Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/356 of 15 February 2017 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Rheinisches Zuckerrübenkraut/Rheinischer Zuckerrübensirup/Rheinisches Rübenkraut (PGI)]
Date: 2017-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, syrup, vegetable juice








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1.3.2017   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 54/2








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/356
of 15 February 2017
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Rheinisches Zuckerrübenkraut/Rheinischer Zuckerrübensirup/Rheinisches Rübenkraut (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)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Germany's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indications ‘Rheinisches Zuckerrübenkraut’/‘Rheinischer Zuckerrübensirup’/‘Rheinisches Rübenkraut’, registered under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2012 (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 ‘Rheinisches Zuckerrübenkraut’/‘Rheinischer Zuckerrübensirup’/‘Rheinisches Rübenkraut’ (PGI) 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, 15 February 2017.


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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2012 of 6 July 2012 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Rheinisches Zuckerrübenkraut/Rheinischer Zuckerrübensirup/Rheinisches Rübenkraut (PGI)] (OJ L 182, 13.7.2012, p. 10).

(3)  
            OJ C 403, 1.11.2016, p. 9.