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Law of June 21, 1996, amending the Federal law on the Improvement of Agriculture and the Preservation of Farming Populations, Switzerland

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Year of Version 1996 Dates Entry into force: July 1, 1997 Adopted: June 21, 1996 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Geographical Indications Notes The notification by Switzerland to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'Art. 18(a) Authority of the Swiss Federal Council to promulgate regulations concerning the denomination of products.'
'Art. 18(c): Register of appellations of origin (AOC) and of geographical designations (IGP); prohibition of their use as generic names, relations ot trademarks, specifications, unlawful acts.'
'Art. 112b: Sanctions for unlawful use of appellations of origin and geographical indications.'


Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) French Loi du 21 juin 1996 modifiant la loi fédérale sur l'amélioration de l'agriculture et le mantien de la population paysanne PDF HTML
Related Legislation Amends (1 text(s)) Amends (1 text(s))
Federal Law of October 3, 1951, on the Federal Agriculture Improvement and the Preservation of Farming Communities (extract) (status as of 1995) (CH009)
Is repealed by (1 text(s)) Is repealed by (1 text(s))
Federal Act of April 29, 1998, on Agriculture (status as of January 1, 2019) (CH461)

WTO Document Reference
IP/N/1/CHE/G/2/Add.1
IP/N/1/CHE/G/2 (Draft, p. 4-5)

WIPO Lex No. CH074