Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/1999 of 29 October 1999 amending an item in the specification for the name 'Idiazábal' listed in 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: 1999-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cheese, designation of origin, location of production, product designation

L 280/66

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 10. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2317/1999

of 29 October 1999

amending an item in the specification for the name ‘Idiazábal’ listed in 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 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 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92, the Spanish Government has requested that an
item be amended in the specification for the name ‘Idia-
zábal’, registered as a protected designation of origin by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1070/1999 (4). The
amendment sets the pH range for the cheese of that
name at 4,9 to 5,5 instead of the present 5,1 to 5,8;

that application has been considered and the amend-
ment has been deemed a minor one. This conclusion is
based on the findings of numerous pH tests conducted
on the cheese. Those tests have shown that the range set
when the name was registered does not quite fit the
facts. The range must therefore be adjusted to bring it
into line with the true situation. This adjustment has
been shown to have no effect on the link between the
product in question and the demarcated area or on the

(3)

(4)

conditions regarding maturing in particular. Further-
more, the adjustment does not affect the rights of other
producers;

in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 9
of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92,
the Commission
decided on 9 September 1999 that since a minor
amendment was involved, the procedure laid down in
Article 6 of that Regulation need not be applied;

the Commission also took the view that the amendment
complied with Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. The
amendment to the pH range for the cheese of the name
‘Idiazábel’ must accordingly be registered and published,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amendment to the pH range for the cheese covered by the
protected designation of orign ‘Idiazábal’ from the present 5,1
to 5,8 to 4,9 to 5,5 is hereby registered and published in
accordance with Article 6(4) 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, 29 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 L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 130, 26.5.1999, p. 18.