Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2212 of 6 December 2016 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Aceite de Terra Alta/Oli de Terra Alta (PDO))
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Catalonia, Spain, designation of origin, labelling, olive oil, product designation








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9.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 334/4








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2212
of 6 December 2016
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Aceite de Terra Alta/Oli de Terra Alta (PDO))


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)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Spain's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Aceite de Terra Alta’/‘Oli de Terra Alta’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 205/2005 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.












(3)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 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 ‘Aceite de Terra Alta’/‘Oli de Terra Alta’ (PDO) 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, 6 December 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 205/2005 of 4 February 2005 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Valdemone — [PDO], Queso Ibores — [PDO], Pera de Jumilla — [PDO], Aceite de Terra Alta or Oli de Terra Alta — [PDO], Sierra de Cádiz — [PDO], Requeijão Serra da Estrela — [PDO], Zafferano dell'Aquila — [PDO], Zafferano di San Gimignano — [PDO], Mantecadas de Astorga — [PGI] and Pan de Cea — [PGI]) (OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 6).

(3)  
            OJ C 291, 11.8.2016, p. 19.