COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/1246

of 14 July 2022

approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ‘Bra’ (PDO)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Bra’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1263/96 (2), as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1280/2014 (3).

(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (4) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.

(3) The Commission received two letters opposing the approval of the amendment to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Bra’. The first letter was received on 4 March 2022 from an association of food ingredients producers established in France. The second letter was received on 15 March 2022 from a natural person resident in France. Both letters were sent directly to the Commission.

(4) In accordance with Article 51(1), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, natural or legal persons having a legitimate interest, resident or established in a Member State other than that from which the application was submitted, may lodge a notice of opposition with the Member State in which they are established. Taking into consideration that both letters opposing to the approval of the amendment were lodged directly with the Commission and thus not in accordance with the procedure provided in the aforementioned Article 51(1), these letters of opposition are deemed inadmissible.

(5) In the light of the above, the Commission considers that the amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Bra’ should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Bra’ (PDO) are 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, 14 July 2022. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI Member of the Commission

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

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1263/96 of 1 July 1996 supplementing 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 19).

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1280/2014 of 26 November 2014 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Bra (PDO)] (OJ L 347, 3.12.2014, p. 10).

(4) OJ C 507, 16.12.2021, p. 18.