Geography Reference
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Article 9(2) requires the Commission to mark the documents making up the
application with the date of receipt and the file number allocated to the
application.
The Member State or the third-country authorities or the applicant established
in the third country in question shall receive an acknowledgement of receipt
indicating at least the following:
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(a) the file number;
(b) the name to be registered;
(c) the number of pages received; and
(d) the date of receipt of the application.
7. Submission of a trans-border application
Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that in
the case of a trans-border request, a joint application may be submitted for a
name designating a trans-border geographical area by more than one group of
producers representing that area.
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Article 10(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that
where only Member States are concerned, the preliminary national procedure
referred to in Art 38 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 applies in all the
Member States concerned.
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For the purposes of application of Art 38(5) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008,
a trans-border application shall be forwarded to the Commission by one
Member State on behalf of the others, and shall include an authorisation from
each of the other Member States concerned authorising the Member State
forwarding the application to act on its behalf.
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Article 10(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that
where a trans-border application involves only third countries, the application
shall be forwarded to the Commission either by one of the applicant groups on
behalf of the others or by one of the third countries on behalf of the others and
shall include:
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(a) the elements proving that the conditions laid down in Arts 34 and 35 of the Wine
Regulation are fulfilled;
(b) the proof of protection in the third countries concerned; and
(c) an authorisation as referred to in paragraph 2 from each of the other third countries
concerned.
