Date: 2023-10-31Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2439 of 24 October 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Huître de Normandie (PGI))
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
**Policy Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2439, dated 24 October 2023, officially registers "Huître de Normandie" as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). This regulation, enacted by the European Commission, follows Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 concerning quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs. The application for registration, submitted by France, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ C 239, 6.7.2023, p. 84). As no objections were received during the stipulated period, the Commission has approved the inclusion of "Huître de Normandie" in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications. The product falls under Class 1.7, encompassing fresh fish, molluscs, crustaceans, and derived products, as defined in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014. This regulation came into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. The regulation was signed on behalf of the President of the Commission by Janusz Wojciechowski, Member of the Commission.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: The political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION EU 2023/2439: A European Union regulation entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications.
Hutre de Normandie PGI: A protected geographical indication (PGI) for oysters from Normandy, France.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: The treaty that forms the constitutional basis of the European Union.
Regulation EU No 1151/2012: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
France: The country that applied to register the name Hutre de Normandie.
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI: Member of the European Commission.
Brussels: City where the regulation was adopted.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2439 31.10.2023
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2439
of 24 October 2023
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical
indications (‘Huître de Normandie’ (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 2012on
quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, France’s application to register the name ‘Huître de
Normandie’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union(2).
(2) As no reasoned statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the
Commission, the name ‘Huître de Normandie’ should therefore be entered in the register,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The name ‘Huître de Normandie’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical indications.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.7. Fresh fish, molluscs and crustaceans and products
derived therefrom, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014(3).
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 October 2023.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 239, 6.7.2023, p. 84.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU)
No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179,
19.6.2014, p. 36).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2439/oj 1/1