Legal provisions of COM(2022)277 - Conclusion of the Enhanced partnership agreement with Kyrgyzstan - Main contents

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dossier	COM(2022)277 - Conclusion of the Enhanced partnership agreement with Kyrgyzstan.
document	COM(2022)277
date	June 13, 2022

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Article 1

The Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed, on behalf of the European Union, to the notification provided for in Article 318 of the Agreement in order to express the consent of the European Union to be bound by the Agreement.

Article 3

For the purposes of Article 27.2 (a) (ii) of the Agreement, modifications to the Agreement through decisions related to geographical indications of the Cooperation Council acting in its trade configuration shall be approved by the Commission on behalf of the Union. Where interested parties cannot reach an agreement following objections relating to a geographical indication, the Commission shall adopt a position on the basis of the procedure laid down in Article 57(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Article 4

1. A name protected under sub-section 4 ‘Geographical Indications’ of Section B of Chapter 8 of Title IV of the Agreement may be used by any operator marketing agricultural products, foodstuffs, wines, aromatised wines or spirits conforming to the corresponding specification.

2. In accordance with Article 124 of the Agreement, the Member States and the institutions of the Union shall enforce the protection provided for in Articles 119-123 of the Agreement, including at the request of an interested party.

Article 5