COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 560/2013
of 14 June 2013
approving a minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish (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 the second sentence of Article 53(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined the United Kingdom’s application for the approval of an amendment to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 986/2009 (2).
(2)
The application concerns an amendment to the method of production in order to provide flexibility in the sourcing of the raw materials to now include fillets as well as fresh whole fish.
(3)
The Commission has examined the amendment in question and decided that it is justified. Since this concerns a minor amendment, in accordance with Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission may adopt it without using the procedure set out in Articles 50 and 52 of that Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The amendment to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish’ in Annex I to this Regulation is approved.
Article 2
The consolidated single document setting out the main points of the specification is set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
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, 14 June 2013.