Commission Regulation (EC) No 1971/2001 of 9 October 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: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1971/2001

of 9 October 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)

(4)

Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92,
Belgium has sent the Commission an application for the
registration of Pâté Gaumais as a geographical indication.

Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Spain
has sent the Commission three applications to register
the names Aceite del Bajo Aragón, Sierra de Cazorla and
Arroz de Valencia or Arròs de València as designations of
origin and two applications to register the names Botillo
del Bierzo and Alcachofa de Tudela as geographical indica-
tions.

In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the
six 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 Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92 in respect of the names given in the Annex to

this Regulation following their publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities (3).

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 or
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 1356/2001 (5),

(5)

(6)

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, 9 October 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 9, 12.1.2001, p. 2.

OJ C 11, 13.1.2001, p. 2.
OJ C 42, 8.2.2001, p. 2.
OJ C 42, 8.2.2001, p. 5.
OJ C 51, 16.2.2001, p. 2. and
OJ C 56, 22.2.2001, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 182, 4.7.2001, p. 25.

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

ANNEX

Meat-based products

SPAIN

Botillo del Bierzo (PGI)

Oils and fats

Olive oils

SPAIN

Sierra de Cazorla (PDO)

Aceite del Bajo Aragón (PDO)

Fresh and processed vegetables

SPAIN

Alcachofa de Tudela (PGI)

Cereals

SPAIN

Arroz de Valencia or Arròs de València (PDO)

Other Annex I products

BELGIUM

Pâté gaumais (PGI)