Commission Regulation (EC) No 1778/2001 of 7 September 2001 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-09-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, consumer information, designation of origin, location of production, meat product

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Official Journal of the European Communities

8.9.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1778/2001

of 7 September 2001

supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical
indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 Regulation (EC) No 2796/2000 (2),
and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

information was

Additional
requested concerning a
name notified by the Italian Government under Article
17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 in order to ensure
that it complies with Articles 2 and 4 of that Regulation.

additional

information,

considering that

After
the
Commission twice submitted the application for regis-
tration to the Scientific Committee for Designations of
Origin, Geographical
Indications and Certificates of
Specific Character, which issued a favourable opinion on
registration of the name on both occasions.

The raw material used in the product in question comes
from pigs which belong to the category of Italian heavy
pigs. They are raised in the production area and are
given a particular type of feed based on local cereals and
the by-products of local cheesemaking. Since the name
is a traditional name in accordance with Article 2(3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the traditional produc-
tion area must be accepted regardless of its size. It can
therefore be asserted that the name in question refers to
an agricultural product originating in a specific region
and that its quality or characteristics are essentially due
to a geographical environment with its inherent natural
and human factors, as laid down in Article 2(3) and the
second indent of Article 2(2)(a) of the above Regulation.

(5)

(6)

(7)

produced or marketed, has become the common name
of an agricultural product or a foodstuff. It cannot there-
fore be regarded as a name that has become generic
within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2081/92.

The name covered by the application for registration is
protected under bilateral agreements between Italy and
Germany, Spain, France and Austria respectively.

The application for registration of this name therefore
complies with the above Articles. It should therefore be
registered and added to the Annex to Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1107/96 (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1347/2001 (4).

The Committee provided for in Article 15 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2081/92 has not delivered an opinion within
the time limit set by its Chairman. In accordance with
Article 5(4) of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28
June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise
implementing powers conferred on the Commis-
of
sion (5), the Commission has submitted a proposal for
implementing measures to the Council and has informed
Parliament
thereof. Since the Council has not acted
within the three-month time limit provided for in the
fourth paragraph of Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92, the proposed measures are to be adopted by
the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name in the Annex hereto is hereby added to the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 1107/96.

(4)

The name covered by the application for registration
does not constitute the name of an agricultural product
or a foodstuff which, although it relates to the place or
the region where this product or foodstuff was originally

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 324, 21.12.2000, p. 26.

(3) OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 182, 5.7.2001, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

Article 2

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

A. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I TO THE TREATY INTENDED FOR HUMAN

CONSUMPTION

Meat-based products

ITALY

— Salamini

italiani alla cacciatora (PDO)