Commission Regulation (EC) No 1482/2000 of 6 July 2000 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: 2000-07-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, United Kingdom, agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1482/2000

of 6 July 2000

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,

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(2)(b)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
2082/92,
the Member States have forwarded to the
Commission applications for the registration of certain
names as denoting products of specific character.

The names so registered are entitled to use the indication
‘traditional speciality guaranteed’ which is reserved for
them.

A number of objections concerning the names ‘Leche
certificada de Granja’ and ‘Traditional Farmfresh Turkey’
have been sent to the Commission in accordance with
Article 7 of the Regulation following the publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities of the
main points of the applications for registration (2).

The Commission asked the Member States, in accord-
ance with Article 9(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92,
to seek agreement between themselves. No agreement
has been reached and it is therefore up to the Commis-
sion to decide on the registration of
the names
concerned.

The protection referred to in Article 13(2) of the Regula-
tion has been requested but consideration of the various
observations in the abovementioned objections shows
that the use of the names for similar products is lawful,
recognised and economically significant.

However, the names ‘Leche certificada de Granja’ and
‘Traditional Farmfresh Turkey’ are entitled to be entered
in the Register of certificates of specific character and

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 9.
(2) OJ C 21, 21.1.1997, p. 15 and OJ C 405, 24.12.1998, p. 9.

protected at Community level under Article 13(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 as traditional specialities
guaranteed. This does not prevent
the names from
continuing to be used in accordance with specifications
other than those which are protected provided that the
labelling does not bear the Community symbol or indi-
cation.

Protection has been requested solely for the Spanish
version of the name ‘Leche certificada de Granja’ and for
the English version of the name ‘Traditional Farmfresh
Turkey’. Therefore, in accordance with Council Directive
79/112/EEC (3),
amended by Commission
Directive 1999/10/EC (4), on the labelling of foodstuffs,
when these two products are marketed their labels must
include in the other languages, immediately next to the
name concerned, the words ‘traditional Spanishstyle’ or
their equivalent for the former product and the equiva-
lent of ‘traditional Britishstyle’ for the latter.

last

as

As regards the name ‘Traditional Farmfresh Turkey’, in
accordance with Directive 79/112/EEC on the labelling
of foodstuffs the labelling and in particular the informa-
tion intended for consumers must in no case lead to
confusion with the terms laid down for indicating types
of farming in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/
91 of 5 June 1991 introducing detailed rules for imple-
menting Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain
marketing standards for poultry (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2000 (6).

The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 (7), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2419/1999 (8).

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Regulatory
Committee on Certificates of Specific Character,

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The names in the Annex hereto are added to the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 and entered in the Register of
certificates of specific character in accordance with Article 9(1)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92.

They shall be protected in accordance with Article 13(1) of that
Regulation.

(3) OJ L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 69, 16.3.1999, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 143, 7.6.1991, p. 11.
(6) OJ L 119, 20.5.2000, p. 21.
(7) OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 8.
(8) OJ L 291, 13.11.1999, p. 25.

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When marketing ‘Leche certificada de Granja’
other than Spanish:

in languages

— the label must include an expression equivalent to: ‘tradi-

tional British-style’.

— the label must include the expression ‘traditional Spanish-
style’ in English (or its equivalent in the other languages).

Article 2

When marketing ‘Traditional Farmfresh Turkey’ in languages
other than English:

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, 6 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

— Leche certificada de Granja

— Traditional Farmfresh Turkey