Commission Regulation (EC) No 195/98 of 26 January 1998 supplementing 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 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, designation of origin, human nutrition, location of production, meat product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 195/98

of 26 January 1998

supplementing 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
on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for
agricultural products and foodstuffs

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 indica-
tions and designations of origin for agricultural products
and foodstuffs (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1068/97 (2), and in particular Article 6(3)
and (4) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant
to Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2081/92, Member States have sent the Commission
applications for registration of certain names as geo-
graphical indications or designations of origin;

Whereas it has been found, pursuant to Article 6(1) of that
Regulation, that an application meets all its requirements,
in particular that all the information required pursuant to
Article 4 has been given;

Whereas following publication of the name in the Annex
to this Regulation in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Communities (3) a statement of objection was made
to the Commission pursuant to Article 7 of that Regula-
tion but was deemed to be unfounded and therefore inad-
missible;

Whereas the name should therefore be entered in the
‘Register of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical
be protected
throughout the Community as a designation of origin;

and hence

indications’

Whereas the Annex to this Regulation supplements the
Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2396/97 (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name in the Annex hereto is hereby added to the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and, pursuant to
Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, entered in
the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and
protected geographical indications’ as a protected designa-
tion of origin (PDO).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 26 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 24. 7. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 156, 13. 6. 1997, p. 10.
(3) OJ C 246, 24. 8. 1996, p. 12.

(4) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 331, 3. 12. 1997, p. 3.

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ANNEX

PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX II TO THE EC TREATY, INTENDED FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION

Meat-based products:

SPAIN:

— Jam(cid:155)n de Huelva (PDO)