Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 of 17 December 1996 on the entry of certain names in the 'Register of protected designation of origin and protected geographical indications' provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2400/96 of 17 December 1996 on the entry of certain names  in the 'Register of protected designation of origin and protected geographical indications`  provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications  and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of  geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs  (1),  and in particular Article 6 (3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Member States have forwarded  to the Commission applications for the registration of certain names as geographical indications or  designations of origin;
Whereas the applications have been found, in accordance with Article 6 (1) of that Regulation, to  comply with the Regulation, most notably in that they include all the particulars provided for in  Article 4 of the Regulation;
Whereas no declaration of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of the Regulation has been  forwarded to the Commission as a result of the publication in the Official Journal of the European  Communities of the names in question  (2);
Whereas, as a result, those names may be entered in the 'Register of protected designations of  origin and protected geographical indications` and therefore be protected throughout the Community  as geographical indications or designations of origin,