Commission Regulation (EC) No 1241/2002 of 10 July 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 (Gailtaler Speck, Morbier, Queso Palmero or Queso de la Palma, Thrapsano extra virgin olive oil, Turrón de Agramunt or Torró d'Agramunt)
Date: 2002-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cheese, foodstuff, location of production, meat product, olive oil, perishable goods, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1241/2002

of 10 July 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 (Gailtaler Speck, Morbier, Queso Palmero or
Queso de la Palma, Thrapsano extra virgin olive oil, Turrón de Agramunt or Torró d’Agramunt)

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,

(3)

(4)

(5)

No statements of objection have been received by the
Commission under Article 7 of
that Regulation in
respect of the names given in the Annex to this Regula-
tion 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 geogra-
phical
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 1097/2002 (5),

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Spain
has sent the Commission two applications for registra-
tion of the name ‘Queso Palmero or Queso de la Palma’
as a designation of origin and of the name ‘Turrón de
Agramunt or Torró d’Agramunt’ as a geographical indi-
cation, France has sent the Commission an application
for registration of the name ‘Morbier’ as a designation of
origin, Austria has sent the Commission an application
for registration of the name ‘Gailtaler Speck’ as a geogra-
phical indication and Greece has sent the Commission
an application for registration of the name ‘Thrapsano
extra virgin olive oil’ as a designation of origin.

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

(2)

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.

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

(3) OJ C 327, 22.11.2001, p. 11 (Gailtaler Speck).

OJ C 319, 14.11.2001, p. 3 (Turrón de Agramunt or Torró d’Agra-
munt).
OJ C 319, 14.11.2001, p. 7 (Queso Palmero or Queso de la Palma).
OJ C 270, 25.9.2001, p. 4 (Morbier).
OJ C 241, 29.8.2001, p. 12 (Thrapsano extra virgin olive oil).

(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 166, 25.6.2002, p. 8.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 July 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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

ANNEX

Meat products

AUSTRIA

Gailtaler Speck (PGI)

Cheese

FRANCE

Morbier (PDO)

SPAIN

Queso Palmero or Queso de la Palma (PDO)

Oils and fats

GREECE

Thrapsano extra virgin olive oil (PDO)

FOODSTUFFS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX I TO REGULATION (EEC) No 2081/92

Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker’s wares

SPAIN

Turrón de Agramunt or Torró d’Agramunt (PGI)