COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/318

of 6 February 2023

approving Union amendment to the specification for a Protected Designation of Origin or a Protected Geographical Indication (‘Almansa’ (PDO))

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 of 17 October 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, the objection procedure, restrictions of use, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of protection, and labelling and presentation (1), and in particular Article 15(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Commission has examined the application for the approval of Union amendment to the product specification for the Protected Designation of Origin ‘Almansa’, forwarded by Spain in accordance with Article 97(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 105(3) of that Regulation.

(2) The Commission has published the application for the approval of the Union amendment to the product specification in the

Official Journal of the European Union

(3), as required by Article 97(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 105(3) of that Regulation.

(3) No reasoned statement of objection has been received by the Commission under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

(4) The Union amendment to the product specification should therefore be approved in accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amendment to the product specification published in the

Official Journal of the European Union

regarding the name ‘Almansa’ (PDO) is hereby approved.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 6 February 2023.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2

(2) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671

(3)

OJ C 369, 27.9.2022, p. 7