Commission Regulation (EC) No 2396/97 of 2 December 1997 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the 'Register of protected designations 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

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2396/97 of 2 December 1997 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the 'Register of protected designations 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
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/97 (2), and in particular Article 6 (3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the Member States have sent 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 that Regulation, in particular because they contain all the particulars provided for in Article 4 thereof;
Whereas no declaration of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of that Regulation has been forwarded to the Commission following the publication of the name set out in the Annex hereto in the Official Journal of the European Communities (3);
Whereas that name should accordingly be entered in the 'Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications` and should therefore be protected throughout the Community as a geographical indication,