Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
International registration of geographical indications upon accession Upon the accession of the Union to the Geneva Act, the Commission shall file with the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization ('the International Bureau') applications for the international registration of geographical indications protected and registered under Union law and pertaining to products originating in the Union pursuant to Article 5(1) and (2) of the Geneva Act. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act establishing the list of geographical indications referred to in the first paragraph, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 13(2). In order to establish the list referred to in the second paragraph, the Commission shall take into account, in particular, the following: (a) the production value of the geographical indication; (b) the export value of the geographical indication; (c) the protection of the geographical indication under other international agreements; (d) the current or potential misuse of the geographical indication in other members of the Special Union; (e) the overall number of geographical indications originating in the territories of the other members of the Special Union and registered in the register of the International Bureau (’the International Register’).Article 2 deleted