Document ID: 32015R2178
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>26.11.2015&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 309/1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/2178
of 25 November 2015
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Saucisson de Lacaune/Saucisse de Lacaune (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs ( 1 ) , and in particular Articles 15(1) and 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, France's application to register the name &#8216;Saucisson de Lacaune&#8217;/&#8216;Saucisse de Lacaune&#8217; was published in the<span>Official Journal of the European Union</span><a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name &#8216;Saucisson de Lacaune&#8217;/&#8216;Saucisse de Lacaune&#8217; should therefore be entered in the register.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>By letter received on 27 February 2014, the French authorities notified the Commission that the companies SARL Ren&#233; Pujol, 11 avenue de Lattre de Tassigny, BP 52&#160;81230 Lacaune, La Lacaunaise Escande Pistre &amp; Cie, 7,&#160;boulevard Jean-Jaur&#232;s, 81230 Lacaune, and Maison N&#232;gre, Charcuterie Lacaunaise, 6 avenue de Naurois, 81230&#160;Lacaune, which are established on their territory, had been legally marketing the product sold under the name &#8216;Saucisson de Lacaune&#8217;/&#8216;Saucisse de Lacaune&#8217;, using this name continuously for more than five years, and that this point had been raised during the national opposition procedure.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Since the companies SARL Ren&#233; Pujol, La Lacaunaise Escande Pistre &amp; Cie, and Maison N&#232;gre referred to in recital 3 above meet the requirements laid down in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 for the granting of a transitional period in which to make legal use of the sales name after registration, they should be granted a transitional period of five years starting from the date on which the application for registration was lodged with the Commission, during which time they may make use of the name &#8216;Saucisson de Lacaune&#8217;/&#8216;Saucisse de Lacaune&#8217;.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Agricultural Product Quality Policy Committee,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The name ‘Saucisson de Lacaune’/‘Saucisse de Lacaune’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name referred to in the first paragraph identifies a product in Class 1.2 Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.) of Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 ( 3 ) .
Article 2
The companies SARL René Pujol, La Lacaunaise Escande Pistre & Cie, and Maison Nègre Charcuterie Lacaunaise are authorised to continue to use the registered name ‘Saucisson de Lacaune’/‘Saucisse de Lacaune’ (PGI) until 27 February 2019.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 November 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
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( 1 ) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1 .
( 2 ) OJ C 142, 29.4.2015, p. 25 .
( 3 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs ( OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36 ).
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