Commission Regulation (EC) No 1904/2000 of 7 September 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: 2000-09-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, cereals, designation of origin, fruit, vegetable

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1904/2000

of 7 September 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)

The names should therefore be entered in the ‘Register
of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical
and hence be protected
throughout the Community as protected designations of
origin or 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 1651/2000 (5),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Italy
has sent the Commission applications for the registra-
tion of certain names as designations of origin and
geographical

indications.

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.

No statements of objection have been received by the
Commission under Article 7 of
that Regulation in
respect of the names given in the Annex to this Regula-
tion following their publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities (3).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The names in the Annex hereto are added to the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as protected designa-
tions of origin (PDO) or protected geographical
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, 7 September 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 347, 3.12.1999, p. 2 and
OJ C 358, 10.12.1999, p. 2.

(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 189, 27.7.2000, p. 15.

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

ANNEX

Fruit, vegetables and cereals

ITALY

Castagna del Monte Amiata (PGI)

La Bella della Daunia (PDO)