Commission Regulation (EC) No 2066/2002 of 21 November 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 (Carne de Bovino Cruzado dos Lameiros do Barroso, Pruneaux d'Agen — Pruneaux d'Agen mi-cuits, Carciofo romanesco del Lazio, Aktinidio Pierias, Milo Kastorias, Welsh Beef)
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, designation of origin, dried product, fresh meat, location of production, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, product designation, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2066/2002

of 21 November 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 (Carne de Bovino Cruzado dos Lameiros do
Barroso, Pruneaux d'Agen — Pruneaux d'Agen mi-cuits, Carciofo romanesco del Lazio, Aktinidio
Pierias, Milo Kastorias, Welsh Beef)

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)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
2081/92, Portugal has sent the Commission an applica-
tion for registration of
the name ‘Carne de Bovino
Cruzado dos Lameiros do Barroso’ as a geographical
indication, France has sent the Commission an applica-
tion for registration of the name ‘Pruneaux d'Agen —
Pruneaux d'Agen mi-cuits’ as a geographical indication,
Italy has sent the Commission an application for regis-
tration of the name ‘Carciofo Romanesco del Lazio’ as a
geographical indication, Greece has sent the Commission
two applications for registration of the names ‘Aktinidio
Pierias’ and ‘Milo Kastorias’ as geographical
indications
and the United Kingdom has sent the Commission an
application for registration of the name ‘Welsh Beef’ 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.

No statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2081/92 has been received by the Commission
in respect of
the names given in the Annex hereto
following their publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities (3).

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 324, 21.12.2000, p. 26.
(3) OJ C 21, 25.1.2000, p. 18 (Welsh Beef)

OJ C 21, 24.1.2002, p. 27 (Carne de Bovino Cruzado dos Lameiros
do Barroso)
OJ C 46, 20.2.2002, p. 5 (Pruneaux d'Agen — Pruneaux d'Agen mi-
cuits)
OJ C 51, 26.2.2002, p. 26 (Carciofo Romanesco del Lazio)
OJ C 76, 27.3.2002, p. 7 (Aktinidio Pierias)
OJ C 67, 16.3.2002, p. 29 (Milo Kastorias)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The applicant group formerly known as ‘Welsh Beef
Promotions’ has since changed its title to ‘Welsh Lamb
and Beef Promotions Ltd’.

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 1495/2002 (5),

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 geogra-
phical
indications (PGI) in the Register of protected designa-
tions 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 20th day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 225, 22.8.2002, p. 11.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 November 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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

ANNEX

Fresh beef

PORTUGAL

Carne de Bovino Cruzado dos Lameiros do Barroso (PGI)

UNITED KINGDOM

Welsh Beef (PGI)

Fruits — Dried fruit

FRANCE

Pruneaux d'Agen — Pruneaux d'Agen mi-cuits (PGI)

Fruit and vegetables

ITALY

Carciofo Romanesco del Lazio (PGI)

GREECE
Ακτινίδιο Πιερίας (Aktinidio Pierias) (PGI)
Μήλο Καστοριάς (Milo Kastorias) (PGI)