Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 858/2013 of 4 September 2013 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Nocciola del Piemonte/Nocciola Piemonte (PGI))
Date: 2013-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Piedmont, designation of origin, nut, product designation, veterinary inspection








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6.9.2013   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 238/3








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 858/2013
of 4 September 2013
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Nocciola del Piemonte/Nocciola Piemonte (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2).












(2)


In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Nocciola del Piemonte’/’Nocciola Piemonte’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 464/2004 (4).












(3)


Since the amendments in question are not minor, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (5), as required by Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. As no statement of objection under Article 7 of that Regulation has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 4 September 2013.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLOȘ
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

(3)  
            OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 25.

(5)  
            OJ C 330, 27.10.2012, p. 17.




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

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

ITALY
Nocciola del Piemonte/Nocciola Piemonte (PGI)