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him to remedy the deficiencies noted within a period of two months. If the
deficiencies are not remedied before the time limit expires, the Commission
shall reject the request as inadmissible. The decision on inadmissibility shall be
notified to the author of the request for cancellation and to the Member State
or the third-country authorities or the author of the request for cancellation
established in the third country in question.
6. Notification of admissible application for cancellation
Article 22(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that any
request for cancellation that is deemed admissible, as well as a Commission
own-initiative cancellation procedure, shall be notified to the Member State or
the third country authorities or the applicants established in the third country
whose designation of origin or GI is affected by the cancellation.
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7.
Invitation to file observations and comments
Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that if
the Commission has not rejected the request for cancellation in accordance
with Art 22(3), it shall communicate the cancellation to the Member State or
the third country authorities or the producers concerned established in the third
country in question and shall invite them to file observations within two
months from the issuance date of such communication. Any observations
received within this two-month period shall be communicated, where applic-
able, to the author of the request for cancellation.
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In the course of the scrutiny of a cancellation, the Commission shall request the
parties to submit comments, if appropriate, within a period of two months from
the issuance date of such request, on the communications received from the
other parties.
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8. Decision by Commission in absence of observations
Article 23(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 provides that if
the Member State or the third-country authorities or the applicant established
in the third country in question or the author of a request for cancellation files
no observations in response, or does not respect the time periods, the Commis-
sion decides upon the cancellation.
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