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| 6.9.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 219/5 |
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6.9.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 219/5

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1690

of 30 August 2023

approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Vorarlberger Alpkäse’ (PDO))

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 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Pursuant to Article 50(1) in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission examined Austria’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Vorarlberger Alpkäse’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1065/97 (2). |
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(1)

Pursuant to Article 50(1) in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission examined Austria’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Vorarlberger Alpkäse’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1065/97 (2).

| (2) | Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) as required by Article 50(2), point (a), of that Regulation. |
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(2)

Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) as required by Article 50(2), point (a), of that Regulation.

| (3) | As no reasoned statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved, |
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(3)

As no reasoned statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Vorarlberger Alpkäse’ (PDO) are hereby approved.

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, 30 August 2023.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Member of the Commission

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(1)  
  OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

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(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1065/97 of 12 June 1997 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (OJ L 156, 13.6.1997, p. 6).

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(3)  
  OJ C 156, 3.5.2023, p. 35.

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