Accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications

Reference A9-0157/2023Committee JURI

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How the groups voted

GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity

The Left37

2902694%

S&D144

1300014100%

Greens/EFA72

670

The European Parliament adopted by 610 votes to 11, with 5 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision amending Decision (EU) 2019/1754 on the accession of the European Union to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications.The European Parliament gave its consent to the draft Council decision.The Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of 31 October 1958 is a treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).Seven Member States are parties to the Lisbon Agreement, namely Bulgaria, Czechia, France, Italy, Hungary, Portugal and Slovakia. The Union itself is not a party to the Lisbon…