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| 30.6.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 170/30 |
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30.6.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 170/30

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 637/2011

of 29 June 2011

approving a non-minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Beaufort (PDO)]

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined France's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Beaufort’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2). |
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(1)

By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined France's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Beaufort’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).

| (2) | Since the amendment in question is not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, the amendment should be approved, |
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(2)

Since the amendment in question is not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, the amendment should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amendment to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex to this Regulation is 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, 29 June 2011.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Dacian CIOLOŞ

Member of the Commission

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(1)  
  OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

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(2)  
  OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1.

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(3)  
  OJ C 302, 9.11.2010, p. 16.

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ANNEX

Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.3.   Cheeses

FRANCE

Beaufort (PDO)

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