Common use of Statement of Grant of Protection Where Clause in Contracts

Statement of Grant of Protection Where. No Declaration of Refusal Has Been Notified] (a) The competent authority of a contracting country which has not notified a declaration of refusal to the International Bureau may, within the one-year period referred to in Article 5(3) of the Agreement, send to the International Bureau a statement to the effect that protection is granted to the appellation of origin that is the subject of an international registration in the contracting country concerned. (b) The statement shall indicate: (i) the competent authority of the contracting country making the statement, (ii) the number of the international registration concerned, preferably accompanied by other information enabling the identity of the international registration to be confirmed, such as the name of the appellation of origin, and (iii) the date of the statement.