# Official Journal C 6/2016

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 599 January 2016 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 6

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 599 January 2016

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 006/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7882 — Thomas H Lee Partners/Goldman Sachs/GCA Service Group) (
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Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2016/C 006/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7882 — Thomas H Lee Partners/Goldman Sachs/GCA Service Group) (
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  )

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 006/02 | Euro exchange rates | 2 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2016/C 006/02

Euro exchange rates

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 006/03 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7799 — Schlumberger/Cameron) (
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  ) | 3 |
| 2016/C 006/04 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7845 — HCL Technologies Sweden/Volvo IT) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  ) | 4 |
| | OTHER ACTS |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 006/05 | Publication of an application pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs | 5 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2016/C 006/03

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7799 — Schlumberger/Cameron) (
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  )

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3

2016/C 006/04

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7845 — HCL Technologies Sweden/Volvo IT) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  )

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4

OTHER ACTS

European Commission

2016/C 006/05

Publication of an application pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7882 — Thomas H Lee Partners/Goldman Sachs/GCA Service Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 6/01)

On 5 January 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7882. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7882. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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9.1.2016

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Euro exchange rates (1)

8 January 2016

(2016/C 6/02)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,0861 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 128,51 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4598 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,74519 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,2640 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0860 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,6810 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,022 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 315,53 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,3523 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,5275 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3,2491 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5495 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5321 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,4312 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6450 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5606 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 304,78 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 17,3870 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,1577 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,6427 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 15 111,30 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,7615 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 51,204 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 80,4134 |
| THB | Thai baht | 39,387 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,3685 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 19,3231 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 72,4206 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,0861

JPY

Japanese yen

128,51

DKK

Danish krone

7,4598

GBP

Pound sterling

0,74519

SEK

Swedish krona

9,2640

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0860

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,6810

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,022

HUF

Hungarian forint

315,53

PLN

Polish zloty

4,3523

RON

Romanian leu

4,5275

TRY

Turkish lira

3,2491

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5495

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5321

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,4312

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6450

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5606

KRW

South Korean won

1 304,78

ZAR

South African rand

17,3870

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,1577

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,6427

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

15 111,30

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,7615

PHP

Philippine peso

51,204

RUB

Russian rouble

80,4134

THB

Thai baht

39,387

BRL

Brazilian real

4,3685

MXN

Mexican peso

19,3231

INR

Indian rupee

72,4206

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(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7799 — Schlumberger/Cameron)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 6/03)

| 1. | On 23 December 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Rain Merger Sub LLC (United States), controlled by Schlumberger Holdings Corporation of the United States of America (‘Schlumberger’) enters into a full merger within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of the Merger Regulation with Cameron International Corporation of the United States of America (‘Cameron’) by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 23 December 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Rain Merger Sub LLC (United States), controlled by Schlumberger Holdings Corporation of the United States of America (‘Schlumberger’) enters into a full merger within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of the Merger Regulation with Cameron International Corporation of the United States of America (‘Cameron’) by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | Schlumberger provides oilfield products and services supplying technology, information solutions, and integrated project management for oil and gas customers, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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Schlumberger provides oilfield products and services supplying technology, information solutions, and integrated project management for oil and gas customers,

| — | Cameron provides drilling and production systems, valves and measurement, and topside process systems used by the oil, gas and process industries. |
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Cameron provides drilling and production systems, valves and measurement, and topside process systems used by the oil, gas and process industries.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7799 — Schlumberger/Cameron, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7799 — Schlumberger/Cameron, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7845 — HCL Technologies Sweden/Volvo IT)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 6/04)

| 1. | On 4 January 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking HCL Technologies Sweden AB (‘HCL Technologies Sweden’, Sweden) belonging to the HCL Group acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of parts of the undertaking Volvo IT AB (‘Volvo IT’, Sweden) by way of purchase of assets. |
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On 4 January 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking HCL Technologies Sweden AB (‘HCL Technologies Sweden’, Sweden) belonging to the HCL Group acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of parts of the undertaking Volvo IT AB (‘Volvo IT’, Sweden) by way of purchase of assets.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for HCL Technologies: provision of information and communications technologies;
  —   for Volvo IT: provision of IT services, including application management and operations, IT infrastructure and operations, networking and communications, and project management. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for HCL Technologies: provision of information and communications technologies;

—   for Volvo IT: provision of IT services, including application management and operations, IT infrastructure and operations, networking and communications, and project management.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7845 — HCL Technologies Sweden/Volvo IT, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7845 — HCL Technologies Sweden/Volvo IT, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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OTHER ACTS

European Commission

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Publication of an application pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

(2016/C 6/05)

This publication confers the right to oppose the application pursuant to Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (1).

