Commission Regulation (EC) No 83/1999 of 13 January 1999 amending 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92
Date: 1999-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, consumer information, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production

14. 1. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 8/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 83/1999

of 13 January 1999

amending 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92

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 9
thereof,

Whereas,
in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2081/92, the French Government has requested
that the name ‘Ossau-Iraty Brebis-Pyr(cid:130)n(cid:130)es', registered as
a protected designation of origin by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1107/96 (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1549/98 (4), should be changed to ‘Ossau-Iraty';

Whereas examination of the request for amendment has
revealed that it is a minor amendment; whereas this is
because, although an amendment to a registered name,
which in principle should be considered a major amend-
ment, it does not affect the rights of the holders of the
name in question; whereas, furthermore, the amendment
does not affect the rights of other producers;

not to apply the procedure provided for in Article 6 as it
was a case of a minor amendment;

Whereas it has also been concluded that this is an amend-
ment in compliance with Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92;
whereas, therefore, the change of the name ‘Ossau-Iraty
Brebis-Pyr(cid:130)n(cid:130)es' to ‘Ossau-Iraty' should be registered and
the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 should be
amended accordingly;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2081/92, the amendment of the name ‘Ossau-
should
Iraty Brebis-Pyr(cid:130)n(cid:130)es'
be
published in the Official Journal of
the European
Communities,

‘Ossau-Iraty'

to

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96,
the
protected designation of origin ‘Ossau-Iraty Brebis-Pyr(cid:130)-
n(cid:130)es' is hereby replaced by ‘Ossau-Iraty'.

Article 2

Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for
in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92,
the
Commission decided in its Decision of 20 March 1998

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, 13 January 1999.

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 L 148, 21. 6. 1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 202, 18. 7. 1998, p. 25.