   
  
IP/N/1/TON/4  
IP/N/1/TON/G/2  
 
29 July 2022  
(22-5735)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
TONGA : PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS REGULATIONS  
CHAPTER 17.12.01 (2020 REVISED EDITION)  
Notifying Member  TONGA 
 
Details of the notified legal text 
 
Title Protection of Geographical Indications Regulations Chapter 17.12.01  
(2020 Revised Edition)  
Subject matter  Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/TON/22_4406_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
These Regulations are made under section 20 of the Protection of Geographical Indications Act 
[Cap. 17.12] to provide for the payment of fees in connection with applications for the registration 
of geographical indications and matters related thereto.  
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  8 December 2009  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  29 June 2022  IP/N/1/TON/4 • IP/N/1/TON/G/2  
 
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  Other information  See also document IP/N/1/TON/G/1   
(Protection of Geographical Indications Act)  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ms Distaquaine Tu'ihalamaka  
Chief Executive Officer  
Ministry of Trade and Economic Development  
P.O. Box 110  
Nuku'alofa  
Tonga  
 
Telephone:  +(676) 7400105  
Telefax:  +(676) 23887  
 
E-mail:  ceo@mted.gov.to   
Website:  www.mted.gov.to   
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  