Council Decision (EU) 2024/2751 of 14 October 2024 on the conclusion of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2024/2751
• Articles: 6

Article 1

The Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part  ( 3 ) , is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed on behalf of the Union to give the notification referred to in Article 330(1) of the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Agreement.

Article 3

For the purposes of Article 209(2) of the Agreement, modifications of the Agreement concerning geographical indications to be adopted by the Trade Committee, as proposed by the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, shall be approved by the Commission on behalf of the Union. Where interested parties cannot reach agreement following objections relating to a geographical indication, the Commission shall adopt such a position on the basis of the procedure laid down in Article 15(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs  ( 4 ) .

Article 4

1.   A name protected under Appendix 1 of Annex XIII (Lists of Geographical Indications) of the Agreement may be used by any operator marketing agricultural products, foodstuffs, wines, aromatised wines or spirits which comply with the corresponding specification.

2.   The Member States and the institutions of the Union shall enforce the protection provided for in Article 210 of the Agreement, including at the request of an interested party.

Article 5

The Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts and tribunals.

Article 6

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.