SINGLE DOCUMENT

‘FLÖNZ’

EU No: DE-PGI-0005-01257 – 26.8.2014

PDO ( ) PGI ( X )

1.   Name

‘Flönz’

2.   Member State or Third Country

Member State or Third Country

Germany

3.   Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

3.1.   Type of product

Type of product

Class 1.2 Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)

3.2.   Description of product to which the name in (1) applies

Description of product to which the name in (1) applies

‘Flönz’ is a blood sausage made using traditional methods. It belongs to the group of cooked sausages and within that the blood sausage group. It is a blood sausage of ‘simple quality’, which means it contains pork, although the pork content is not visible. The sausage meat is packed in natural or synthetic casings. The sausages are between 30 mm and 65 mm in diameter. When presented for sale in natural or synthetic casings, the sausages have a circular cross-section and their shape is a curved cylinder with typical sausage ends. They can also be formed into a ring. The sausage mixture is red-brown in colour interspersed with the white of the pieces of pork fat. The sausage is also red-brown on the outside.

The sausage is soft in consistency, but easy to slice. The product is available either fresh or smoked.

The sausage is marketed in sealed containers, in skins whole or in pieces, and also sliced as a convenience product (vacuum-packed or suchlike). ‘Flönz’ is not available in glass jars, tins or other containers.

‘Flönz’ must contain pieces of pork fat which are clearly visible. The pork fat must not exceed 25 % to 30 % of the weight. The pieces of pork fat are between 5 mm and 10 mm in diameter. The fat content of fresh ‘Flönz’ is between 25 % and 35 %; the value for MPFCP (meat protein free of connective-tissue protein) must not be below 8 %.

3.3.   Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

Ingredients:

| — | fresh bacon rind |
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fresh bacon rind

| — | fresh or frozen (thawed) pork fat |
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fresh or frozen (thawed) pork fat

| — | pigmeat |
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pigmeat

| — | pig's head meat (optional) |
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pig's head meat (optional)

| — | pig's blood |
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pig's blood

| — | nitrate salting mix |
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nitrate salting mix

| — | herbs and spices (only natural herbs and spices, no added flavourings, no spice extracts) |
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herbs and spices (only natural herbs and spices, no added flavourings, no spice extracts)

| — | onions (optional) |
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onions (optional)

| — | meat stock (optional). |
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meat stock (optional).

3.4.   Specific steps in production that must take place in the identified geographical area

Specific steps in production that must take place in the identified geographical area

All steps in production must take place in the identified geographical area to ensure the quality of the traditional product.

3.5.   Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product the registered name refers to

Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product the registered name refers to

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3.6.   Specific rules concerning labelling of the product the registered name refers to

Specific rules concerning labelling of the product the registered name refers to

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4.   Concise definition of the geographical area

Concise definition of the geographical area

The production area is located in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, namely the area covered by the city of Cologne, the cities of Leverkusen, Bergisch Gladbach, Rösrath, Wesseling, Brühl, Hürth, Frechen, Pulheim, Bonn, Neuss, Dormagen, Monheim, Ratingen and Düsseldorf and the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis.

5.   Link with the geographical area

Link with the geographical area

Specificity of the geographical area

Specificity of the geographical area

Cologne is the largest city in the production area and is situated approximately in its geographical centre. Cologne, along with the next largest cities of Düsseldorf and Bonn and almost all the other regional authorities in the region, is located on the Rhine. ‘Flönz’ is an important element of the particularly intensive carnival celebrations throughout the production area. The Cologne and Düsseldorf carnivals are the most famous, but in the other areas, too, the carnival is a focal point of the year and extremely important for every local community. Traditional products are a feature of the festivities. This includes ‘Flönz’, a product which unites even those occasionally light-hearted rivals, Cologne and Düsseldorf, in a shared culinary tradition.

