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Official Journal of the European Union
26.7.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 25 July 2011
rejecting two applications for entry in the register of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 (Eilenburger
Sachsenquelle (PDO)), (Eilenburger Sanusquelle (PDO))
(notified under document C(2011) 5251)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2011/462/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(2)
In the light of the above, the two applications for regis
tration of the designations listed in the Annex to this
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Decision should be rejected.
Union,
(3) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
comply
with
the opinion of the Standing Committee on Protected
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of
Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of
20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications
Origin,
and designations of origin for agricultural products and
foodstuffs ( 1 ), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 6(2) thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Whereas:
The applications for registration of the designations listed in the
Annex to this Decision are rejected.
(1) On
5
November
1999,
Germany
notified
to
the
Commission two applications for registration under
Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (
Article 2

2 )
concerning the two names of mineral waters listed in
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
the Annex. However, these names are not included in
the list of natural mineral waters recognised by
Member States ( 3 ) in accordance with Article 1 of
Directive 2009/54/EC of the European Parliament and
Done at Brussels, 25 July 2011.
of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the exploitation
and marketing of natural mineral waters
( 4 ).
For the Commission
Consequently, as these names cannot be recognised in
the internal market as marketable mineral waters, they
Dacian CIOLO
should not be registered.
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.
( 2 ) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ C 54, 7.3.2009, p. 7.
( 4 ) OJ L 164, 26.6.2009, p. 45.

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26.7.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
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ANNEX
Natural mineral waters and spring waters
GERMANY
Eilenburger Sachsenquelle
Eilenburger Sanusquelle

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