Date: 2022-05-31Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/842 of 24 May 2022 conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Abadía Retuerta’ (PDO)
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
**Policy Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/842 of 24 May 2022 protects the name "Abada Retuerta" as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. This regulation follows the examination of Spain's application, its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, and the absence of any objections. The name "Abada Retuerta PDO" is now entered into the register as per Article 104 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. The regulation, adopted by the European Commission, entered into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Key Entities Referenced
Abada Retuerta PDO: The Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) name being protected by the regulation. It refers to a specific agricultural product.
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/842: The specific regulation being implemented, conferring protection on the name Abada Retuerta.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union responsible for implementing regulations.
Spain: The member state that forwarded the application to register the name Abada Retuerta.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: The treaty that forms the constitutional basis of the European Union.
Janusz Wojciechowski: Member of the European Commission, representing the Commission in the document.
L 148/22 EN Official Journal of the European Union 31.5.2022
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/842
of 24 May 2022
conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament
and of the Council on the name ‘Abadía Retuerta’ (PDO)
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 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 97(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the Commission has examined the
application to register the name ‘Abadía Retuerta’ forwarded by Spain and has published it in the Official Journal of
the European Union(2).
(2) No statement of objection has been received by the Commission under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
(3) In accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the name ‘Abadía Retuerta’ should be protected
and entered in the register referred to in Article 104 of that Regulation.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common
Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The name ‘Abadía Retuerta’ (PDO) is hereby protected.
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, 24 May 2022.
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 505, 15.12.2021, p. 8.