1. The CETA Joint Committee, established under Article 26.1 (The CETA Joint Committee), acting by consensus and on a recommendation by the CETA Committee on Geographical Indications, may decide to amend Annex 20-A by adding geographical indications or by removing geographical indications which have ceased to be protected or have fallen into disuse in their place of origin. 

2. A geographical indication shall not in principle be added to Part A of Annex 20-A, if it is a name that on the date of the signing of this Agreement is listed in the relevant Register of the European Union with a status of “Registered”, in respect of a Member State of the European Union.

3. A geographical indication identifying a product originating in a particular Party shall not be added to Annex 20-A:
     (a) if it is identical to a trademark that has been registered in the other Party in respect of the same or similar products, or to a trademark in respect of which in the other Party rights have been acquired through use in good faith and an application has been filed in respect of the same or similar products;
     (b) if it is identical to the customary name of a plant variety or an animal breed existing in the other Party; or
     (c) if it is identical with the term customary in common language as the common name for such product in the other Party.