Karine Gloanec-Maurin (PES, French), rapporteur for the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), was, on Tuesday 8 November, rather in favour of delegating additional tasks to the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for the examination of applications for the protection of geographical indications (GIs).
“The delegation of part of the examination of files to the EUIPO, which has real expertise in this area, as I was able to see during my study visit to Alicante, should make it...