Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/1999 of 19 February 1999 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: 1999-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Greece, Spain, agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production, originating product, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 378/1999

of 19 February 1999

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
the
2081/92, Greece, Spain and France have sent
Commission applications for the registration of a number
of names as designations of origin;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92, those applications have been found to meet all
the requirements laid down therein and in particular to
contain all the information required pursuant to Article 4
thereof;

Whereas no statement of objection has been received by
to Article 7 of Regulation
the Commission pursuant
(EEC) No 2081/92 for any of the names given in the
Annex hereto following their publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities (3);

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

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 38/1999 (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

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, 19 February 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 C 207, 3. 7. 1998, p. 2; OJ C 201, 27. 6. 1998, p. 2; OJ C

172, 6. 6. 1998, p. 9; OJ C 120, 18. 4. 1998, p. 12.

(4) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 62.

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ANNEX

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

Fresh meat and offal

SPAIN

Cordero Manchego (PDO)

Cheese

SPAIN

Queso Majorero (PDO)

Fruit and vegetables

FRANCE

Muscat du Ventoux (PDO)

Olives cass(cid:130)es de la Vall(cid:130)e des Baux de Provence (PDO)

Olives noires de la Vall(cid:130)e des Baux de Provence (PDO)

SPAIN

Avellana de Reus (PDO)

Chufa de Valencia (PDO)

OTHER PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX II

FRANCE

Cidres

Cornouaille (PDO)

Pays d’Auge/Pays d’Auge Cambremer (PDO)

GREECE

Jq(cid:149)jor Jof(cid:145)mgr (Krokos Kozanis)

(PDO)