Commission Regulation (EC) No 1778/2001 of 7 September 2001 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 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 (Text with EEA relevance)

• Coming into Force: 08 September 2001
• End of Effective Date: 31 December 9999
• Celex Number: 32001R1778
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2001/1778/oj
• Published date: 08 September 2001
• Date: 07 September 2001
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 240, 08 September 2001

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1778/2001 of 7 September 2001 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 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 (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 240 , 08/09/2001 P. 0006 - 0007

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1778/2001

of 7 September 2001

supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 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

(Text with EEA relevance)

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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2796/2000(2), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Additional information was requested concerning a name notified by the Italian Government under Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 in order to ensure that it complies with Articles 2 and 4 of that Regulation.

(2) After considering that additional information, the Commission twice submitted the application for registration to the Scientific Committee for Designations of Origin, Geographical Indications and Certificates of Specific Character, which issued a favourable opinion on registration of the name on both occasions.

(3) The raw material used in the product in question comes from pigs which belong to the category of Italian heavy pigs. They are raised in the production area and are given a particular type of feed based on local cereals and the by-products of local cheesemaking. Since the name is a traditional name in accordance with Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the traditional production area must be accepted regardless of its size. It can therefore be asserted that the name in question refers to an agricultural product originating in a specific region and that its quality or characteristics are essentially due to a geographical environment with its inherent natural and human factors, as laid down in Article 2(3) and the second indent of Article 2(2)(a) of the above Regulation.

(4) The name covered by...