COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 385/2014

of 3 April 2014

entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Elbe-Saale Hopfen (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 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Germany's application to register the name ‘Elbe-Saale Hopfen’ was published in the

Official Journal of the European Union

(2).

(2) As no objection under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Elbe-Saale Hopfen’ should be entered in the register,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.

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, 3 April 2014.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Dacian CIOLOȘ

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1

(2)

OJ C 345, 26.11.2013, p. 24

ANNEX

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

Class 1.8. other products listed in Annex I to the Treaty (spices, etc.)

GERMANY

Elbe-Saale Hopfen (PGI)