Commission Regulation (EC) No 2446/2000 of 6 November 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: 2000-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2446/2000

of 6 November 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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92, Spain, France, Italy and Ireland 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.

No statements of objection within the meaning of
Article 7 of the above Regulation have been forwarded
to the Commission following publication in the Official

(4)

(5)

Journal of the European Communities (3) of the names in the
Annex to this Regulation.

The names 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 protected designations of origin and
protected geographical

indications.

The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1904/2000 (5),

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, 6 November 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 38, 10.2.2000, p. 3; OJ C 21, 25.1.2000, p. 20; OJ C 77,
17.3.2000, p. 2; OJ C 77, 17.3.2000, p. 6, and OJ C 93,
31.3.2000, p. 2.

(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 228, 8.9.2000, p. 57.

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

ANNEX

Meat-based products

IRELAND

Timoleague Brown Pudding (PGI)

Cheese

SPAIN

Queso de l'Alt Urgell y la Cerdanya (PDO)

Fruit, vegetables and cereals

SPAIN

Melocotón de Calanda (PDO)

ITALY

Limone di Sorrento (PGI)

Oils and fats

Olive oil:

ITALY

Chianti Classico (PDO)

Terre di Siena (PDO)

Cider

FRANCE

Cidre de Bretagne or cidre breton (PGI)

Cidre de Normandie or cidre normand (PGI)