Commission Regulation (EC) No 1187/2000 of 5 June 2000 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: 2000-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production, preparation for market

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1187/2000

of 5 June 2000

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:

(4)

(5)

did not meet the exhaustive criteria laid down in Article
7(4) of that Regulation.

The names should therefore be entered in the ‘Register
of protected designations of origin and protected
and hence be protected
geographical
throughout the Community as protected designations of
origin and protected geographical

indications.

indications’

The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 547/2000 (5),

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92, Spain, France and Portugal have sent
the
Commission applications for the registration of certain
names as designations of origin or geographical indica-
tions.

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.

Following publication in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Communities (3) of the names in the Annex to this
Regulation, statements of objection within the meaning
of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 were sent
to the Commission but were deemed to be unfounded
and therefore inadmissible. The objections in question

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The names in the Annex to this Regulation are added to the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as
protected designations of origin (PDO) and protected geograph-
ical 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, 5 June 2000.

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 228, 11.8.1999, p. 13; OJ C 229, 12.8.1999, p. 3; OJ C 239,
24.8.1999, p. 2; OJ C 238, 21.8.1999, p. 21 and OJ C 262,
16.9.1999, p. 4.

(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 67, 15.3.2000, p. 8.

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

ANNEX

Cheeses

PORTUGAL

Queijo mestiço de Tolosa (PGI)

Fruit, vegetables and cereals

FRANCE

Haricot tarbais (PGI)

Pomme de terre de l'Ile de Ré (PDO)

Riz de Camargue (PGI)

PORTUGAL

Anona da Madeira (PDO)

Oils and fats

SPAIN

Olive oil:

Montes de Toledo (PDO)

FRANCE

Huile d'olive de la vallée des Baux-de-Provence (PDO)

Other products of animal origin (eggs, honey, milk products excluding butter, etc.)

FRANCE

Miel de Corse — Mele de Corsica (PDO)