Commission Regulation (EC) No 1576/98 of 22 July 1998 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the 'Register of protected designation 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
Date: 1998-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Centre-Val de Loire, France, designation of origin, leguminous vegetable, location of production

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1576/98

of 22 July 1998

supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain
names in the ‘Register of protected designation 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

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 Regu-
lation (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 has sent the Commission an application
for the registration of a name as a geographical indication;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 6(1) of that Regulation, that
application was 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, for the name given in the Annex hereto, no
statement of objection was made to the Commission
pursuant to Article 7 of that Regulation following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities (3);

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

and hence

indications'

Whereas the Annex hereto supplements the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1265/98 (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 entered in the
‘Register of protected designation of origin and protected
geographical indications' provided for in Article 6(3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 as a protected geographical
indication (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, 22 July 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 336, 7. 11. 1997, p. 4.

(4) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 175, 19. 6. 1998, p. 7.

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ANNEX

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

Fruit and vegetables:

FRANCE

(cid:190) Lentilles vertes du Berry (PGI)