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Information notice — Public consultation — Geographical indications from Croatia
Information notice — Public consultation — Geographical indications from Croatia
Information notice — Public consultation — Geographical indications from Croatia
OJ C 116, 14.4.2011, p. 12–14
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
14.4.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 116/12 |
INFORMATION NOTICE — PUBLIC CONSULTATION
Geographical indications from Croatia
2011/C 116/07
The accession negotiations between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia, including the Protection of Geographical Indications of wines, aromatised wines and spirits are underway. In this context, the protection in the European Union, as geographical indications, of the names set out below is under consideration.
Including the names requested by Croatia in the Accession Treaty can only take place after carrying out an examination and objection procedure. For these names protection will be granted on the date of accession, limited to a transitional period in which Croatia has to submit the complete files.
The Commission invites any Member State or third country or any natural or legal persons having a legitimate interest, resident or established in a Member State or in a third country, to submit objections to such protection by lodging a duly substantiated statement.
Statements of objection must reach the Commission within two months of the date of this publication. Statements of objection should be sent to the following e-mail address: AGRI-B2@ec.europa.eu
Statements of objection shall be examined only if they are received within the time limit set out above and if they show that the protection of the name proposed would:
1. |
be wholly or partially homonymous with that of a name already protected in the European Union under Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (1) establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (2) and Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks; or contained in the agreements the European Union has concluded with the one of the following countries:
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2. |
in the light of a trademark's reputation and renown and the length of time it has been used, be liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product. |
The criteria referred to above shall be evaluated in relation to the territory of the European Union, which in the case of intellectual property rights refers only to the territory or territories where the said rights are protected. The eventual protection of these names in the European Union is subject to the successful conclusion of these negotiations and subsequent legal act.
List of geographical indications for wines, aromatised wines and spirits (17)
Class of product |
Name as registered in Croatia |
Wine |
Dalmatinska zagora |
Wine |
Dingač |
Wine |
Hrvatsko primorje |
Wine |
Istočna kontinentalna Hrvatska |
Wine |
Hrvatska Istra |
Wine |
Moslavina |
Wine |
Plešivica |
Wine |
Podunavlje |
Wine |
Pokuplje |
Wine |
Prigorje-Bilogora |
Wine |
Primorska Hrvatska |
Wine |
Sjeverna Dalmacija |
Wine |
Slavonija |
Wine |
Srednja i Južna Dalmacija |
Wine |
Zagorje – Međimurje |
Wine |
Zapadna kontinentalna Hrvatska |
Aromatised wine |
Samoborski Bermet |
Spirit |
Hrvatska loza |
Spirit |
Hrvatska travarica |
Spirit |
Hrvatska stara šljivovica |
Spirit |
Slavonska šljivovica |
Spirit |
Pelinkovac |
Spirit |
Zadarski maraschino |
(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 149, 14.6.1991, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 169, 30.6.2008, p. 10.
(8) OJ L 352, 30.12.2002, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 6.
(10) OJ L 152, 11.6.1997, p. 15.
(11) OJ L 345, 28.12.2007, p. 1.
(12) OJ L 28, 30.1.2010, p. 1.
(13) OJ L 28, 30.1.2002, p. 3.
(14) OJ L 28, 30.1.2002, p. 112.
(15) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.
(16) OJ L 87, 24.3.2006, p. 1.
(17) List as provided for by the Authorities of the Republic of Croatia. Based on the Ordinance on wine GIs published in OG 141/10 and OG 31/11, on aromatised wines in OG 14/11 and spirits in OG 61/09 and 141/09.