Article 1530. Issuing a Certificate of Exclusive Right to an Appellation of Origin
1. A certificate of an exclusive right to an appellation of origin shall be issued by the federal executive governmental body charged with intellectual property matters within one month after the receipt of a document confirming that a duty has been paid for the issuance of the certificate of exclusive right to the appellation of origin.
Unless a document confirming that the established duty has been paid is submitted in the established procedure, no certificate shall be issued.

2. The form of a certificate of exclusive right to an appellation of origin and a list of the details that shall be available therein shall be established by the federal executive governmental body charged with normative legal regulation in the area of intellectual property.

Article 1531. The Effective Term of a Certificate of Exclusive Right to an Appellation of Origin

1. A certificate of exclusive right to an appellation of origin have to effective for ten years after the date of filing of the application for the appellation of origin with the federal executive governmental body charged with intellectual property matters.

2. The effective term of a certificate of exclusive right to an appellation of origin may be extended on an application of the holder of the certificate and on the condition that the holder submits a statement of the competent body designated in the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation to the effect that the holder of the certificate manufactures within the boundary of the relevant geographic site a merchandise possessing the special properties indicated in the State Register of Appellations of Origin.
Form a merchandise in respect of such appellation of origin being the name of a geographic site located outside of the Russian Federation the holder of the certificate shall submit in place of the statement specified in Paragraph 1 of the present item a document confirming his/its right to the appellation of origin in the country of origin of the merchandise as of the date of filing of an application for extension of the effective term of the certificate.
The application for extension of the effective term of the certificate shall be filed within the last year of its effective term.
On a petition of the holder of the certificate a six-month term may be granted thereto upon the expiry of the effective term of the certificate for filing an application for extension of the term, provided an additional duty has been paid.
Each time the effective term of the certificate shall be extended by ten years.

3. An entry on the extension of the effective term of a certificate of exclusive right to an appellation of origin shall be made by the federal executive governmental body charged with intellectual property matters in the State Register of Appellations of Origin and in the said certificate.

 

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