Thanks to the kind invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovakia in the Republic of Serbia, the representatives of the Intellectual Property Office, along with the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Waterworks and the representative of the producer of the Petrovska klobasa, a product with the protected geographical indication of origin in the Republic of Serbia, paid a study visit to the Republic of Slovakia, in the period May 13-17, 2024. This study visit was realized in the organization of the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation.
On that occasion, the representatives of the Office visited the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic in Banska Bistrica where they got acquainted with the legal framework for the protection of indications of geographical origin on the EU level, as well as with the experiences of the Slovak Republic with regard to the protection of products by the GI.
In the continuation of the study visit, the representatives of the Office visited the producer of product Trenčianska borovička “JUNIPERUS” (a kind of the strong alcoholic drink made of the pine berry) protected by a geographical indication at the EU level and, on that occasion, they got acquainted with the process of protection and production process of the mentioned product.
Then, practical experiences were exchanged in the field of the protection of products with the geographical origin with the representatives of the association of the producers of products Liptovske droby (potato sausage) as well as with the representatives of the producers of honey, protected under the name Bardejovsky Med, which is also protected as a product with the geographical origin at the EU level. The representatives of the Office were received in the office of the deputy major of this city Liptovsky MIkulaš.
The experiences of the producers indicate that the local self-rules offer to the producers of products with the geographical origin various kinds of support and that the role of the local self-management is very important in the promotion of these products and geographical areas from which they originate.
