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Publication of a request under Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 to amend one or more parts of the specification of a name registered under Article 17 or Article 6 of that Regulation
Date: 2002-11-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, cheese, designation of origin, location of production, product designation, product quality

C 267/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.11.2002

Publication of a request under Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 to amend one
or more parts of the specification of a name registered under Article 17 or Article 6 of that
Regulation

(2002/C 267/02)

Publication confers the right to object within the meaning of Article 7 of the Regulation. Any objections to
this request must be forwarded via the competent authority of a Member State within six months of the
publication date. The amendment is not a minor one and it must therefore be published under Article 6(2)
of the Regulation.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2081/92

APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF A SPECIFICATION: ARTICLE 9

1. Registered name: Gorgonzola

2. Responsible department in the Member State

Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali
Dipartimento della Qualità dei prodotti agroalimentari e dei servizi
Via XX Settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma
Tel. (39) 06 481 99 68
Fax (39) 06 42 01 31 26
e-mail: qualità@politicheagricole.it

3. Amendment(s) requested

— Specification heading:

& name

description

geographical area

& proof of origin

method of production

& link

labelling

& national requirements

— Amendment(s):

Description:

In order to give consumers more information about the product, its characteristics at the time of
release for consumption are described, taking account of size, weight and flavour. The latter
depends on the length of the ripening period and may vary from mild to slightly piquant and
decidedly piquant.

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Geographical area:

Varese province, which was omitted at the time of registration although its right to be included is
historically documented, is added and the list of provinces is updated.

Method of production:

It is specified that the whole cows' milk used is pasteurised and inoculated with milk enzymes and
with a suspension of Penicillium spores and selected yeasts.

It is specified that the ripening period is at least 50 days and varies depending on the flavour
desired.

The requirement for the whole cheese to be wrapped in goffered aluminium foil bearing the
identifying mark is extended to half-, quarter- and eighth-size portions. Wrapping must be done
only in the area delimited by the PDO.

Labelling:

Large cheeses can be described as ‘dolce’
described as ‘piccante’ (piquant), provided that they meet the requirements laid down.

(mild) and medium-sized and small cheeses can be

4. Date of receipt of the full application: 19 June 2002.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-11-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.11.2002

EN

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C 267/1

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

31 October 2002

(2002/C 267/01)

1 euro =

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

Currency

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Exchange
rate

0,9864

121,04

7,4319

0,6326

9,09

1,4633

86,49

7,365

1,9466

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

0,57127

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,778

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,597

0,4135

3,9777

33070

229,125

41,474

1648000

1,7813

1,5449

7,6932

2,0405

1,7435

241,33

KRW

South Korean won

1205,08

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

9,8477

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(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.