Commission Regulation (EC) No 2601/2001 of 28 December 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: 2001-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, designation of origin, fruit, location of production, meat product

29.12.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2601/2001

of 28 December 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:

(4)

(5)

the Official 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 2372/2001 (5),

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92 Spain has sent the Commission applications
for the registration of the name ‘Manzana Reineta del
Bierzo’ as a designation of origin and of
the name
‘Salchichón de Vic’/‘Llonganissa de Vic’ as a geographical
indication.

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.

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

No statements of objection within the meaning of
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 have been
forwarded to the Commission following publication in

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th 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 December 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 86, 16.3.2001, p. 4, and
OJ C 96, 27.3.2001, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 320, 4.12.2001, p. 9.

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

ANNEX

Fruit

SPAIN

‘Manzana Reineta del Bierzo’ (PDO)

Meat-based products

SPAIN

‘Salchichón de Vic’/‘Llonganissa de Vic’ (PGI)