CELEX: 32014D0429
Language: en
Date: 2014-06-24 00:00:00
Title: 2014/429/EU: Council Decision of 24 June 2014 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council set up by the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other, as regards the adoption of a decision by the Association Council on the inclusion in Annex XVIII of the respective geographical indications protected in the territory of the parties

4.7.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 197/66
            
         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 24 June 2014
   on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council set up by the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other, as regards the adoption of a decision by the Association Council on the inclusion in Annex XVIII of the respective geographical indications protected in the territory of the parties
   
      (2014/429/EU)
   
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other (1) (‘the Agreement’) was initialled on 22 March 2011 and signed on 29 June 2012.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The Agreement, pursuant to Article 353(4) thereof, has been applied provisionally since 1 August 2013 with Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama, since 1 October 2013 with El Salvador and Costa Rica, and since 1 December 2013 with Guatemala.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Pursuant to Article 353(5) of the Agreement, each Party has fulfilled the requirements established in Article 244 and Article 245(1)(a) and (b), which relate to the implementation of legislation on geographical indications and the registration and protection of the relevant geographical indications as listed in Annex XVII to the Agreement.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Article 4 of the Agreement establishes an Association Council which is to, inter alia, oversee the fulfilment of the objectives of the Agreement and supervise its implementation.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Article 245(2) of the Agreement provides that the Association Council, at its first meeting, is to adopt a Decision including in Annex XVIII (‘Protected Geographical Indications’) all names from Annex XVII (‘List of Names to be Applied for Protection as Geographical Indications in the Territory of the Parties’) which are protected as geographical indications following their successful examination by the Parties' competent national or regional authorities (the ‘Decision of the Association Council’).
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The Decision of the Association Council also concerns additional geographical indications from Central America, listed in the Joint Declaration, attached to the Agreement, ‘Names that have been applied for registration as geographical indications in a Republic of a Central American Party’, provided that they have been successfully registered as geographical indications in the Party of Origin and have subsequently been successfully examined by the competent authority of the Union.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               The objections raised against the registration of Banano de Costa Rica in the Union are rejected on the ground that they either do not comply with the criteria specified in the public consultation or, where eligible, are not substantiated. No other objection was made under this public consultation.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the Association Council as regards the geographical indications to be inserted in Annex XVIII of the Agreement.
            
         
               (9)
            
            
               The position of the Union should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision of the Association Council,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the Association Council set up by Article 4 of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other, as regards the geographical indications to be included in Annex XVIII, Part A and Part B of the Agreement, shall be based on the draft Decision of the Association Council attached to this Decision.
   Minor technical corrections to the draft Decision of the Association Council may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the Association Council, without further decision of the Council.
   Article 2
   After its adoption, the Decision of the Association Council shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
   
      Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 2014.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         E. VENIZELOS
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, p. 3.
   
      DRAFT
      DECISION No …/2014 OF THE EU-CENTRAL AMERICA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
      of […]
      on the Geographical Indications to be included in Annex XVIII of the Agreement
      THE EU-CENTRAL AMERICA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,
      Having regard to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other (‘the Agreement’), and in particular Article 245(2) thereof,
      Whereas:
      
                  (1)
               
               
                  Pursuant to Article 353(4), Part IV of the Agreement has been applied provisionally since 1 August 2013 with Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama, since 1 October 2013 with El Salvador and Costa Rica, and since 1 December 2013 with Guatemala.
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  Geographical Indications of the European Union and of Central America, which have been listed under Annex XVII to the Agreement, or under the Joint Declaration ‘Names that have been applied for registration as geographical indications in a Republic of a Central American Party’, and which have since been successfully examined by the competent authorities of the other Party, shall be listed under Annex XVIII, in accordance with Title VI and Title XIII of Part IV of the Agreement,
               
            HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
      Sole Article
      Amendment of Annex XVIII
      The Geographical Indications listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be included in Annex XVIII, Part A and Part B to the Agreement, as provided for in the Annex to this Decision.
      This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
      
         Done at …, on ….
         
            
               For the EU-Central America Association Council,
            
            […]
            
               For Costa Rica
            
            […]
            
               For El Salvador
            
            […]
            
               For Guatemala
            
            […]
            
               For Honduras
            
            […]
            
               For Nicaragua
            
            […]
            
               For Panama
            
            […]
            
               For the European Union
            
         
      
      
         ANNEX
         TO DECISION No … OF THE EU-CENTRAL AMERICA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
         
            ANNEX XVIII
            PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
            PART A
            Geographical indications of the EU Party protected in the Republics of the Central American Party in accordance with Title VI (Intellectual Property) of Part IV of this Agreement
            
                        MEMBER STATE
                     
                     
                        NAME
                     
                     
                        PRODUCT DESCRIPTION OR CLASS
                     
                  
                        GERMANY
                     
                     
                        Bayerisches Bier
                     
                     
                        Beers
                     
                  
                        GERMANY
                     
                     
                        Münchener Bier
                     
                     
                        Beers
                     
                  
                        GERMANY
                     
                     
                        Nürnberger Bratwürste/Nürnberger Rostbratwürste
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        IRELAND
                     
                     
                        Irish Cream
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        IRELAND
                     
                     
                        Irish whiskey/Uisce Beatha/Eireannach/Irish whisky
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        GREECE
                     
                     
                        Ούζο (Ouzo) (1)
                        
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        GREECE
                     
                     
                        Σάμος (Samos)
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Bierzo
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Brandy de Jerez
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Campo de Borja
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Cariñena
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Castilla
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Cataluña
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Cava
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Empordá (Ampurdán)
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Idiazábal
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Jamón de Teruel
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Jerez — Xérès- Sherry
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Jijona
                     
