See replies 13 and 24. [Note by the Secretariat: Replies 13 and 24 correspond with the answers to numbers 10 and 21, respectively.] ------------- (Text of "Reply 13" of IP/C/W/117/Add. 14 - REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 24.2 OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS - Checklist of Questions - Responses from Mexico) 13. (No. 10 of document IP/C/13) In determining whether recognition should be given a geographical indication, what criteria are considered? The Industrial Property Act provides for no system of registration for geographical indications. The criteria to be considered for purposes of an application for protection of an appellation of origin are listed in Article 159 of the Act. They include the following in particular: "IV. - A detailed description of the finished product or products to be covered by the appellation, including their characteristics, components, mode of extraction and production or preparation processes. When necessary to determine the relationship between the appellation and the product, an indication will be given of the official standards established by the Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development, to which the product, its mode of extraction, its preparation or production processes and its packaging will be subject; V. The place or places of extraction, production or preparation of the product to be protected by the appellation of origin and the delimitation of the territory of origin, with reference to the geographical characteristics and political boundaries; VI. A detailed description of the relationship between the appellation, the product and the territory; VII. Any other information which the applicant considers necessary or pertinent". ------------- (Text of "Reply 24" of IP/C/W/117/Add. 14 - REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 24.2 OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS - Checklist of Questions - Responses from Mexico) 24. (No. 21 of document IP/C/13) If criteria must be set out in an application for recognition of a geographical indication, are those criteria purely geographic in nature? The application for protection of an appellation of origin must include, in addition to the geographical criteria, a detailed description of the product or products, including their characteristics, components, mode of extraction, production or preparation processes, and methods of packaging, together with any other criteria considered relevant by the applicant (Article 159, points IV and VII). See also reply 13.
[Answer 10: The Industrial Property Act provides for no system of registration for geographical indications. The criteria to be considered for purposes of an application for protection of an appellation of origin are listed in Article 159 of the Act. They include the following in particular: "IV. - A detailed description of the finished product or products to be covered by the appellation, including their characteristics, components, mode of extraction and production or preparation processes. When necessary to determine the relationship between the appellation and the product, an indication will be given of the official standards established by the Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development, to which the product, its mode of extraction, its preparation or production processes and its packaging will be subject; V. The place or places of extraction, production or preparation of the product to be protected by the appellation of origin and the delimitation of the territory of origin, with reference to the geographical characteristics and political boundaries; VI. A detailed description of the relationship between the appellation, the product and the territory; VII. Any other information which the applicant considers necessary or pertinent".]
[Answer 21: The application for protection of an appellation of origin must include, in addition to the geographical criteria, a detailed description of the product or products, including their characteristics, components, mode of extraction, production or preparation processes, and methods of packaging, together with any other criteria considered relevant by the applicant (Article 159, points IV and VII). See also reply 13. [Note by the Secretariat: Reply 13 corresponds with the answer to number 10.]]