Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/1999 of 12 November 1999 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 on the entry of certain names in the 'Register of certificates of specific character' provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 1999-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2419/1999

of 12 November 1999

supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 on the entry of certain names in the
‘Register of certificates of specific character’ provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92
on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 of 14
July 1992 on certificates of specific character for agricultural
products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 9(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

As a consequence, the name set out in the Annex should
be entered in the Register of certificates of specific char-
acter and thereby protected as a traditional speciality
guaranteed within the Community pursuant to Article
13(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92. This means that
the name can only be used where the specification is
complied with. However, a transitional period of three
months should be allowed to use up stocks of
the
product not meeting the specification;

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
2082/92, Spain has forwarded an application to the
Commission for a name to be entered in the Register of
certificates of specific character;

The description ‘traditional speciality guaranteed’ can
only be used with names entered in that Register;

Journal of

the European Communities (2) of

An objection under Article 8 of that Regulation was sent
to the Commission following the publication in the
the
Official
name set out in the Annex hereto, but that objection
was withdrawn after proper explanations were provided.
The term ‘Serrano’
in
accordance with the first indent of Article 5(1) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2082/92, i.e. it is untranslatable. It must
therefore be used as it stands. Furthermore, the term
‘Serrano’ is registered without prejudice to the use of the
term ‘mountain’. There is no conflict between the two
terms;

is considered specific in itself

(5)

The Annex hereto supplements the Annex to Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2527/98 (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name set out in the Annex hereto is hereby added to the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 and entered in the
Register of certificates of specific character provided for in
Article 9(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 March 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 November 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 371, 1.12.1998, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 317, 26.11.1998, p. 14.

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‘Jamón Serrano’ (Article 13(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 (1).

ANNEX

(1) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 371, 1.12.1998, p. 3.