Commission Regulation (EC) No 1651/2000 of 26 July 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: 2000-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1651/2000

of 26 July 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 designa-
tions 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
1509/2000 (2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof,

(4)

(5)

tion following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities (3).

The name should therefore be entered in the ‘Register of
protected designations of origin and protected geograph-
ical indications’ and hence be protected throughout the
Community as a protected geographical

indication.

The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1576/2000 (5),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, France
has sent the Commission an application for the registra-
tion of a name as a geographical

indication.

In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the
application has been found to meet all the requirements
laid down therein and in particular to contain all the
information required in accordance with Article 4
thereof.

No statements of objection have been received by the
that Regulation in
Commission under Article 7 of
respect of the name given in the Annex to this Regula-

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name in the Annex hereto is added to the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as a protected
geographical indication (PGI) in the ‘Register of protected desig-
indications’
nations of origin and protected geographical
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, 26 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 174, 13.7.2000, p. 7.

(3) OJ C 274, 28.9.1999, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 181, 20.7.2000, p. 35.

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

ANNEX

Meat

FRANCE

Agneau du Limousin (PGI)