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4.2.2014 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
33/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 97/2014
of 3 February 2014
amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications
of spirit drinks
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(3) In
accordance
with
Article
17(7)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
110/2008, France and several French producers of rum
submitted objections to the registration of ‘Ron de
Guatemala’ as a geographical indication on the grounds
that the specifications of the product and the definition
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
of rum under Guatemalan law, which the technical file
Union,
refers to, would not be in line with the definition of rum
under category 1 of Annex II to that Regulation and with
the other requirements of that Regulation, mainly as
regards the prohibition to use flavourings, colorants
and sweeteners for the production of rum, the rules on
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European
the raw materials to be used, on the quality of the water
Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the
to be added and on the indication of the ageing in the
definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection
description, presentation or labelling of the product.
of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 17(8) thereof,
(4) The
application
for
the
registration
of
‘Ron
de
Guatemala’
includes a detailed description of the product, which is in
line with the definition of rum under category 1 of
Whereas:
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 and the
other requirements of that Regulation. This description
shows that the rules concerning production which apply
to ‘Ron de Guatemala’ are stricter than those applying to
the standard rum produced in that country.
(1)
The Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Alcoholes y
Licores, a Guatemalan body established in accordance
with Guatemalan law, applied for the registration of
‘Ron de Guatemala’ as a geographical indication in
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 in accordance
(5) The
application
for
the
registration
of
‘Ron
de
Guatemala’
with the procedure laid down in Article 17(1) of that
as a geographical indication satisfies the conditions laid
Regulation. ‘Ron de Guatemala’ is rum that is tradi
down in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008.
tionally produced in Guatemala.
The Commission considers that, according to the specifi
cations of the technical file, the product complies with
the relevant requirements of Union law.
(2) Pursuant
to
Article
17(6)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
110/2008, the main specifications of the technical file
for ‘Ron de Guatemala’ were published in the Official
(6) In
the
light
of
the
above,
the
Commission
has
considered
Journal of the European Union ( 2 ) for the purposes of the
that the grounds provided in the oppositions to the regis
objection procedure.
tration of the geographical indication ‘Ron de Guatemala’
in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008,
( 1 ) OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16.
concerning the non-fulfilment of the conditions
( 2 ) OJ C 168, 14.6.2012, p. 9.
provided in the said Regulation, are not founded.

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Official Journal of the European Union
4.2.2014
(7) The
name
‘Ron
de
Guatemala’
should
be
registered
as
a HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
geographical indication in Annex III to Regulation (EC)
No 110/2008.
Article 1
In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, in product
category ‘1. Rum’, the following entry is added:
(8) Regulation
(EC)
No
110/2008
should
therefore
be
amended accordingly.
‘Ron de Guatemala Guatemala’
Article 2
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Spirit Drinks,
Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 February 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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