Commission Regulation (EC) No 1345/2004 of 22 July 2004 amending the specification of a name appearing in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin (Scotch Lamb)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1345/2004of 22 July 2004amending the specification of a name appearing in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin (Scotch Lamb)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 foodstuffsOJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1)., and in particular Article 9 thereof,Whereas:(1)Under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the United Kingdom authorities have requested amendments to the description and the method of production of "Scotch Lamb", registered as a protected designation of origin by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 526/2004 (OJ L 85, 23.3.2004, p. 3)..(2)Following examination of this request for amendment, it has been decided that the amendments concerned are not minor.(3)In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 and since the amendments are not minor, the Article 6 procedure applies mutatis mutandis.(4)It has been decided that the amendments in this case comply with Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. No statement of objection, within the meaning of Article 7 of the Regulation, has been sent to the Commission following the publication in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 99, 25.4.2003, p. 3 (Scotch Lamb). of the above amendments.(5)Consequently, these amendments must be registered and published in the Official Journal of the European Union,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: