Commission Regulation (EC) No 1645/1999 of 27 July 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: 1999-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production, preparation for market

28. 7. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1645/1999

of 27 July 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 designa-
tions 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 2801/92 of 14
July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and
designations of origin for agricultural products and food-
stuffs (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1068/97 (2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof,

(4) Whereas the names should therefore be entered in the
‘Register of protected designations of origin and
protected geographical
and hence be
protected throughout the Community as a protected
designation of origin and a protected geographical indi-
cation;

indications'

(5) Whereas the Annex to this Regulation supplements the
Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 872/1999 (5),

(1) Whereas,

in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2081/92, France has sent the Commission two
applications for the registration of names as designations
of origin or geographical

indications;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

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

The names in the Annex hereto are added to the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as a protected desig-
nation of origin (PDO) and a protected geographical indication
(PGI) in the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and
protected geographical indications' 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 publica-
tion 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, 27 July 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 387,12.12.1998, p. 22; OJ C 343, 11.11.1998, p. 7.

(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 4.

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

ANNEX

Fruit, vegetables and cereals

FRANCE

M(cid:131)che nantaise (PGI)

Coco de Paimpol (PDO)