07/10/2019 (Agence Europe) – The EU Council of Ministers adopted without debate on Monday 7 October the rules governing the functioning of the Union as a member of the Geneva Act (see EUROPE B12220A13). The Geneva Act is a new multilateral treaty for the protection of geographical indications managed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Geneva Act modernises the 1958 Lisbon Agreement on the Protection of Appellations of Origin and allows international...