Art. 17 - Shall be established in virtue of the law herein, an opposition commission at the Ministry charged of the handicrafts, charged of examining of the appeals of the decisions of the technical consultative commission in conformity with article 16 of the law herein. The operating procedures of the commission as well as the presentation method of the opposition request shall be fixed by a decree. The commission shall be composed of six members and chaired by a third grade magistrate. The president and members of the commission shall be appointed by a decree. Art. 18 - The Minister charged of the handicrafts, shall publish the decision ordering the grant of an appellation of origin, geographical indication and indication of source grant in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia. Chapter IV Protection of products granted an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source Art. 19 - Shall be prohibited, starting from the date of the delimitation of an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source : - the commercial use of an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source on any similar product which does not meet with the conditions stated by the order of the Minister charged of the handicrafts provided for in article 7 and the specifications provided for in article 10 of the law herein, - the imitation of an appellation of origin, geographical indication, indication of source or reference to them, even if the product meets with the conditions stated by the order of the Minister charged of the handicrafts provided for in article 7 and the specifications provided for in article 10 of the law herein, - the reference to an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source on a product containers, recipients, packages, documents or advertisements, which does not meet with the conditions stated by the order of the Minister charged of the handicrafts provided for in article 7 and the specifications provided for in article 10 of the law herein, - the use of containers or packages for the sale of products subject to establish a confusion concerning its origin, - the use of any sign subject to induct the consumer on error or to cause him a confusion. Art. 20 - An appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source shall be a right to all the craftsmen of the concerned geographical area with the condition to comply with the standard specifications required by the appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source provided for by article 10 of the law herein. Art. 21 - The appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source shall be an imprescriptible right. Page 1394 For this reason, no one could use them because falling within the remit of the public domain. Art. 22 - The institution charged of industrial property, may not attribute a manufacturing, commercial or service trademark conform or similar to an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source when the trademark application intervene after the announcement of delimitation of an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source in conformity with the procedures laid down in article 7 of the law herein. Chapter V Control and certification of appellations of origin, geographical indications or indications of source Art. 23 - The appellations of origin, geographical indications or indications of source shall be submitted to the control of an institution of control and certification. This control aims at ensuring that the products carrying an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source meet with the conditions provided for by the specifications referred to in article 10 of the law herein. The institution of control and certification shall be appointed by an order of the Minister charged of the handicrafts. Art. 24 - The institution of control and certification shall guarantee, through a declaration which it submit to the concerned by the appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source, proving that the product in question is in conformity with the order provided for in article7 and the provisions provided for in the specifications referred to in article 10 of the law herein. This declaration shall be submitted to a tax payable to the institution of control and certification which shall be determined by an order of the Minister charged of the handicrafts. Art. 25 - The beneficiaries of an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source, shall allow the institution of control and certification to inspect the production and storage places and to ensure the proof elements relating to the product. Art. 26 - If the institution of control and certification shall establish that the concerned product by an appellation of origin, geographical indication or indication of source, does not meet with the requirements laid down by the specifications provided for in article 10 of the law herein, it shall immediately inform the Minister charged of the handicrafts. Chapter V Infringements and sanctions Art. 27 - Notwithstanding the sanctions provided for by the legislation in force relating to the organization of the distribution commerce, competition and prices, consumer protection, manufacturing, commercial or service trademarks and the seizure provided for in article 31 of the law herein, shall be punished : - whoever infringes the rules provided for by the standard specifications mentioned in article 10 of the law Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia — 28-31 December 2007 N° 104