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| 10.12.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 300/22 |
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10.12.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/22

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Publication, pursuant to Article 12(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, concerning a cancellation application

2009/C 300/08

This publication confers the right to object to the cancellation application pursuant to Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. Statements of objections must reach the Commission within six months from the date of this publication.

CANCELLATION REQUEST

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 510/2006

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 510/2006

Cancellation request according to Article 12(2) and Article 17(2)

Cancellation request according to Article 12(2) and Article 17(2)

‘RIESER WEIZENBIER’

‘RIESER WEIZENBIER’

EC No: DE-PGI-0117-1329-03.07.2007

EC No: DE-PGI-0117-1329-03.07.2007

PGI ( X ) PDO ( )

PGI ( X ) PDO ( )

1.   Registered name proposed for cancellation:

Registered name proposed for cancellation:

‘Rieser Weizenbier’

2.   Member State or Third Country:

Member State or Third Country:

Germany

3.   Type of product:

Type of product:

| Class: 2.1. | Beer |
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Class: 2.1.

Beer

4.   Person or body making request for cancellation:

Person or body making request for cancellation:

| Name | : | Ankerbrauerei GmbH & Co. KG |
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| Address | : | Ankergasse 4 |
| 86720 Nördlingen |
| DEUTSCHLAND |

Name

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Ankerbrauerei GmbH & Co. KG

Address

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Ankergasse 4

86720 Nördlingen

DEUTSCHLAND

Nature of legitimate interest in making the request:

Ankerbräu Nördlingen GmbH & Co. KG is the legal successor to the original applicant, Rieser Weizenbier GmbH, which merged with it in 1997.

5.   Reasons for cancellation:

Reasons for cancellation:

The applicant is no longer interested in protecting the name ‘Rieser Weizenbier’ for marketing reasons since, as they state, for the purposes of selling the product locally, indicating the name is not important because it is already well known there, whereas the name ‘Ries’ is not sufficiently well known for marketing beyond the region.

No justified interests opposing cancellation of the protected geographical indication have come to light.

There do not appear to have been any other users of the name ‘Rieser Weizenbier’ in the past apart from the applicant, i.e. Rieser Weizenbier GmbH.

Surveys conducted by the Swabian trade corporation and the association of private medium-sized breweries in Bavaria have also shown that no other breweries located in the Nördlinger Ries district are interested in using this geographical indication. Accordingly, those firms have not raised any objections to cancellation of the protection for the name ‘Rieser Weizenbier’. The same applies to the Bavarian State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Swabian chamber of commerce and industry and the Bavarian brewers association, which were also consulted by the trade mark department.

The assessment is also supported by the fact that the Nördlinger Ries district, to which the name ‘Rieser’ refers, is only a relatively small area and the designation of origin does not appear to be known outside the region.

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