COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2298

of 18 October 2023

approving a Union amendment to the specification for a Protected Designation of Origin ‘La Mancha’

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 99(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Commission has examined the application for the approval of a Union amendment to the product specification for the Protected Designation of Origin ‘La Mancha’, forwarded by Spain in accordance with Article 97(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in conjunction with Article 105(3), first subparagraph, of that Regulation.

(2) The Commission has published the application for the approval of the Union amendment to the product specification in the

Official Journal of the European Union

(2), as required by Article 97(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in conjunction with Article 105(3), first subparagraph, of that Regulation.

(3) No reasoned statement of objection has been received by the Commission under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

(4) The Union amendment to the product specification should therefore be approved in accordance with Article 99(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Union amendment to the product specification published in the

Official Journal of the European Union

regarding the name ‘La Mancha’ (PDO) is hereby approved.

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, 18 October 2023.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671

(2)

OJ C 215, 19.6.2023, p. 32

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2298/oj

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