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Document 32008R0938

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 938/2008 of 24 September 2008 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Roquefort (PDO))

    OJ L 257, 25.9.2008, p. 10–11 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    ⏵This document has been published in a special edition(s) (HR)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/938/oj

    25.9.2008   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 257/10

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 938/2008

    of 24 September 2008

    approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Roquefort (PDO))

    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1), and in application of Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined France’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification of the protected designation of origin ‘Roquefort’ registered on the basis of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).

    (2)

    Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation (3). As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 24 September 2008.

    For the Commission

    Mariann FISCHER BOEL

    Member of the Commission

    (1)   OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

    (2)   OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1.

    (3)   OJ C 298, 11.12.2007, p. 28.

    ANNEX

    Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

    Class 1.3.   Cheeses

    FRANCE

    Roquefort (PDO)

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