Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1761 of 6 September 2023 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Mela Alto Adige / Südtiroler Apfel’ (PGI))
Date: 2023-09-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Italy, designation of origin, labelling, pip fruit, product designation








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13.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 225/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1761
of 6 September 2023
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Mela Alto Adige / Südtiroler Apfel’ (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 Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Mela Alto Adige / Südtiroler Apfel’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1855/2005 (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 as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation (3).












(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 product 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 ‘Mela Alto Adige / Südtiroler Apfel’ (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, 6 September 2023.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1855/2005 of 14 November 2005 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 as regards the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Mela Alto Adige or Südtiroler Apfel (PGI), Asperge des Sables des Landes (PGI), Pâtes d’Alsace (PGI), Jamón de Trevélez (PGI), Oliva Ascolana del Piceno (PDO)) (OJ L 297, 15.11.2005, p. 5).

(3)  
            OJ C 182, 24.5.2023, p. 20.