Commission Regulation (EC) No 1204/2008 of 3 December 2008 on the entry of certain names in the Register of traditional specialities guaranteed provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, foodstuff, human nutrition, livestock farming, poultrymeat, product designation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1204/2008

of 3 December 2008
on the entry of certain names in the ‘Register of traditional specialities guaranteed’ provided for in
Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional
specialities guaranteed

(Codified version)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(EC) No 509/2006, the said register was replaced by the
‘Register of traditional specialities guaranteed’ laid down
in Article 3 of the said Regulation.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 of
20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as
guaranteed (1)
particular
traditional
Article 9(4) and the second subparagraph of Article 9(5)
thereof,

specialities

and,

in

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

2301/97

(EC) No

Regulation

‘Register of

Commission
of
20 November 1997 on the entry of certain names in
character’
the
certificates of
provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92
on certificates of
for agricultural
foodstuffs (2) has been substantially
products
amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and
rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

character

specific

specific

and

In accordance with Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2082/92 of 14 July 1992 on certificates of specific
character for agricultural products and foodstuffs (4), the
Member States have forwarded to the Commission appli­
cations for the registration of certain names as certificates
of special character.

The names concerned could be entered in the ‘Register of
certificates of specific character’ and therefore protected
throughout
specialities
the Community as traditional
guaranteed. Following the entry into force of Regulation

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 8.
(3) See Annex II.
(4) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 9.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The names so registered are entitled to use the endor­
guaranteed’ which is
‘traditional
sement
reserved for them.

speciality

is considered specific in itself

The term ‘Serrano’
in
accordance with Article 4(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
509/2006, i.e. it is untranslatable. It must therefore be
is
used as it stands. Furthermore,
registered without prejudice to the use of
the term
‘mountain’. There is no conflict between the two terms.

the term ‘Serrano’

As regards the names ‘Leche certificada de Granja’ and
‘Traditional Farmfresh Turkey’, protection has been
requested solely for the Spanish version of the name
‘Leche certificada de Granja’ and for the English version
of the name ‘Traditional Farmfresh Turkey’. Therefore, in
accordance with Directive 2000/13/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000, on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
to the labelling, presentation and advertising of food­
stuffs (5), when these two products are marketed their
labels must include in the other languages, immediately
the words ‘traditional
next
Spanish-style’ or their equivalent for the former product
and the equivalent of
for the
latter.

‘traditional British-style’

to the name concerned,

As regards the name ‘Traditional Farmfresh Turkey’,
in
accordance with Directive 2000/13/EC, the labelling and
in particular the information intended for consumers
must in no case lead to confusion with the terms laid
down for indicating types of
farming in Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 of 5 June 1991 intro­
ducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC)
No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poul­
trymeat (6),

(5) OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29.
(6) OJ L 143, 7.6.1991, p. 11.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The names set out in Annex I hereto are hereby entered in the
‘Register of traditional specialities guaranteed’, as provided for in
Article 9(4) and the second subparagraph of Article 9(5) of
Regulation (EC) No 509/2006.

Article 2

When marketing ‘Leche certificada de Granja’ in languages other
than Spanish, the label must include the expression ‘traditional
Spanish-style’, or its equivalent in the other languages.

When marketing ‘Traditional Farmfresh Turkey’
other
the label must
equivalent to: ‘traditional British-style’.

than English,

in languages
include an expression

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 4

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, 3 December 2008.

For the Commission
The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX I

— Vieille Kriek, Vieille Kriek-Lambic, Vieille Framboise-Lambic, Vieux fruit-Lambic/Oude Kriek, Oude Kriekenlambiek,

Oude Frambozenlambiek, Oude Fruit-lambiek (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (1)

— Vieille Gueuze, Vieille Gueuze-Lambic, Vieux Lambic/Oude Geuze, Oude Geuze-Lambiek, Oude Lambiek (Article 13(1)

of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (2)

— Faro (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (3)

— Kriek, Kriek-Lambic, Framboise-Lambic, Fruit-Lambic/Kriek, Kriekenlambiek, Frambozenlambiek, Vruchtenlambiek

(Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (4)

— Lambic, Gueuze-Lambic, Gueuze/Lambiek, Geuze-Lambiek, Geuze (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (5)

— Mozzarella (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (6)

— Jamón Serrano (Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (7)

— Leche certificada de Granja (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (8)

— Traditional Farmfresh Turkey (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (9)

— Falukorv (Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (10)

— Sahti (Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (11)

— Panellets (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (12)

— Kalakukko (Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (13)

— Karjalanpiirakka (Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (14)

— Hushållsost (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006) (15)

(1) The main points of the specifications are set out in OJ C 21, 21.1.1997, p. 5.
(2) The main points of the specifications are set out in OJ C 21, 21.1.1997, p. 5.
(3) The main points of the specifications are set out in OJ C 21, 21.1.1997, p. 5.
(4) The main points of the specifications are set out in OJ C 21, 21.1.1997, p. 5.
(5) The main points of the specifications are set out in OJ C 21, 21.1.1997, p. 5.
(6) The main points of the specifications are set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2527/98 (OJ L 317, 26.11.1998, p. 14). They

replace the points published in OJ C 246, 24.8.1996, p. 9.

(7) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 371, 1.12.1998, p. 3.
(8) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 21, 21.1.1997, p. 15.
(9) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 405, 24.12.1998, p. 9.
(10) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 78, 10.3.2001, p. 16.
(11) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 125, 26.4.2001, p. 5.
(12) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 5, 9.1.2001, p. 3.
(13) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 235, 21.8.2001, p. 12.
(14) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 102, 27.4.2002, p. 14.
(15) The main points in the specification are set out in OJ C 110, 8.5.2003, p. 18.

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ANNEX II

Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2301/97
(OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 8)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 954/98
(OJ L 133, 7.5.1998, p. 10)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2527/98
(OJ L 317, 26.11.1998, p. 14)

Only the first and second paragraphs of Article 1 and
Annex I

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/1999
(OJ L 291, 13.11.1999, p. 25)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1482/2000
(OJ L 167, 7.7.2000, p. 8)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2430/2001
(OJ L 328, 13.12.2001, p. 29)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2002
(OJ L 39, 9.2.2002, p. 11)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 688/2002
(OJ L 106, 23.4.2002, p. 7)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1285/2002
(OJ L 187, 16.7.2002, p. 21)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 317/2003
(OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 19)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 223/2004
(OJ L 37, 10.2.2004, p. 3)

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ANNEX III

Correlation Table

Regulation (EC) No 2301/97

This Regulation

Article 1
—

—

Article 2

Annex
—

—

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III