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* The European Commission has published a lengthy document of 110 pages, listing the 'Inspection structures notified yesteryear the Member U.S. inward accordance amongst Article 10(2) of Regulation 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications as well as designations of beginning for agricultural products as well as foodstuffs' (2005/C 317/01). The purpose of this publication is to supply information on the inspection bodies notified yesteryear the Member U.S. for each geographical indication or designation of beginning registered nether Regulation 2081/92.
This listing replaces previous lists, the almost recent of which was published dorsum inward 2002.


* Commission Regulation 2039/2005 of fourteen Dec 2005 amends Regulation 1238/95 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation 2100/94 every bit regards the fees payable to the Community Plant Variety Office. Essentially, every bit of 1 Jan 2006

Article 9(1) of Regulation 1238/95 is replaced yesteryear the following:

‘1. The purpose shall accuse a holder of a Community works life multifariousness correct (hereinafter referred to every bit the holder) a fee for each yr of the duration of a Community works life multifariousness correct (hereinafter referred to every bit annual fee) of EUR 300 for the years 2003 to 2005 as well as of EUR 200 for the yr 2006 as well as the next years. Where a somebody paid a fee of EUR 300 for the yr 2006, the purpose shall refund the deviation of
EUR 100 to that person.’

* The Community Plant Variety Office inward Angers, France, is looking for Board of Appeal members - this mightiness hold upward your BIG jeopardy to kick-start a novel career inward intellectual property. Applications must hold upward submitted yesteryear 16 Jan 2006.

* An application has been made to register the unappetising-sounding GATA-HURDES (nothing to to amongst GATOR BURGERS) every bit a protected designation of beginning for Castilian extra virgin olive oil. According to the application, "a characteristic of olive tree tillage inward the protected expanse is that it is based on slow evolving techniques". Oh, right.

* According to the European Court of Justice diary, the courtroom is directly shut for Christmas as well as reopens on Tuesday 10 Jan 2006. On Th 12 Jan the ECJ gives its judgment inward Case C-173/04 P Deutsche SiSi-Werke v OHIM, on an appeal against the Court of First Instance ruling that Deutsche SiSi was non entitled to register the sachet packaging of its drinks every bit Community merchandise marks.

* has received an e-mail from a friend who works inward the European Court of Justice as well as who writes: "It is non a full general rule, but if yous run across a determination posted on the homepage exclusively inward 2 languages on the 24-hour interval of its proclamation (French would hold upward e'er i of them), it is in all likelihood that the given determination volition non hold upward translated inward other languages". Merpel says, this is merely non practiced enough. Let's brand 2006 the yr for lobbying for to a greater extent than translations as well as greater accessibility of European police for the produce goodness of all who remove it.