Commission Regulation (EC) No 723/2008 of 25 July 2008 registering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Afuega'l Pitu (PDO), Mazapán de Toledo (PGI), Agneau de Lozère (PGI), Oignon doux des Cévennes (PDO), Butelo de Vinhais or Bucho de Vinhais or Chouriço de Ossos de Vinhais (PGI), Chouriça Doce de Vinhais (PGI))
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 723/2008

of 25 July 2008

registering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical indications (Afuega'l Pitu (PDO), Mazapán de Toledo (PGI), Agneau de Lozère (PGI),
Oignon doux des Cévennes (PDO), Butelo de Vinhais or Bucho de Vinhais or Chouriço de Ossos de
Vinhais (PGI), Chouriça Doce de Vinhais (PGI))

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of
20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications
and designations of origin for agricultural products and food­
stuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

Vinhais’ or ‘Chouriço de Ossos de Vinhais’ and ‘Chouriça
Doce de Vinhais’ were published in the Official Journal of
the European Union (2).

(2)

As no objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
510/2006 has been received by the Commission, these
names should be entered in the Register,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 6(2)
and pursuant
to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No
510/2006, Spain’s applications to register the names
‘Afuega'l Pitu’ and ‘Mazapán de Toledo’, France’s appli­
cations to register the names ‘Agneau de Lozère’ and
‘Oignon doux des Cévennes’ and Portugal’s applications
to register the names ‘Butelo de Vinhais’ or ‘Bucho de

The names in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby entered
in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical indications.

Article 2

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, 25 July 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 417/2008 (OJ L 125, 9.5.2008,
p. 27).

(2) OJ C 268, 10.11.2007, p. 28 (Afuega'l Pitu), OJ C 267, 9.11.2007,
p. 50 (Mazapán de Toledo), OJ C 267, 9.11.2007, p. 46 (Agneau de
Lozère), OJ C 270, 13.11.2007, p. 15 (Oignon doux des Cévennes),
OJ C 268, 10.11.2007, p. 36 (Butelo de Vinhais or Bucho de
Vinhais or Chouriço de Ossos de Vinhais), OJ C 268, 10.11.2007,
p. 33 (Chouriça Doce de Vinhais).

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1. Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

ANNEX

Class 1.1. Fresh meat (and offal)

FRANCE

Agneau de Lozère (PGI)

Class 1.2. Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)

PORTUGAL

Butelo de Vinhais or Bucho de Vinhais or Chouriço de Ossos de Vinhais (PGI)

Chouriça Doce de Vinhais (PGI)

Class 1.3. Cheeses

SPAIN

Afuega'l Pitu (PDO)

Class 1.6. Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed

FRANCE

Oignon doux des Cévennes (PDO)

2. Foodstuffs listed in Annex I to the Regulation:

Class 2.4. Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares

SPAIN

Mazapán de Toledo (PGI)