In order to preserve the acquired rights and anteriority of appellations of origin (AO) registered under the 1958 Lisbon Agreement, a transfer procedure under the Geneva Act was initiated at European and French level following France's accession to the Geneva Act on January 21, 2021.

Of a prior stock of 504 denominations initially registered within the Lisbon register at WIPO, 84 were cancelled prior to transfer for lack of legal basis. 353 names were transferred to the Geneva Act in 5 successive waves, the last of which took place in June 2022. 9 names refused the principle of any transfer.

Problems remain for 58 registrations for which there is too marked a difference between the name registered under Lisbon and the name currently registered in the European Union register. INAO will be back in touch with these ODGs over the summer to see how these difficulties can be overcome. They will be advised to cancel their former international registration under the Lisbon Agreement and register concomitantly under the Geneva Act with the denomination currently recognized at European level.