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
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