Commission Regulation (EC) No 1285/2001 of 28 June 2001 rejecting a list of applications for the registration of designations communicated under Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 2001-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, designation of origin, food inspection, location of production, mineral water, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1285/2001

of 28 June 2001

rejecting a list of applications for the registration of designations communicated under Article 17
of 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,

(4)

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 17 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

A decision on 314 German applications, communicated
under Article 17(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 for
the registration of ‘mineral waters’ as protected designa-
tions of origin,

is pending.

In the case of at least 125 of these 314 applications, the
proposed names are not geographical and they are
consequently not ‘designations of origin’, as specified in
Article 2(a) of that Regulation.

to consider

Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 allows
under certain circumstances
traditional
geographical or non-geographical names as designations
of origin. This Article, which is an exception to the
general rule, may not be applied to any of these 125
applications, as they do not clearly justify that
the
proposed designations have been traditionally attributed
to a particular geographical area. Accordingly these 125
applications may not be registered.

In the case of 15 of
the 314 German applications
communicated under Article 17(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2081/92 for registrations of ‘mineral waters’, the
proposed names are geographical but include ‘numbers’,
the latter helping to distinguish between ‘mineral waters’
having the same designations. Designations of origin
including ‘numbers’ shall not be accepted, being the
objective of
the Regulation the protection of only
geographical names. Accordingly these 15 applications
may not be registered.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Regulatory
accordance with the opinion of
Committee on Geographical
Indications and Designa-
tions of Origin,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The applications for registrations under Article 17 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2081/92 of the designations listed in the Annex
to this Regulation are rejected.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 28 June 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. 25.

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ANNEX

Natural mineral waters and spring waters

GERMANY

Adldorfer Dreibogen-Quelle (M2)

Adelheidquelle

Aegidiusbrunnen

Albertusquelle

Alosa

Alstertaler Mineralbrunnen

Alt-Bürger-Brunn

Andreas Quelle

Antonius-Quelle

Apollinaris

Apollo-Quelle

Aquella

Ariston Mineralwasser

Assindia-Quelle

Astra-Quelle

Augusta Victoria Quelle

Augustinus-Quelle

Bad Driburger Mineralquelle I

Badestädter Mineralquelle

Basinus Quelle

Brunnen III (Hunsrück-Quelle)

Burg-Quelle

Centgraf Stilles Mineralwasser

Centgraf-Brunnen

Fürstenquelle

Goldrausch-Brunnen

Graf Metternich Quelle

Graf Metternich Varus-Quelle

Graf Simeon Quelle

Granus-Quelle

Haranni Stille

Haranni-Quelle

Hassia Leicht

Hassia-Sprudel

Heerbach-Mineralbrunnen

Helenen-Quelle

Hella

Hellweg Quelle Mineralbrunnen

Henri-Klinkert-Brunnen

Herminenquelle

Herzog-Wigbert-Quelle

Hetalli Quelle

Hubertussprudel

Irisquelle

Jakobbrunnen

Jakobus

Johannis Quell

Johannisquelle

Dauner Heilquelle, Heilwasser aus der Dauner Quelle IV

Johanniter Quelle

Dauner Quelle I

Dauner Quelle II

Dauner Quelle III

Dillenius-Quelle

Drachenquelle

Dreikönigsquelle

Elisabethenquelle

Elisabethen-Quelle

Eltina-Quelle

Erwinaris Mineralbrunnen

Filippo Mineralsprudel

Florian-Quelle

Förstina Sprudel Urquelle

Fortis

Fortuna-Quelle

Fürstenbrunn

Josefsquelle

Kaiser-Quelle

Kastell-Mineralwasser

Kellerwald-Quelle 1

Kimi Quelle

Klosterquelle

König Otto-Sprudel

König-Ludwig-I-Quelle

Königsquell

Kronen Quelle (Moers)

Kronen-Quelle (Heilbronn)

Kronia-Quelle

Kronsteiner Felsenquelle

Krönungs-Quelle

Lahnsteiner I

Lahnsteiner II

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Leopoldsquelle

Linden-Brunnen

Löwensprudel

Luisen-Brunnen

Magnus-Quelle

Marienquelle

Markusbrunnen

Martinybrunnen 3

Mephisto-Quelle

Mönchsbrunnen

Mühringer Schlossquelle III

Neue Otto-Quelle

Nordquell

Original Schloss-Quelle

Park-Brunnen

Prinzenquelle

Private Quelle Grüneberg I

PurBorn

Raffelberger Mineralbrunnen

Reginaris-Mineralwasser

Reinoldus-Brunnen

Reinsteiner Quelle

Residenz-Quelle

Retzmannbrunnen

Romanis-Quelle

Romina-Quelle

Sankt Martin

Saturn-Quelle

Schloss-Quelle I

Selters Mineralquelle I-VII Selters a. d. Lahn

Seltina-Mineralbrunnen

Selzerbrunnen

Shop

Silvana Quelle

Sinnberger Quelle

St. Angari

St. Burghard

St. Conrad-Brunnen

St. Eligius-Quelle

St. Libori

Stadion

Stauferquelle

Steinbergquelle

Urbanus Mineralwasser

Victoria I

Victoria II

Vitrex-Mineralwasser

Vulkan-Quelle

Walita

Weisenbergerquelle

Wenden Quelle

Wernarzer Heilquelle

Werretaler

Wildsberg-Quelle

Wilhelmsthaler Mineralbrunnen

Wüteria Heiligenquelle Gemmingen (Brunnen 3)

Wüteria Schlossbrunnen Gemmingen (Brunnen 1)

Xaveri-Brunnen Adldorf (M1)