controlled appellation of origin or indication of source to the product which is the subject of the request and shall order that it be entered in the Official Register of Controlled Appellations of Origin and Indications of Source. The form of registration and related procedures shall be fixed by decree on a proposal by the Minister of Agriculture. 15. The Minister of Agriculture shall publish the controlled appellations of origin and the indications of source in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia. Chapter IV The Protection of Products Benefiting from an Appellation of Origin or an Indication of Source 16. From the date on which the controlled appellation of origin or indication of source is accepted, the following shall be forbidden: – commercial use of the appellation or indication on any similar product originating from outside the geographical area of the appellation or indication of source; – imitation of the appellation or indication and reference thereto, where it is indicated that the product concerned does not belong to the geographical area of the appellation or indication; – reference to the appellation or indication on envelopes, containers and packaging, documents or advertising for a product not belonging to the geographical area of the appellation or indication; – use of containers, for converting the product or its being offered for sale, likely to create confusion regarding its origin; – use of any sign likely to mislead or confuse the consumer. 17. The controlled appellation of origin and indication of source shall constitute rights for all agricultural producers to the country, region or parts of regions, provided that they comply with the production rules required by the appellation or indication and which are fixed by the model specifications provided for by Article 10 of this Law. 18. Prescription shall have no effect on controlled appellations of origin or on indications of source. In that regard, no person may use them for public domain purposes. 19. Appellations which have come into public use may not be registered as controlled appellations of origin or indications of source. Nor may they be used in relation to the false origin or indication of products. 20. Standardization bodies may not assign any similar factory or trademark to an controlled appellation of origin or an indication of source, where the mark has been applied for following the publication of the delimitation of the controlled appellation of origin or indication of source, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 15 of this Law. 21. Any person whose rights are infringed, either directly or indirectly, by the use of an controlled appellation of origin or an indication of source contrary to the specific page 4/7