Commission Regulation (EC) No 1660/2003 of 19 September 2003 amending the specification of a name appearing in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (Ossau-Iraty)
Date: 2003-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Aquitaine, designation of origin, product designation, sheep

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1660/2003

of 19 September 2003

amending the specification of a name appearing in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96
(Ossau-Iraty)

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
692/2003 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

the name ‘Ossau-Iraty’,

In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
the French authorities have requested in
2081/92,
respect of
registered as a
protected designation of origin by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registra-
tion of geographical
indications and designations of
origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (3),
last
as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1571/2003 (4),
the
amendment of the method of production and of the
national legal requirements.

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 9
of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 and since the amend-
ments are not minor, the Article 6 procedure applies
mutatis mutandis.

It has been decided that the amendments in this case
comply with Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. No state-
ment of objection, within the meaning of Article 7 of
the Regulation, has been sent
to the Commission
following the publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union (5) of the amendments.

(5)

Consequently, these amendments must be registered and
published in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amendments set out in the Annex to this Regulation are
hereby registered and published in accordance with Article 6(4)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

Article 2

(2)

Following examination of this request for amendment, it
has been decided that the amendments concerned are
not minor.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 99, 17.4.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 224, 6.9.2003, p. 17.

(5) OJ C 252, 12.9.2001, p. 16 (Ossau-Iraty).

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ANNEX

FRANCE

Ossau-Iraty

Method of production:

The authorised breeds of sheep are specified: Basque-béarnaise or Manech black or red head (in place of: ‘traditional
breeds’).

National requirements:

For: ‘Decree of 29 December 1986’,

read: ‘Decree on the designation of origin “Ossau-Iraty”’.