Publication of a request under Article 9 of 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: 2003-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, designation of origin, labelling, location of production, product designation, product quality, vegetable oil

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Publication of a request under Article 9 of 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

(2003/C 262/06)

Publication confers the right to object within the meaning of Article 7 and 12d of the Regulation. Any
objections to this request must be forwarded via the competent authority of a Member State, a WTO
Member country or a third country recognised under Article 12(3) 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 TO AMEND A SPECIFICATION: ARTICLE 9

1. Registered name: Azeites do Norte Alentejano

2. Responsible department in the Member State

Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural e Hidráulica

Av. Afonso Costa, 3 — P-1949-002 Lisboa

3. Amendment(s) requested

— Specification heading:

& Name

Description

Geographical area

& Proof of origin

& Method of production

& Link

& Labelling

& National legal requirements

— Amendments:

3.1. Description

The Norte Alentejano olive oils are slightly thick, fruity oils with a greenish yellow colour, which
attain the minimum grade of 6,5 for extra virgin oil and 6,0 for virgin oil.

In-depth studies conducted into the characteristics of these olive oils have shown that there is a need
to revise some of their parameters, namely: Delta K, triglycerides, LLL, OLLn, PLLn, OLL, PLL, POL,
POO, OOO, PPO; fatty acids C16:0, C16:1, C17:0, C17:1, C18:0, C18:1, C18:2 and C18:3; trans fatty
acids, cholesterol, Campestanol and Delta 7 — Stigmasterol.

To the authorised varieties are added the regional varieties: Carrasquenha, Redondil, Azeiteira or
Azeitoneira.

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3.2. Geographical area

Extension of the geographical production area to include the municipalities of Alandroal, Nisa,
Reguengos de Monsaraz, Évora (parishes of Na Sra de Machede, S. Mansos, S. Vicente do Pigeiro,
S. Miguel de Manchede and S. Bento do Mato) and Mourão (parishes of Luz and Mourão), on the
grounds that:

— the same conditions obtain in these municipalities and parishes with regard to soils and weather

patterns,

— the olive oil produced has the same physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics as that

obtained in the current geographical area,

— the inhabitants of these municipalities inherited the same customs and authentic and unvarying

know-how as those from the rest of the geographical area.

4. Date of receipt of the full application: 7 October 2003.

Commission communication amending the notice to the Member States of 14 April 2000 laying
down guidelines for the Community Initiative for rural development (Leader+) (2000/C 139/05)

(2003/C 262/07)

The notice to the Member States of 14 April 2000 laying down guidelines for the Community initiative for
rural development (Leader+) (1) is hereby amended as follows:

The second indent of point 18, entitled ‘Transnational cooperation’ is replaced by the following:

‘In the context of transnational cooperation between Member States, in addition to territories selected
under Leader+, cooperation may also be opened up to areas selected under Leader I and II or to other rural
areas organised according to the Leader approach and recognised by the Member State. Only operations
involving territories selected under Leader+ will be eligible for Community part-financing. However,
expenditure on organising activities will be eligible in all the areas concerned.

Where a territory selected under Leader+ enters into a cooperation project under the terms of this action
with an area outside the Community organised according to the Leader approach, associated expenditure
relating to the Leader+ area will be eligible.’

(1) OJ C 139, 18.5.2000, p. 5.