Registration of the geographical indication, the appellation of origin, the traditional specialty guaranteed

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  Step 1. Filing of the application

  Application filing methods:

  - with the Agency counter at the address: 24/1, Andrei Doga Str., MD-2024, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova;

  -   online, by accessing the link (https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/);

  -   by e-mail, cerere@agepi.gov.md, (the application shall be deemed filed on the date of receipt of the e-mail, if AGEPI receives the original application within one month from the date of receipt of the e-mail, except for the electronic document signed with digital signature).

  Note:

  1. Geographical indication registration application form (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/F-02-IG-001-E-04-0044.doc)

  2. Guide to Completing the Geographical Indication Registration Application Form (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/ghid/gh-2146_0044.pdf)

  3. Appellation of origin registration application form (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/F-02-DO-001-E-04-0045.doc)

  4. Guide to Completing the Appellation of Origin Registration Application Form (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/ghid/gh-2147_0045.pdf)

  5. Traditional specialty guaranteed registration application form (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/F-02-ST-001-E-04-0046.doc)

  6. Guide to Completing the Traditional Specialty Guaranteed Registration Application Form (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/ghid/gh-2148_0046.pdf

  

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  Step 2. Payment of the service

  - directly at the counter; 

  - by bank transfer;

  - through the government electronic payment service MPay (https://mpay.gov.md).

  

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  Step 3. Processing and Examination

  Following the receipt of the application, where appropriate, the AO, the GI or the TSG, compliance with the filing date awarding requirements shall be examined, including the examination of the other application filing requirements, where appropriate, the AO, the GI or the TSG. If following the examination of the compliance with the application filing requirements, where appropriate, the AO, the GI or the TSG, it is revealed that the application complies with the requirements of Law No. 66/2008 on the Protection of Geographical Indications, Appellations of Origin and Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (hereinafter - Law No. 66/2008) and the Regulations on the Procedure for Filing, Examination and Registration of Geographical Indications, Appellations of Origin and Traditional Specialties Guaranteed, the application data, where appropriate, the AO, the GI or the TSG shall be published in BOPI.

  If the application, where appropriate, the AO, the GI or the TSG does not meet the filing requirements, a decision shall be issued by which the application is deemed not to have been filed or withdrawn.

  The substantive examination shall include:

  a) examination of third-party oppositions, if applicable;

  b) examination of the grounds for refusal specified in Art. 7 of Law No. 66/2008.

  Where, during the substantive examination, it is found that name requested may not be registered, AGEPI shall issue a notice of provisional refusal of registration, where appropriate, of the AO, the GI or the TSG and grant a 2-month period from the date of receipt of the notice with a view to withdra or amend the application or submit an appeal to the notice of provisional refusal.

  Depending on the findings of the examination, AGEPI shall adopt one of the following decisions:

  1. to fully or partially register, as appropriate, the AO, the GI or the TSG, or

  2. to reject the application for the registration, as appropriate, of the AO, the GI or the TSG. 

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  Step 4. Registration, where appropriate, of an AO, a GI or a TSG/withdrawal of the application for the registration, as appropriate, of an AO, a GI or a TSG

  In the case of issuing a decision to register, where appropriate, an AO, a GI or a TSG in whole or in part, and in the case of complying with the requirements for registration, where appropriate, of an AO, a GI or a TSG, the trademark shall be registered, provided that the registration fee, where appropriate, for AO, GI or TSG has been paid within the established term.

  If the application, where appropriate, the AO, the GI or the TSG does not comply with the requirements for registration, where appropriate, of an AO, the GI or the TSG, a decision shall be issued to withdraw the application, where appropriate, the AO, the GI or the TSG.

  Note: Any decision on the applications for the registration, where appropriate, of the AO, the GI or the TSG, may be appealed by the parties within 2 months from the date of its receipt or by the third parties holding information related to the registration concerned - within the period between the date of issuance of the decision and the date of the registration thereof.