Specificity of the product

Specificity of the product

The special reputation of ‘Flönz’ is due to the fact that the name and the food symbolise the identity and uniqueness of the production area. ‘Flönz’ is meant to be eaten as a fresh, soft sausage. In this respect, it differs especially from blood sausages in southern Germany, which are often available in a dried, hard form as a long-life product. For reasons of quality, only fresh or frozen, but not preserved, pig fat can be used. This is because fresh or frozen pig fat makes it more difficult for oxidation to occur which, after a lengthy storage period, produces a rancid odour and flavour. The use of fresh or frozen pork fat is a feature that is objectively typical of the area and also results from the tradition of this type of production in the area.

The special reputation of ‘Flönz’ is based on its production in the geographical area. It is demonstrated by the fact that the name and the food symbolise the identity and uniqueness of the production area. ‘Flönz’ is the main ingredient of one of the traditional dishes, ‘Kölsch Kaviar’ (Cologne caviar), that appears on every brewery menu in Cologne. It is not caviar, but ‘Flönz’ with onion rings. ‘Himmel und Äd’ (‘Heaven and Earth’) is roasted ‘Flönz’ with apple compote and mashed potato. Published works emphasise the importance of ‘Flönz’ in the cuisine of Cologne:

Franz Mathar and Rudolf Spiegel, Kölsche Bier- und Brauhäuser (Cologne Beer Houses and Breweries), Cologne, 1989;

Peter Honnen, Kappes, Knies und Klüngel (Rheinland Regional Dictionary), Cologne, 2003;

Berthold Heizmann, Von Apfelkraut bis Zimtschnecke (The Lexicon of Rheinland Cooking), Cologne, 2011;

Gerard Schmidt and Joachim Römer, Kölsch Kaviar un Ähzezupp (Cologne Recipe Book), Cologne, 1990.

Causal link

Causal link

The reputation of ‘Flönz’ and its connection with the geographical area have grown organically throughout its long history. The term ‘Flönz’ was already in use in Cologne at the end of the 19th century (Wrede, Neuer Kölnischer Sprachenschatz, Cologne 1956: 235).

In 1947, the lyricist Jupp Schlösser and the composer Dr Gerhard Jussenhoven made a joke about how hard it was for the migrants to pronounce words properly in the Cologne dialect. They used the example of the ‘O’ sound which made it difficult to say ‘Blotwoosch’ (Blutwurst) (blood sausage) and they suggested the synonym ‘Flönz’. In their song, ‘Sag' ens Blotwoosch’ (‘Just say blood sausage’) it goes:

‘... Just say Blotwoosch (blood sausage).

If the word's too hard.

Just say Flönz...’

Toni Steingass followed in 1980 with his song ‘Bunnefitschmaschinche’ (‘Green Bean Machine’):

‘If in Cologne you wish to tease,

Don't say Blotwoosch, say Flönz,

If this word you cannot say,

Then you must be provincial!’

More recently, Gerd Köster and Frank Hocker's 1996 song, ‘Buure Säu’ (‘Country Folk’):

‘The main thing is the Flönz is good.

Everything else is too complicated.’

In 2011, Peter Millowitsch staged the play titled ‘For a Handful of Flönz’ in his theatre in Cologne and at around the same time — in the 2011/12 carnival season — the Cologne Stunksitzung (radical theatre) chose as its central theme, ‘Kölsch (local beer) only with Flönz. Euro Flönz’.

The term ‘Flönz’ is used in many social settings to emphasise the special connection between an event or association and the Cologne home region: one of Cologne's basketball teams is called ‘Flying Flönz I’. The Cologne Yacht Club competes in the annual ‘Royal Flönz Cup’. The 2012 first vintage car excursion of the Ahl Häre KG (Carnival Society) in Pulheim was called the ‘Tour de Flönz’.

Reference to publication of the product specification

Reference to publication of the product specification

(the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) of this Regulation)

http://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/geo/detail.pdfdownload/40832

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

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