Commission Regulation (EC) No 2107/1999 of 4 October 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: 1999-10-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Italy, Spain, agricultural product, cheese, designation of origin, fish, location of production, meat product, olive oil, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2107/1999

of 4 October 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 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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92,
Ireland, Spain and Italy have sent
the Commission
applications for the registration of names as designations
of origin or geographical

indications;

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

Several statements of objection have been received by
the Commission under Article 7 of that Regulation in
following its
respect of
publication in the Official
the European
Communities (3). Clarification has been received of the
points raised in the objections and the Member States
concerned find this satisfactory. No statements of objec-

the name ‘Imokilly Regato’,
Journal of

tion have been submitted under that Article in respect of
the other names following their publication in the Offi-
cial Journal of the European Communities (4);

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 protected designations of
origin or protected geographical

indications;

indications’

The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1645/1999 (6),

(4)

(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 designa-
tions of origin (PDO) or protected geographical
indications
(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, 4 October 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 343, 11.11.1998, p. 5.

(4) OJ C 343, 11.11.1998, p. 3; OJ C 405, 24.12.1998, p. 7; OJ C 4,

7.1.1999, p. 5.

(5) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(6) OJ L 195, 28.7.1999, p. 7.

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

ANNEX

Fresh meat

SPAIN

Lechazo de Castilla y León (PGI)

Cheeses

IRELAND

Imokilly Regato (PDO)

Oils and fats

Olive oil

SPAIN

Priego de Córdoba (PDO)

Sierra Mágina (PDO)

ITALY

Lamezia (PDO)

Fish, molluscs, fresh crustaceans and…-based products

IRELAND

Clare Island Salmon (PGI)