Commission Regulation (EC) No 2784/98 of 22 December 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
Date: 1998-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production, preparation for market

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2784/98

of 22 December 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

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, the United Kingdom and France have sent the
Commission applications for the registration of a number
of names as geographical indications;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 6(1) of that Regulation, those
applications have been found to meet all the require-
ments laid down therein, and in particular to contain all
the information required pursuant to Article 4 thereof;

Whereas, for each of the names given in the Annex
hereto, no statement of objection has been received by the
Commission pursuant to Article 7 of that Regulation
following their publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities (3);

Whereas these names should therefore be entered in the
‘Register of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical
be protected
and hence
the Community as protected geographical
throughout
indications;

indications'

Whereas the Annex hereto supplements the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2139/98 (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 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, 22 December 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 120, 18. 4. 1998, p. 7.

(4) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 270, 7. 10. 1998, p. 7.

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ANNEX

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

Cheese

UNITED KINGDOM

‘Dorset Blue Cheese (PGI)'

Fruit and vegetables

FRANCE

‘Melon du Haut-Poitou (PGI)'