Geographical Indication Product Application Workflow Chart

Work Stage Workflow Remarks

Application

Please

Paragraph 1. The local government takes the lead and issues a document to establish a product declaration organization (committee, leading group or office, etc.). The leader in charge of the government shall be the person in charge of the declaration organization, and relevant departments shall participate. In principle, the office shall be located in the local geological The supervisory department is responsible for reporting daily affairs; or the government designates an association or enterprise as the reporting organization.

2. The local government shall confirm the scope of product protection in the form of government documents, and attach a detailed map of the protection scope.

3. The government where the product is located or the reporting organization designated by the government shall submit a protection application to the provincial bureau in the form of a document.

4. For products across counties, the same superior municipal government will organize the declaration, and for products across different city regions, the provincial bureau will take the lead in organizing the declaration.

1. The application materials must be submitted in triplicate, with one copy submitted to the national bureau and the second copy kept by the provincial bureau; if the county-level government applies, the opinions of the Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau should be provided.

2. The reported product should have the basic characteristics of a geographical indication product, especially related to a specific region, climate, environment, and humanities. It should be different from a general product in the general sense. This should be stated in the application materials. The key points will be elaborated respectively. The structure of the declared product name is the regional name plus the general product name.

3. The first and second documents must be documents of the local government; the third document can be a government document or a document of the reporting organization designated by the government.

4. The contents of the application materials include: the local people’s government’s suggestions on delimiting the origin range of geographical indication products; documents of the local people’s government establishing an application agency or recognizing associations and enterprises as applicants; geographical indication products Certification materials (including: application for protection of geographical indication products; description of product name, category, origin range and geographical characteristics; description of the physical, chemical, sensory and other quality characteristics of the product and its relationship with the natural and human factors of the place of origin; product Production technical specifications (including product processing technology, safety and health requirements, technical requirements for processing equipment, etc.); product popularity, product production, sales and historical origins); standards or management specifications for the geographical indication products to be applied for.

5. If the declaration is made in the name of an enterprise (association), and the name of the geographical indication product declared belongs to the registered trademark of the enterprise (association), it must be accompanied by the permission of the enterprise (association) to allow other production within the protected area. A statement that the company's eligible products use the name.

Preliminary

Review

Stage

Stage 1. The provincial bureau will conduct a preliminary review of the application materials. If there is no objection in the preliminary review, the provincial bureau will attach the The letter agreeing to the application is submitted to the State Administration; if the materials do not meet the requirements or there are objections to the application between relevant local governments, coordination and modification will be organized before reporting.

2. Remind the applicant to start formulating relevant standards for geographical indication products; if relevant standards already exist, start revising them according to the quality and technical requirements of the relevant products. 1. The provincial bureau mainly examines three aspects: whether the form of the application materials meets the regulations, whether the content meets the requirements, and whether the applied for protection product has the characteristics of a geographical indication product. After the review is completed, all materials will be sent to the State Administration of Industry and Commerce.

2. Any objections to the application should be coordinated and resolved in a timely manner to avoid delays in the application process.

Acceptance

Stage

1. The State Administration will review the submitted materials. If the review passes, an acceptance announcement will be issued. The objection period is two months.

2. Application objections will be accepted within two months.

1. The review method and content of the State Administration are basically the same as those of the provincial bureaus. Those that pass the review are generally announced by the General Administration.

If the local government has any objections, it must be submitted directly to the General Administration within the validity period of two months after the announcement. The General Administration is responsible for organizing and coordinating the handling of objections.

2. The provincial bureau is responsible for guiding relevant reporting organizations to draft presentation reports and product quality technical requirements.

Review

Verification

Stage

Stage 1. After the expiration of the two-month announcement period, the State Administration will organize an expert review meeting.

2. After passing the expert review, the State Administration will issue an approval announcement.

3. Develop and modify relevant product standards based on the approval announcement. 1. Matters related to the expert review meeting shall be determined by the provincial bureau in coordination with the General Administration. Relevant leaders of the local government attended the review meeting and made presentations, and minutes were drawn up after the meeting. The expenses related to the meeting shall be borne by the applicant.

2. After the review meeting, the State Administration issued an approval announcement, indicating that the product passed the protection review and was included in the protection of geographical indication products.

3. The formulation of national standards or local standards is carried out in conjunction with standardization business departments at all levels. For specific procedures and fees, contact the National Standards Committee, the Standardization Department of the Provincial Bureau, and the Provincial Standards Association.

Standard

Logo

Application

Report

Stage

Scope of protection The production enterprises within the company submit applications for the use of the logo.

2. The city and county quality supervision bureaus respectively put forward their opinions and report them to the provincial bureau. The provincial bureau will review and report to the State Administration of Quality Supervision.

3. The State Administration will issue an announcement on the use of the logo after review. 1. The applicant enterprise must be within the geographical product protection area.

2. The application includes the following materials: application for use of special marks for geographical indication products; certificate issued by the local government or competent department that the product is produced in a specific region; inspection report issued by the relevant product quality inspection agency.

3. After the announcement of the use of the mark is released, it indicates that the applicant enterprise can officially start using the special mark for geographical indication products.

Supervision

Supervision

Management

Management

Stage

Stage 1. Supervise product scope, raw materials, production, sales and other links.

2. Supervise the use of special signs. 1. It is recommended that the relevant reporting agencies be changed to protection agencies or regulatory agencies, and relevant product protection management measures be formulated.

2. The printing of special signs for geographical indication products mainly uses special anti-counterfeiting labels and printing directly on the product packaging of manufacturers and operators. In principle, according to the characteristics of geographical indication products and different production and operation The specific production and management conditions of the species are determined, and the details are resolved by local conservation offices through consultation with local governments and enterprises.

3. Intensify the crackdown on violations of the geographical indication product protection system, and truly bring into play the economic and social benefits of the system.