117. The representative of Canada said the point he wanted to make about Canada's experience was that the EC and their member States had proposed a list of some 10,000 names, out of which many had been eliminated because they were not GIs, they were not for wines or spirits, not registered nor protected in their home country, and so on. The point of concern based on the Canadian experience was that the notification of so many GIs with the addition of a rebuttable presumption, i.e., a reversal of the burden of proof, would create a daunting situation for users and others dealing with the proposed system.
