COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1164/2013

of 7 November 2013

entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Waterford Blaa/Blaa (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, Ireland’s application to register the name ‘Waterford Blaa’/‘Blaa’ was published in the

Official Journal of the European Union

(2).

(2) As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Waterford Blaa’/‘Blaa’ should therefore 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, 7 November 2013.

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 134, 14.5.2013, p. 49

ANNEX

Agricultural products and foodstuffs listed in Annex I(I) to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012:

Class 2.4.

Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker’s wares

IRELAND

Waterford Blaa/Blaa (PGI)