COMMISSION REGULATION

(EC) No 986/2009

of 21 October 2009

entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish (PGI))

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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) and to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the United Kingdom’s application to register the name ‘Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish’ 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, 21 October 2009.

For the Commission

Mariann

FISCHER BOEL

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12

(2)

OJ C 49, 28.2.2009, p. 9

ANNEX

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

Class 1.7.

Fresh fish, molluscs and crustaceans and products derived therefrom

UNITED KINGDOM

Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish (PGI)