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REPORT (COM(2026)0069 – C100030/2026 – 2026/0044(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 as regards amendments adopted by the Assembly of the Lisbon Union on 14 July 2025 to the Common Regulations under the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications

A-10-2026-0211

Committee on Legal Affairs · Rapporteur: Dainius Žalimas

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Parliament's amended version of a Commission proposal to update Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 after the Lisbon Union Assembly amended the Common Regulations on 14 July 2025. It sets out procedures for the Commission or the European Union Intellectual Property Office to request changes to Union and member state geographical indications in the International Register. It also sets out how the Union assesses and can refuse protection for modifications and corrections of third-country geographical indications. It removes the obligation on certain member states to transmit International Bureau notifications and the Commission's duty to forward them. It lets the Commission take over from the Office in specific cases for craft and industrial products, and updates references to the 2024 geographical indications rules. The regulation is to enter into force on the day following its publication.

Committee position. The Committee on Legal Affairs adopts Parliament's first-reading position with amendments to the Commission proposal, setting out procedures for modifying Union, member state and third-country geographical indications in the International Register.

Key points

  1. The amended Article 1 lists the geographical indications covered: appellations of origin and geographical indications under the Geneva Act, protected designations and indications under Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, and craft and industrial products under Regulation (EU) 2023/2411.
  2. For craft and industrial products, protection in the Union of internationally registered appellations of origin is to follow Articles 6 and 40 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411.
  3. After an amendment of a product specification concerning the name or the classification of the product implying a change of type of good or goods, the Commission, or the Office for craft and industrial products, must request the corresponding modification in the International Register.
  4. The Commission or Office is exempted from requesting that modification if the member state of origin asks instead to cancel the international registration.
  5. On a member state's request, the Commission or Office may request modifications of the geographical area or of particulars on quality, reputation or characteristics of a registered geographical indication.
  6. For third-country geographical indications, the procedure in Articles 4 to 7 applies to modifications of the name or type of good or goods notified under Rule 15(3) of the Common Regulations.
  7. On a member state's request or on its own initiative, the Commission or Office may apply that procedure to modifications of particulars or corrections notified under Rule 18(3).
  8. The Union may refuse protection for modifications or corrections of third-country registrations it cannot ensure protection for; this assessment is mandatory only for modifications of the name and type of good or goods.
  9. The obligation for member states that were Contracting Parties to the Lisbon Agreement before the Union's accession to transmit International Bureau notifications to the Commission, and for the Commission to forward them, is deleted.
  10. In specific cases under Regulation (EU) 2023/2411, the Commission may take over from the Office decisions on registration, modification, cancellation, protection, refusal, correction and invalidation for craft and industrial products.
  11. References to Regulations (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) 2019/787 are replaced by references to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143.
  12. The regulation is to enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal.

Who is affected

  • Holders of Union and member state geographical indications, who gain a route to update their international registrations.
  • The Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office, which submit modification requests and assess third-country changes.
  • Member states, which may request modifications and lose the duty to transmit certain notifications.
  • Producers of craft and industrial products, covered by the new rules on international registrations.
  • Third countries whose geographical indications are registered in the International Register and may face refusal of protection.

Figures and deadlines

  • 14 July 2025: date the Lisbon Union Assembly adopted the amendments to the Common Regulations.
  • 1 July 2026: date the new rules are to enter into force.
  • Rule 15: amended rule allowing new types of modification requests.
  • Rule 5(3): rule setting out the particulars on quality, reputation or characteristics.
  • Rule 15(3) and Rule 18(3): rules under which third-country modifications and corrections are notified.
  • Rule 15(5): rule allowing Contracting Parties to declare they cannot ensure protection.
  • Articles 6 and 40 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411: provisions governing protection of craft and industrial appellations of origin.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.