L110/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 28.4.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 872/1999 of 27 April 1999 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 designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indica- tions and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1068/97 (3), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof, (1) Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 2081/92, the United Kingdom has sent the Commission an application for the regis- tration of a name as a designation of origin; (2)  Whereas, in accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the application has been found to meet all the requirements laid down therein and in particular to contain all the information required pursuant to Article 4 thereof; (3)  Whereas no statement of objection has been received by the Commission pursuant to Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of the name in Annex I hereto following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities (°); (4 Whereas, as regards the demarcation of the geographical area provided for in Article 4(2)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the Member State has stated that the demarcation of the area in the specifications must correspond exactly to that indi- cated in the geographical map forwarded; whereas, while the demarcation of the roads is correct, the county of Somerset needs to be added so that the demarcation tallies fully with the geographical map; whereas this information needs to be speci- () OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1. @) O] L 156, 13.6.1997, p. 10. () OJ C 265, 22.8.1998, p. 31. tied accordingly and for the sake of clarity; whereas it is included in the main points of the specifica- tions; (5) Whereas the name should therefore be entered in the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications’ and hence be protected throughout the Community as a protected designation of origin; (6)  Whereas the Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 378/1999 (°), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The name in Annex I hereto is added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as a protected geographical indication (PGI) in the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indica- tions’ provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. The main points of the specifications are set out in Annex II. This information replaces that published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 265 of 22 August 1998, page 31. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. () OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11. () OJ L 46, 20.2.1999, p. 13.