Document ID: 32017R2216
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.12.2017&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 318/21</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2216
of 1 December 2017
entering certain names in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed ‘Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek, Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek’ (TSG) and ‘Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek’ (TSG)
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 Article 26 and Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Belgium submitted the names &#8216;Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek, Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek&#8217; and &#8216;Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek&#8217; in view of enabling them to be registered in the register of Traditional Specialities Guaranteed provided for in Article&#160;22 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 with reservation of name.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The names &#8216;Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek, Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek&#8217; and &#8216;Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek&#8217; had previously been registered<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a> as certificates of specific character in accordance with Article 13(1) of the Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92<a>&#160;(<span>3</span>)</a> then replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No&#160;509/2006<a>&#160;(<span>4</span>)</a> and protected in accordance with Article 13(1) of that Regulation as traditional speciality guaranteed without reservation of name.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>The submission of the names &#8216;Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek, Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek&#8217; and &#8216;Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek&#8217; was examined by the Commission and subsequently published in the<span>Official Journal of the European Union</span><a>&#160;(<span>5</span>)</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</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 names &#8216;Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek, Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek&#8217; and &#8216;Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek&#8217; should therefore be entered in the register with reservation of name,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The names ‘Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek, Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek’ (TSG) and ‘Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek’ (TSG) are hereby entered in the register with reservation of name.
The product specification of the TSG ‘Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek, Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek’ and TSG ‘Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek’ shall be deemed to be the specification referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 for the TSG ‘Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek, Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek’ and TSG ‘Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek’ with reservation of name.
The names specified in the first paragraph denote a product in Class 2.22, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 ( 6 ) .
Article 2
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, 1 December 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
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( 1 ) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1 .
( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 of 20 November 1997 on the entry of certain names in the ‘Register of certificates of specific character’ provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs ( OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 8 ).
( 3 ) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 of 14 July 1992 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs ( OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 9 ).
( 4 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed ( OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 1 ). Regulation repealed and replaced by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.
( 5 ) OJ C 174, 14.5.2016, p. 24 .
( 6 ) 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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