L 39/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.2.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 245/2002 of 8 February 2002 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designa- tions of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tion following their publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities (%). Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (4 The names should therefore be entered in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geograph- Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 ical indications and hence be protected throughout the ]uly 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and Community as protected designations of origin or designations of origin for agricultural products and food- protected geographical indications. stuffs (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No ) ] 2796/2000 (), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof, () The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (¥, as last Whereas: amended by Regulation (EC) No 2601/01 (%), (1) Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Spain has sent the Commission an application for the registra- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: tion of the name ‘Khaki Ribera del Xaquer as a designa- tion of origin and Italy has sent the Commission two Article 1 applications for the registration of the names ‘Asparago bianco di Cimadolmo’ and ‘Ciliegia di Marostica’ as The names in the Annex hereto are added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as protected designa- geographical indications. tions of origin (PDO) or protected geographical indications 2)  In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the (PG]) in the Register of protected designations of origin and applications have been found to meet all the require- protected geographical indications provided for in Article 6(3) ments laid down therein and in particular to contain all of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. the information required in accordance with Article 4 thereof. Article 2 (3)  No statements of objection have been received by the This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day Commission under Article 7 of that Regulation in following its publication in the Official Journal of the European respect of the names given in the Annex to this Regula- Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 February 2002. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission () OJ C 113, 18.4.2001, p. 7 (Khaki Ribera del Xdquer). O] C 125, 26.4.2001, p. 2 (Asparago bianco di Cimadolmo). O] C 113, 18.4.2001, p. 5 (Ciliegia di Marostica). OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11. o] L () O] L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1. ) 0J 345, 29.12.2001, p. 47. () O] L 324, 21.12.2000, p. 26. 0)