COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2587

of 13 November 2023

approving amendments to the product specification for a spirit drink whose name is registered as a geographical indication (‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne’)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 (1), and in particular Article 30(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Under Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787, the Commission has examined the application of France for a Union amendment to the specification for the name ‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne’ entered in the register of geographical indications for spirit drinks. The application concerns an amendment of the name ‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne’ to ‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne / Fine champenoise’.

(2) Having concluded that the application complies with Regulation (EU) 2019/787, the Commission published the amendment application in the

Official Journal of the European Union

(2), pursuant to Article 26(2) of that Regulation.

(3) As no notice of opposition under Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amendment to the specification of the geographical indication ‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne’, published in the

Official Journal of the European Union

, is hereby approved.

Article 2

This Regulation shall come 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, 13 November 2023.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 1

(2)

OJ C 273, 2.8.2023, p. 8

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2587/oj

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