There is no fee to apply for a geographical indication! When "Liuyang Firecrackers" applied for origin protection from the original technical supervision department, it cost a lot of money. Because in order to produce in accordance with relevant standards, certain technical updates and transformations must be carried out, with an investment of more than 100,000 yuan; the fee for enterprises to apply for use is about 3,000 yuan per year; the inspection fee for random inspections of enterprises is about 6,000 yuan, which is also borne by the enterprise. To bear. At the same time, registering a geographical indication trademark with the Trademark Office will cost 2,000 yuan, and the approval time will be long, taking nearly 3 years. The procedure for applying for a product geographical indication is mainly divided into two major steps. The first step is the product declaration and approval process, and the second step is the application, review and registration process for the use of special marks. (Take application to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine as an example): (1) Product declaration and approval procedures 1. Geographical indication product declaration: (1) Application for geographical indication product protection should be designated by the local people's government at or above the county level. Proposed by an organization or an association recognized by the people's government; (2) The proposing unit shall organize experts to examine and demonstrate the origin range of the geographical indication product, and the local government (above the county level) shall propose a proposal for the origin range (formally issued by the government); (3) ) Write an application for the protection of the geographical indication product, a description of the relationship between the product quality characteristics and the natural and human factors of the place of origin, product standards and information on production, sales and historical origins; 2. Acceptance: the above geographical indication products The protection application and related materials are submitted to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for formal review. Products that pass the review will be announced for acceptance, and the publicity period is 2 months; 3. Technical review: Products with no objections after the expiration of the announcement period will be presided over by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. An expert technical review meeting is convened. The applicant makes a presentation report on the geographical indication product and responds to the questions raised by the experts. The expert review team makes review conclusions; 4. Approval: The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issues an approval announcement for the products that have passed the review. The declared geographical indication products will be protected from now on. (2) Application, review and registration procedures for the use of special marks 1. Producers within the origin of geographical indication products who use special marks for geographical indication protected products should apply to the local Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau and submit relevant information: (1) Application form for the use of special marks; (2) Certification issued by the local government department that the product is produced in a specific region; (3) Inspection report issued by the relevant product quality inspection agency; 2. Reviewed by the provincial quality supervision department; 3. Reported to the national After the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine examines the qualified registration, it will issue an announcement that producers will use the special mark for geographical indication products on their products in accordance with the relevant provisions of the special mark and obtain the protection of geographical indication products.