Temporary amendments to a product specification of a geographical indication
Article 7
1. Temporary amendments to a product specification shall be approved and made public by the Member State in whose territory the defined geographical area of the geographical indication concerned is located. Temporary amendments may concern a part of the geographical area. 2. Temporary amendments shall be communicated to the Commission together with the reasons supporting them and the national approval decision no later than 1 month following the date on which that decision was made public. A temporary amendment shall be applicable in the Member State concerned following the applicable national rules for entry into force. 3. Each temporary amendment shall apply for a limited period of time set out by the authority approving the amendment. It may only be renewed if the exceptional circumstances referred to in Article 24(5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 on the basis of which it was first approved still exist. A renewal of temporary amendments shall be communicated to the Commission following the procedure referred to in this Article. 4. Where the geographical area covers more than one Member State, each of the Member States concerned shall apply the procedure for temporary amendments referred to in paragraph 1 separately. 5. Temporary amendments concerning geographical indications originating in third countries shall be communicated to the Commission, together with the reasons supporting them, by a producer group, either directly or via the authorities of that third country, no later than 1 month following the date on which the temporary amendment was approved. 6. The communication of an approved temporary amendment to the Commission shall be considered to be duly made when it contains the elements listed in Article 13 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/26. 7. The Commission shall make public the communication of temporary amendments in the Union register of geographical indications referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 within 3 months from the date on which it has received the communication of temporary amendments. Without prejudice of paragraph 2, temporary amendments shall be applicable in the territory of the Union from the date on which they were made public by the Commission. 8. The Member State, third country or producer group referred to in paragraph 5 that communicated a temporary amendment to the Commission shall remain responsible for its content.