Meeting within the Twinning Project

Today, on November 26, 2019, the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti is hosting a meeting of experts of the geographical indications field and representatives of associations of producers of geographical indications and appellation of origin goods, organized within the EU-funded Twinning Project “Establishing Efficient Protection and Control System of Geographical Indications (GIs) in Georgia”. The objective of the meeting is to evaluate the resources and necessities of producers and associations to enable them to define in future their role and authority in the geographical indications protection system. The participants will also familiarize with the draft amendments prepared for the Law of Georgia “On Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications”, which provides for definition of the state control mechanisms of appellations of origin and geographical indications, identification of the basic elements of the goods specifications, definition of procedures for carrying out examination, determination of the role of producers’ unions, envisaging of legal mechanisms of protection and other important issues. 

The meeting is devoted to the discussion between appellations of origin and geographical indications wines and cheese producers’ associations and Georgian, French and Italian experts, participating in the project implementation. As a result of the meeting, the foreign experts will draft relevant recommendations to ensure efficient functioning of the geographical indications system, from the viewpoint of increasing the role of producers’ associations and unions. Within the EU-funded Project “Establishing Efficient Protection and Control System of Geographical Indications (GIs) in Georgia”, implementation of a number of other events is also planned.