Commission Regulation (EC) No 828/2003
of 14 May 2003
amending the specification of 16 names appearing in 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 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Danablu, Monti Iblei, Lesbos, Beaufort, Salers, Reblochon or Reblochon de Savoie, Laguiole, Mont d'Or or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, Comté, Roquefort, Epoisses de Bourgogne, Brocciu corse or Brocciu, Sainte-Maure de Touraine, Ossau-Iraty, Dinde de Bresse, Huile essentielle de lavande de Haute-Provence)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 692/2003(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Denmark has requested in respect of the name "Danablu" registered as a protected geographical indication by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 692/2003, the amendment of the method of production.
(2) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Italy has requested in respect of the name "Monti Iblei", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description and the method of production.
(3) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Greece has requested in respect of the name "Lesbos", registered as a protected geographical indication by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the name.
(4) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Beaufort", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the method of production, the labelling and the national requirements.
(5) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Salers", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description, the geographical area, the method of production, the labelling and the national requirements.
(6) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Reblochon" or "Reblochon de Savoie", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the geographical area, the method of production, the labelling and the national requirements.
(7) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Laguiole" registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description, the geographical area, the method of production, the labelling and the national requirements.
(8) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Mont d'Or" or "Vacherin du Haut-Doubs", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description, the method of production, the labelling and the national requirements.
(9) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Comté", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description, the geographical area, the method of production and the national requirements.
(10) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Roquefort", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description, the method of production, the labelling and the national requirements.
(11) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Epoisses de Bourgogne", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the name, the labelling and the national requirements.
(12) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Brocciu corse" or "Brocciu", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description, the method of production, the labelling and the national requirements.
(13) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Sainte-Maure de Touraine", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description, the labelling and the national requirements.
(14) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Ossau-Iraty", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the geographical area.
(15) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Dinde de Bresse", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the method of production, the labelling and the national requirements.
(16) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France has requested in respect of the name "Huile essentielle de lavande de Haute-Provence", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96, the amendment of the description, the proof of origin and the national requirements.
(17) Following examination of the 16 requests for amendment, it has been decided that the amendments concerned are not minor.
(18) In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 and since the amendments are not minor, the Article 6 procedure applies mutatis mutandis.
(19) It has been decided that the amendments in the 16 cases comply with Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. No statement of objection, within the meaning of Article 7 of the Regulation, has been sent to the Commission following the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union(4) of the above names.
(20) Consequently, these amendments must be registered and published in the Official Journal of the European Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The amendments set out in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby registered and published in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following 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, 14 May 2003.