Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/98 of 18 June 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: 1998-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Portugal, designation of origin, foodstuff, human nutrition, location of production

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1265/98

of 18 June 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, France and Portugal have sent the Commission
applications
the registration of certain names as
geographical indications or designations of origin;

for

Whereas, pursuant to Article 6(1) of that Regulation, those
applications were found to meet all the requirements laid
down therein, and in particular to contain all the informa-
tion required pursuant to Article 4 thereof;

Whereas no statement of objection was made to the
Commission pursuant
that Regulation
following the publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities (3) of
the names listed in the
Annex hereto;

to Article 7 of

Whereas those names should therefore be entered in the
Register of protected designations of origin and protected

indications

geographical
protected
throughout the Community as protected designations of
origin or geographical indications;

hence

and

be

Whereas the Annex hereto supplements the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 195/98 (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The names in the Annex hereto are hereby added to the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered in the
Register of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical indications provided for in Article 6(3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 as protected designations
of origin (PDO) or protected geographical
indications
(PGI).

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, 18 June 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 273, 9. 9. 1997, p. 4.

(4) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 20.

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1. Products listed in Annex II to the EC Treaty and intended for human consumption

ANNEX

Meat products:

PORTUGAL:

Salpic˜ao de Vinhais (PGI)

Chouri(cid:135)a de Carne de Vinhais or Lingui(cid:135)a de Vinhais (PGI)

Cheeses:

PORTUGAL:

Queijo do Pico (PDO)

2. Foodstuffs listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92

Fresh fish, molluscs and crustaceans and . . . products:

FRANCE:

Coquille St. Jacques des C(cid:147)tes d’Armor (PGI)