Date: 2023-03-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/690 of 22 March 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ‘Kangra tea’ (PGI)
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
**Policy Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/690, dated 22 March 2023, published in the Official Journal of the European Union L 917 on 29 March 2023, formally registers "Kangra tea" as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). This regulation follows the procedure outlined in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs. The application for registration was submitted by India and published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 474 on 14 December 2022. As no objections were received during the opposition period, the Commission has approved the registration. Kangra tea PGI falls under Class 1.8 of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty (spices, etc.), as further detailed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014. The regulation 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. The regulation was adopted on behalf of the European Commission President by Janusz Wojciechowski, Member of the Commission.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION EU 2023/690: A regulation of the European Commission entering 'Kangra tea' in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications.
Kangra tea: A product seeking Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status.
India: The country that applied to register 'Kangra tea'.
Regulation EU No 1151/2012: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI: Member of the European Commission, signing on behalf of the President.
Brussels: The location where the regulation was adopted.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU No 668/2014: 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
29.3.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 91/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/690
of 22 March 2023
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical
indications ‘Kangra tea’ (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, India’s application to register the name ‘Kangra tea’
was published in the Official Journal of the European Union(2).
(2) As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the
Commission, the name ‘Kangra tea’ should therefore be entered in the register,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The name ‘Kangra tea’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.8. Other products listed in Annex I to the Treaty
(spices, etc.), 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, 22 March 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 474, 14.12.2022, p. 55.
(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).