Commission Regulation (EC) No 564/2002
of 2 April 2002
amending the specification of two 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, and amending the specification of a name appearing in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (Marchfeldspargel/Baena/Lammefjordsgulerod)
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2796/2000(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the Austrian Government has requested in respect of the name "Marchfeldspargel", registered as a protected geographical indication by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1263/96(3) supplementing the Annex to 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(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1778/2001(5), the amendment of the description of the product and the addition of a number of varieties of asparagus.
(2) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the Spanish Government has requested in respect of the name "Baena", registered as a protected designation of origin by Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 the amendment of the definition of the geographical area, in particular the addition of a village, "Castro del Río", and of the description of the product.
(3) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the Danish Government has requested in respect of the name "Lammefjordsgulerod", registered as a protected geographical indication by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 of 17 December 1996 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 245/2002(7), the amendment of the definition of the geographical area, in particular the addition of three small areas "Sidinge Fjord, Klintsø and Svinninge Vejle", of the evidence of origin and of the link.
(4) Following examination of the three requests for amendment, it has been decided that the amendments concerned are not minor.
(5) 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.
(6) It has been decided that the amendment in the three cases complies 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 Communities(8) of the above names.
(7) Consequently, these amendments must be registered and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The amendments set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be 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 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 April 2002.