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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-2400/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/1996/2400",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 of 17 December 1996 on the entry of certain names in the ‘Register of protected designation 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 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-2400",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96\nof 17 December 1996\non the entry of certain names in the ‘Register of protected designation 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\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, and in particular Article 6 (3) and (4) thereof,\nWhereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Member States have forwarded to the Commission applications for the registration of certain names as geographical indications or designations of origin;\nWhereas the applications have been found, in accordance with Article 6 (1) of that Regulation, to comply with the Regulation, most notably in that they include all the particulars provided for in Article 4 of the Regulation;\nWhereas no declaration of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of the Regulation has been forwarded to the Commission as a result of the publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities of the names in question;\nWhereas, as a result, those names may be entered in the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications’ and therefore be protected throughout the Community as geographical indications or designations of origin,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 208, 24. 7. 1992, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No C 130, 3. 5. 1996, p. 7, 9 and 10."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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