Commission Regulation (EC) No 538/2002 of 25 March 2002 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: 2002-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, cereals, designation of origin, fruit, location of production, product designation, vegetable

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 538/2002

of 25 March 2002

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:

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92, Greece has sent the Commission an applica-
tion for the registration of the name ‘Πατάτα Κάτω Νευρ-
οκοπίου’
(Patata Kato Nevrokopiou) 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.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

following its publication in the Official
European Communities (3).

Journal of

the

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 hereto supplements the Annex to Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 245/2002 (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name in the Annex hereto is hereby added to the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as a protected
geographical indication (PGI) in the ‘Register of protected desig-
indications’
nations of origin and protected geographical
provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

Article 2

No statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2081/92 has been received by the Commission
the name given in the Annex hereto
in respect of

into force on the 20th day
This Regulation shall enter
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, 25 March 2002.

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 166, 9.6.2001, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 39, 8.2.2002, p. 12.

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

ANNEX

Fruit, vegetables and cereals

GREECE

Πατάτα Κάτω Νευροκοπίου (PGI)
(Patata Kato Nevrokopiou)