LegalizeCommission Regulation (EU) No 588/2010 of 5 July 2010 approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Soprèssa Vicentina (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 second sentence of Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) and in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for approval of an amendment to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Soprèssa Vicentina’, registered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 492/2003 (3).
(2) The proposed amendment to the specification concerns the marking of the pigs used as the raw material.
(3) The Commission has examined the amendment in question and decided that it is justified. Since the amendment is a minor one within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission can approve it without recourse to the procedure laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the said Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Soprèssa Vicentina’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
The updated Single Document is set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
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, 5 July 2010.
For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO
(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.
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