{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-623/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/623",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/623 of 30 April 2020 approving amendments to the specification for a spirit drink whose name is registered as a geographical indication (Ratafia de Champagne)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-623",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/623\nof 30 April 2020\napproving amendments to the specification for a spirit drink whose name is registered as a geographical indication\n(Ratafia de Champagne)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, and in particular Article 30(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nPursuant to Article 21 in conjunction with Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Commission has examined France’s application of 5 July 2018 for the approval of amendments to the technical file for the geographical indication ‘Ratafia de Champagne’, protected under Regulation (EC) No 110/2008. This application includes changing the name ‘Ratafia de Champagne’ to ‘Ratafia champenois’.\n(2)\nRegulation (EU) 2019/787, which replaces Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, entered into force on 25 May 2019. Under Article 49(1) thereof, Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 on geographical indications is repealed with effect from 8 June 2019. Under Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787, technical files submitted as part of any application before 8 June 2019 under Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 shall be deemed to be product specifications.\n(3)\nAfter concluding that the application complied with Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union as required by Article 17(6) of that Regulation, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 50(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787.\n(4)\nAs no notice of opposition under Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved pursuant to Article 30(2) of that Regulation, which applies mutatis mutandis to product specification amendments,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 (OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ C 431, 23.12.2019, p. 31."
    }
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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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