COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 482/2012
of 7 June 2012
approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Tettnanger Hopfen (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)
In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Germany’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Tettnanger Hopfen’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2010 (2).
(2)
The aim of the application is to amend the specification. New trellis systems shall be authorised for economic reasons. The pruning period shall be adjusted to allow growers to better adjust to less and less favourable weather conditions. The use of herbicides with the new trellis systems shall be authorised to increase the water available to hop plants. The maximum drying temperature shall be raised to 65 °C as a result of new scientific information.
(3)
The Commission has examined the amendment in question and decided that it is justified. Since the amendment is a minor one within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission can approve it without recourse to the procedure laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the said Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Tettnanger Hopfen’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
Annex II to this Regulation contains the Single Document setting out the main points of the specification.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 7 June 2012.