Introductory text

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 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs^f1, and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed^f2.

Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, Hungary’s application to register the name ‘Tepertős pogácsa’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union ^f3.

Germany and Austria notified statements of objection to the Commission in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006. In accordance with paragraph 3 of that Article, the Commission examined the statements of objection and found them to be admissible.

Hungary has indicated that agreement has been reached with Germany and Austria.

As regards Germany, that agreement has resulted in the registration application being amended by deleting the references to the required flour quality parameters (BL55 and BL80).

For its part, Austria has accepted Hungary’s confirmation that the purpose of the registration application is to protect only the Hungarian name ‘Tepertős pogácsa’ as a traditional speciality guaranteed and that the application to register the Hungarian name ‘Tepertős pogácsa’ has no detrimental effect on products bearing the name ‘Grammelpogatsche’ and will not compromise the manufacture of the product marketed under the name ‘Grammelpogatsche’.

In the light of this information, the name ‘Tepertős pogácsa’ should be entered in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed and the specification should therefore be updated and published,

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