COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1246/2011

of 29 November 2011

entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Mantecados de Estepa (PGI))

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 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Spain’s application to register the name ‘Mantecados de Estepa’ was published in the

Official Journal of the European Union

(2).

(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name 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 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, 29 November 2011.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Dacian CIOLOȘ

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12

(2)

OJ C 32, 1.2.2011, p. 22

ANNEX

Foodstuffs listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 510/2006:

Class 2.4.

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

SPAIN

Mantecados de Estepa (PGI)