Application for approval of a minor amendment in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2015-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Lower Austria, consumer information, crop production, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, quality control of agricultural products, seed








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16.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 341/24





Application for approval of a minor amendment in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(2015/C 341/11)
The European Commission has approved this minor amendment in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 (1).
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A MINOR AMENDMENT

Application for approval of a minor amendment in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
 (2)

‘WALDVIERTLER GRAUMOHN’

EU No: AT-PDO-0217-01273 — 4.11.2014


PDO ( X ) PGI ( ) TSG ( )

1.   Applicant group and legitimate interest






Waldviertler Sonderkulturenverein




Oberwaltenreith 10




3533 Friedersbach




ÖSTERREICH




Tel. +43 28267443




Fax +43 28267443550




Email: naturstoffe@waldland.at




The group is the original applicant group which has changed its name and has a legitimate interest in the correction/updating of the specification.
2.   Member State or Third Country

Austria
3.   Heading in the product specification affected by the amendment(s)








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Description of product




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Proof of origin




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Method of production




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Link with the geographical area




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Labelling




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Other (Change of name of the applicant group, the inspection body, and amendments reflecting that change)




4.   Type of amendment(s)








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Amendment to product specification of registered PDO or PGI to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, that requires no amendment to the published single document




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Amendment to product specification of registered PDO or PGI to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, that requires an amendment to the published single document




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Amendment to product specification of registered PDO or PGI to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, for which a single document (or equivalent) has not been published




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Amendment to product specification of registered TSG to be qualified as minor in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012




5.   Amendment(s)

The specification (consisting of the summary and material part) relating to the protected name ‘Waldviertler Graumohn (PDO)’ is amended as follows:






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Summary:







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In Section 1 the details of the responsible department in the Member State are updated to read:






‘Austrian Patent Office




Dresdner Strasse 87




1200 Wien




ÖSTERREICH




Tel. +43 1534240




Fax +43 153424535




Email: herkunftsangaben@patentamt.at’















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In Section 2 the name and address of the applicant group are amended as follows:






‘Waldviertel Speciality Crops Association (Waldviertler Sonderkulturenverein)




Oberwaltenreith 10




3533 Friedersbach




ÖSTERREICH




Tel. +43 28267443




Fax +43 28267443550




Email: naturstoffe@waldland.at




Contact: Rudolf Marchart’















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In Section 5(e) (Method of production) the sentence:

‘For this reason the Verein zur Förderung von Sonderkulturen (Austrian association promoting specialised crops) has developed special poppy-harvesting equipment.’

is replaced by the following:

‘For this reason the Waldviertel Speciality Crops Association (formerly the Association for the Promotion of Speciality Crops in the Waldviertel, Verein zur Förderung von Sonderkulturen im Waldviertel) has developed special poppy-harvesting equipment.’











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Section 5(g) (Inspection body) is to read:






‘SGS Austria Controll-Co. GesmbH




Diefenbachgasse 35




1150 Wien




ÖSTERREICH




Tel. +43 1 5122567-0




Fax +43 1 5122567-9




Email: sgs.austria@sgs.com’















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In Section 5(h) (Labelling) the sentence

‘May be marketed directly by farmers or by the company Waldland Betriebs- und Handels GesmbH, 3910 Edelhof.’

is replaced by the following:

‘May be marketed directly by farmers or, for large industrial customers, via Waldland Naturstoffe GmbH and, for consumers, via its subsidiary Waldland Vermarktungs GmbH, both companies being based at Oberwaltenreith 10, 3533 Friedersbach’.















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Material part:







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On p. 1 Sections 1 and 2 are deleted since they merely repeat Sections 1 and 2 of the summary.










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On p. 6 and 8 the references to the ‘Association for the Promotion of Speciality Crops in the Waldviertel’ are replaced by the words

‘Waldviertel Speciality Crops Association (formerly the Association for the Promotion of Speciality Crops in the Waldviertel)’











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On p. 9 the first sentence of the final paragraph

‘Prior to cultivation the producers (farmers) and the Association for the Promotion of Speciality Crops in the Waldviertel conclude cultivation and supply contracts forming the basis of quality production’.

is replaced by the following:

‘Prior to cultivation the producers (farmers) and Waldland Naturstoffe GmbH, which is owned by the Waldviertel Speciality Crops Association, conclude cultivation and supply contracts forming the basis of quality production.’











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On p. 12 Section (g) (Inspection bodies) is deleted, as it is a repetition, and the first paragraph of Section (h):

‘The farmers market their products directly to final consumers or resellers. Many small bakeries purchase their poppies directly from the farmer. Large customers go through the Waldland organisation which is supplied by the members of the association promoting specialised crops.’

is replaced by the following:

‘May be marketed directly by farmers or, for large industrial customers, via Waldland Naturstoffe GmbH and, for consumers, via its subsidiary Waldland Vermarktungs GmbH, both companies being based at Oberwaltenreith 10, 3533 Friedersbach.’










Reasons

The name and organisational structure of the applicant group have changed since the name was protected and have been updated to avoid confusion in the summary and the related material part. The aforementioned ‘Waldland’ companies are owned by the applicant group.
The change of inspection body reflects amendments made to national legislation providing for a shift away from public inspections by the Provincial Governor to inspections by authorised private inspection bodies.
6.   Updated product specification (only for PDO and PGI)

The full text of the specification is available at
http://www.patentamt.at/Media/WaldviertlerGraumohn.pdf
and can also be accessed directly via the Austrian Patent Office’s website (www.patentamt.at) by navigating to the following: ‘Markenschutz/Schutzrechte/Herkunftsangabe’. The text appears under the name of the quality designation.


(1)  OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 17.

(2)  OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.