Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 23/3/2022 - Sección Legislación
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Sección Legislación
EN
23.3.2022
Official Journal of the European Union
L 94/1
II
Non-legislative acts
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION EU 2022/462
of 16 March 2022
granting a transitional period for use of the protected geographical indication
Loukaniko Pitsilias PGI
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation EU No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs 1, and in particular Article 151 thereof, Whereas:
1
By letter of 15 September 2017, the authorities of Cyprus proposed to the Commission to grant a transitional period for the use of the name Loukaniko Pitsilias to the company .. Grigoriou B.E.
Ltd, which during the national objection procedure proved that it had lawfully marketed the product under a name identical to the registered name for more than five years. The Cypriot authorities pointed out that this company is a member of the Cyprus Meat Products Association, which lodged an admissible objection at national level against the application for registration of the name Loukaniko Pitsilias, which was rejected by the competent authority. Considering that this company met the conditions laid down in Article 151 of Regulation EU No 1151/2012, the Cypriot authorities proposed to the European Commission to grant it a transitional period.
2
By means of Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/154 2, the Commission entered the name Loukaniko Pitsilias PGI in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, without granting the .. Grigoriou B.E. Ltd the transitional period provided for in Article 151 as proposed by the Cypriot authorities. Implementing Regulation EU 2021/154
entered into force on 2 March 2021.
3
By letter of 1 March 2021, the Cypriot authorities reminded the Commission of the proposal for a transitional period included in the letter of 15 September 2017.
4
By letter of 4 May 2021, the Commission replied, asking the Cypriot authorities to specify and justify the length of the requested transitional period.
5
By letter of 28 September 2021, the Cypriot authorities indicated that they considered a transitional period of five years to be appropriate. The company .. Grigoriou B.E. Ltd had been lawfully marketing a product with the same name as the name registered by Implementing Regulation EU 2021/154 for a continuous period of over 10 years before the protected geographical indication was registered. Granting the proposed transitional period would allow the company to adapt and restructure its operating cycle in light of the new situation.
1 OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.
2 Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/154 of 3 February 2021 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications Loukaniko Pitsilias PGI OJ L 46, 10.2.2021, p. 4.
