Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/522 of 13 March 2025 on the registration of the geographical indication Río Negro (PDO) in the Union register of geographical indications pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2025-03-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Castile-La Mancha, Spain, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, red wine, white wine








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2025/522


20.3.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/522
of 13 March 2025
         
on the registration of the geographical indication ‘Río Negro’ (PDO) in the Union register of geographical indications pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2019/787 and (EU) 2019/1753 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (1), and in particular Article 21(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 97(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council (2), Spain’s application for registration of the geographical indication ‘Río Negro’, which the Commission had received before the date of entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3).












(2)


No statement of opposition under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, which is applicable to the application for registration in accordance with Article 90(2) of that Regulation, has been received by the Commission.












(3)


The geographical indication ‘Río Negro’ should therefore be entered in the Union register of geographical indications,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The geographical indication ‘Río Negro’ (PDO) is hereby entered in the Union register of geographical indications referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143.


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, 13 March 2025.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Christophe HANSEN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/1143, 23.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1143/oj.

(2)  Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj).

(3)  
            OJ C, C/2024/7000, 21.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7000/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/522/oj
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