                     
                        Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionary, biscuits and other baker's wares
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Jumilla
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        La Mancha
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Los Pedroches
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Málaga
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Manzanilla — Sanlúcar de Barrameda
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Navarra
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Penedés
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Priorat
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Queso Manchego (2)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Rías Baixas
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Ribera del Duero
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Rioja
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Rueda
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Somontano
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Toro
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Turrón de Alicante
                     
                     
                        Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionary, biscuits and other baker's wares
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Utiel-Requena
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Valdepeñas
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SPAIN
                     
                     
                        Valencia
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Alsace
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Anjou
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Armagnac
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Beaujolais
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Bordeaux
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Bourgogne
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Brie de Meaux (3)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Cadillac
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Calvados
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Camembert de Normandie (4)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Canard à foie gras du Sud-Ouest
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Chablis
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Champagne
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Châteauneuf-du-Pape
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Cognac
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Comté
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Côtes de Provence
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Côtes du Rhône
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Côtes du Roussillon
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Emmental de Savoie (5)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Graves (Graves de Vayres)
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Haut-Médoc
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Huile essentielle de lavande de Haute-Provence
                     
                     
                        Essential oil -Lavender
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Jambon de Bayonne
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Languedoc (Coteaux du Languedoc)
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Margaux
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Médoc
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Pommard
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Pruneaux d'Agen
                     
                     
                        Fruit, vegetables and cereal fresh or processed — Dried cooked plums
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Reblochon
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Rhum de la Martinique
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Romanée Saint-Vivant
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Roquefort
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Saint-Emilion
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Saint-Julien
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Sauternes
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        FRANCE
                     
                     
                        Val de Loire
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Asti
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Barbaresco
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Barbera d'Alba
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Barbera d'Asti
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Barolo
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Brachetto d'Acqui
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Conegliano Valdobbiadene — Prosecco
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Dolcetto d'Alba
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Fontina (6)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Franciacorta
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Gorgonzola (7)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Grana Padano (8)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Grappa
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Mortadella Bologna
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Parmigiano Reggiano (9)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Prosciutto di Parma (10)
                        
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Prosciutto di S. Daniele
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Prosciutto Toscano
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Provolone Valpadana (11)
                        
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Soave
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Taleggio
                     
                     
                        Cheeses
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Toscano
                     
                     
                        Oils and fats (butter, margarine, oil, etc.) Olive oil
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Toscano/Toscana
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        ITALY
                     
                     
                        Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        CYPRUS
                     
                     
                        Ζιβανία (Zivania)
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        CYPRUS
                     
                     
                        Κουμανταρία (Commandaria)
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        CYPRUS
                     
                     
                        Ούζο (Ouzo) (12)
                        
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        HUNGARY
                     
                     
                        Pálinka
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        HUNGARY
                     
                     
                        Szegedi téliszalámi/Szegedi szalámi
                     
                     
                        Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
                     
                  
                        HUNGARY
                     
                     
                        Tokaj
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        HUNGARY
                     
                     
                        Törkölypálinka
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        AUSTRIA
                     
                     
                        Inländerrum
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        AUSTRIA
                     
                     
                        Jägertee/Jagertee/Jagatee
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        POLAND
                     
                     
                        Polska Wódka/Polish Vodka
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        POLAND
                     
                     
                        Wódka ziołowa z Niziny Północnopodlaskiej/Herbal vodka from the North Podlasie Lowland
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        PORTUGAL
                     
                     
                        Douro
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        PORTUGAL
                     
                     
                        Porto, Port or Oporto
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SLOVAKIA
                     
                     
                        Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj
                     
                     
                        Wines
                     
                  
                        SWEDEN
                     
                     
                        Svensk Vodka/Swedish Vodka
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        UNITED KINGDOM
                     
                     
                        Scotch Whisky
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  PART B
            Geographical indications of the Republics of the Central American Party protected in the EU Party in accordance with Title VI (Intellectual Property) of Part IV of this Agreement
            
                        COUNTRY
                     
                     
                        NAME
                     
                     
                        PRODUCTS
                     
                  
                        COSTA RICA
                     
                     
                        Café de Costa Rica
                     
                     
                        Coffee
                     
                  
                        COSTA RICA
                     
                     
                        Banano de Costa Rica
                     
                     
                        Fruits
                     
                  
                        EL SALVADOR
                     
                     
                        Café Apaneca-Ilamapetec
                     
                     
                        Coffee
                     
                  
                        [EL SALVADOR]
                     
                     
                        [Bálsamo de El Salvador]
                     
                     
                        [Plant extract]
                     
                  
                        GUATEMALA
                     
                     
                        Café Antigua
                     
                     
                        Coffee
                     
                  
                        GUATEMALA
                     
                     
                        Ron de Guatemala
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
                        HONDURAS
                     
                     
                        Cafés del Occidente Hondureño/Honduras Western Coffee
                     
                     
                        Coffee
                     
                  
                        HONDURAS
                     
                     
                        Café de Marcala
                     
                     
                        Coffee
                     
                  
                        PANAMA
                     
                     
                        Seco de Panamà
                     
                     
                        Spirits
                     
                  
         
            (1)  Product of Greece or Cyprus.
         
            (2)  Registered in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in Costa Rica and El Salvador.
         
            (3)  Registered in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in El Salvador and Guatemala.
         
            (4)  Registered in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in El Salvador and Guatemala.
         
            (5)  Registered in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.
         
            (6)  Registered in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in Costa Rica and Guatemala.
         
            (7)  Registered in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.
         
            (8)  Registered in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in El Salvador.
         
            (9)  Registered in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.
         
            (10)  Registered in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in El Salvador.
         
            (11)  Registered in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; opposition procedures still pending in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.
         
            (12)  Product of Greece or Cyprus.