COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 916/2010

of 12 October 2010

approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Fourme d’Ambert/fourme de Montbrison (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 first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 and in accordance with Article 17(2) thereof, the Commission has examined France’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Fourme d’Ambert/fourme de Montbrison’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96(2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1263/96(3).

(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

(4), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been notified 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 contained 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, 12 October 2010.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1)

OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12

(2)

OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1

(3)

OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 19

(4)

OJ C 27, 3.2.2010, p. 8

ANNEX

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

Class 1.3.

Cheeses

FRANCE

Fourme d’Ambert (PDO)