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taken by the Commission on the basis of the evidence available to it. The
decision on rejection shall be notified to the objector and to the Member State
or the third-country authorities or the applicant established in the third country
in question.
iv. Multiple objectors
Article 16(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that in
the event of multiple objectors, following a preliminary examination of one or
more such objections, it may not be possible to accept the application for
registration; in such cases, the Commission may suspend the other objection
procedures. The Commission shall inform the other objectors of any decision
affecting them which was taken in the course of the procedure.
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Where an application is rejected, objection procedures which have been sus-
pended shall be deemed to be closed and the objectors concerned shall be duly
informed.
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14. Protection
(a) Decision on protection
Article 41 of the Wine Regulation provides that on the basis of the information
available to the Commission, it shall be decided, in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Art 113(2), either to confer protection on the designa-
tion of origin or GI which meets the conditions laid down in Chapter IV of the
Wine Regulation and is compatible with Community law, or to reject the
application where those conditions are not satisfied.
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Article 72(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that
where the Commission decides not to confer protection to a designation of
origin or GI pursuant to Art 41 of the Wine Regulation, wines labelled in
accordance with Art 72(1) of this Article shall be withdrawn from the market or
re-labelled in accordance with Chapter IV of this Regulation.
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Article 17(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that
unless applications for protection of designations of origin or GIs are rejected
pursuant to Arts 11, 12, 16 and 28 of that Regulation, the Commission shall
decide to protect the designations of origin or GIs.
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(b) Publication of decision
Article 17(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that
decisions on protection taken pursuant to Art 41 of the Wine Regulation shall
be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union
.
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