Commission Regulation (EC) No 464/2004 of 12 March 2004 amending the specification for a name appearing in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin (Nocciola del Piemonte)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 464/2004
of 12 March 2004
amending the specification for a name appearing in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin (Nocciola del Piemonte)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, for the name Nocciola de Piemonte, registered as a protected geographical indication by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92(2), Italy has requested changes in the name itself and in the description, method of production, labelling and national requirements.
(2) Scrutiny of the request has shown that the amendments proposed are not minor.
(3) Under the said Article 9 the Article 6 procedure accordingly should be applied mutatis mutandis.
(4) It is considered that the amendments proposed are consonant with Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. Following their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union(3) the Commission has received no objection under Article 7 of that Regulation.
(5) The amendments should therefore be registered and be published in the Official Journal of the European Union,