Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2001 of 7 May 2001 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: 2001-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, meat product, product designation

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 898/2001

of 7 May 2001

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
2796/2000 (2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Spain
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
Commission under Article 7 of
that Regulation in
respect of the name given in the Annex to this Regula-
tion following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities (3).

(4)

(5)

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 509/2001 (5),

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-
nations 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 seventh day
following its publication 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 May 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 324, 21.12.2000, p. 26.
(3) OJ C 264, 14.9.2000, p. 2.

(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 76, 16.3.2001, p. 7.

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

ANNEX

Meat-based products

SPAIN

Lacón Gallego (PGI)