Notifying Member

Finland

Details of the notified legal text

Title

Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the registration of PDO/PGI/TSG products and notification of the manufacture of a registered PDO/PGI/TSG product, 17.12.2014/1153

Subject matter

Geographical indications

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation

[  ]     Other law or regulation

Link to legal text

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4479_00_e.pdf
(English)

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4479_00_x1.pdf
(Finnish)

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4479_00_x2.pdf

(Swedish)

Notification status

[X]     First notification

[  ]     Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]     Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

Not applicable

Brief description of the notified legal text

Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the registration of PDO/PGI/TSG products and notification of the manufacture of a registered PDO/PGI/TSG product, adopted on 17 December 2014, 2014/1153, entry into force on 1 January 2015

-       Maa- ja metsätalousministeriön asetus nimisuojatuotteiden rekisteröimisestä ja ilmoituksesta rekisteröidyn nimisuojatuotteen valmistamisesta

-       Jord- och skogsbruksministeriets förordning om registrering av namnskydda produkter och om meddelande om tillverkning  av namnskydda produkter.

This Decree repealed the Decree 2007/907. It contains national regulation on registration of geographical indications and designations of origin. It also includes regulation for the notice of production of products including geographical indications and designations of origin.

Language(s) of notified legal text

English, Finnish, Swedish

Entry into force

1 January 2015

Other date

Adoption: 17 December 2014

Notification details

Submission date of notification

20 December 2017

Other information

Agency or authority responsible

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry