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17.08.2020

Government approved Regulations on the procedure for granting the right to use geographical indications

The Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 7 August 2020 No 468 approved Regulations on the procedure for granting the right to use a geographical indication, the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus informs.

In particular, the Regulations establish requirements for the documents of the application for granting the right to use a geographical indication, the procedure for examining the application and adopting a decision on its results, criteria for classifying additional materials as those that change the application in essence, the procedure for familiarizing with the application and documents enclosed thereto, as well as for issuing copies of them.

The Resolution was officially published in Russian on the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus on 11 August 2020 and enters into force from 29 August 2020.