guaranteed.
