Commission Decision

of 19 April 2010

rejecting a list of applications for entry in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006

(notified under document C(2010) 2385)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2010/225/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs [1], and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In 1994, Germany notified to the Commission a large number of applications for registration concerning mineral waters pursuant to Article 17(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 [2], 108 of which are still pending.

(2) In the case of the 31 names listed in Annex I to this Decision, the name proposed for registration is not included in the list of natural mineral waters recognized by Member States [3] in accordance with Article 1 of Directive 2009/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters [4]. As a consequence, these names cannot be considered to be recognized in the internal market as marketable mineral waters and should accordingly not be registered.

(3) In the case of the 7 names listed in Annex II to this Decision, only the name and no further information has been submitted, thus preventing the Commission to perform the scrutiny required pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 in order to assess whether these names meet the conditions for registration. Therefore, these names should not be registered.

(4) In the case of the 70 names included in the Annex III to this Decision, the Commission asked the German authorities, by a letter on 20 July 2004, to provide additional information, in particular on details of control bodies, willingness of producers to cover inspection costs and structures guaranteeing the marketing of the water under a single name. On 15 May 2006 and again on 22 May 2007 the European Commission asked the German authorities to either reply to the letter of 20 July 2004 or to withdraw the pending applications, and informed them that otherwise the European Commission would consider a rejection of these applications. As no additional information has been provided, these names should not be registered.

(5) In the light of the above, the applications for registration of the designations listed in the Annexes to this Decision should be rejected.

(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Protected Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of Origin,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The applications for registration of the designations listed in the Annexes to this Decision are rejected.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 19 April 2010.

For the Commission

Dacian Ciolo?

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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ANNEX I

Natural mineral waters and spring waters

GERMANY

Bad Kissinger Theresienquelle

Bad Liebenwerda Stille Urquelle

Bad Rappenauer Mineralquelle

Bad Vilbeler Elisabethen Stille Quelle

Deutschlandsprudel

Elfen-Quelle Dortelweil

Geotaler

Gold der Oberpfalz

Hessen-Quelle

Hessen-Quelle Stilles Mineralwasser Bad Vilbel

Hochwald Stille Quelle

Ileburger Schlossbrunnen

K?llertaler Sprudel, K?llertaler Still (Alexander-Quelle)

Kondrauer Mineralsprudel Heilwasser Prinz-Ludwig-Quelle

Mariahilfberger

Mühlenquelle L?hne

Osning-Quelle Bielefeld-Brackwede

Peterstaler Mineralwasser

Reinbecker Schlossquelle

Rippoldsauer Mineralwasser

Romina-Medium Rommelsbach

Romina-Stilles Rommelsbach

Rommelsbacher Silberbrunnen

Rosbacher Brunnen

Rosbacher Diana Quelle

Silberquelle H?xter-Bruchhausen

Taunusquelle

T?nissteiner R?merfüllung

Urstein-Quelle Riesa a.d. Elbe

Walsumer Quelle

Wiesentaler Stilles Mineralwasser

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ANNEX II

Natural mineral waters and spring waters

GERMANY

Dauner Still

Falkenbergquelle

Rosbacher Urquelle

Stiftsquelle Essen

Kondrauer Stilles Mineralwasser Antonien-Quelle

Kondrauer Mineral-Sprudel Gerwig-Quelle

Urstein Quelle Bad Windsheim CASCADA

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ANNEX III

Natural mineral waters and spring waters

GERMANY

Arienheller

Bad Liebenwerdaer

Bad Nieratz-Quelle

Bad Vilbeler Hermanns Quelle

Bad Vilbeler Urquelle

Breisgauer Mineralwasser

Buchhorn Quelle

Diemeltaler Quelle

Dietenbronner Lazarus-Quelle

Dunaris, Heilwasser aus der Dunaris-Quelle

Eifel-Quelle

Emsland-Quelle

Emstaler Brunnen

Extaler-Mineralquell

Eyachtal-Quellen

Freyersbacher Mineralwasser

Fuldataler Mineralbrunnen

Fürstenfelder Prinzenquelle

G?nsefurther Schlossquelle

Germeta-Quelle

Griesbacher Mineralquelle

Harzer Berg-Brunnen

Harzer Grauhof Brunnen

Harzer Kristall Brunnen

Harzer Viktoria Brunnen

Harzer Weinbrunnen

Hochwald-Sprudel

Knetzgauer Steigerwald Naturbrunnen

Kondrauer Mineralsprudel Bayern-Quelle

Labertaler Sebastiani-Brunnen

Labertaler Stephanie Brunnen

Lauchst?dter Heilbrunnen

Lesumer Urquelle

Lüttertaler Mineralbrunnen

Markgrafen Quelle

Markgr?fler Mineralwasser

M?rkisch Kristall vormals Private Quelle Grüneberg II

Neuselters Mineralquelle

Oberharzer Brunnen

Oberselters Mineralbrunnen

Okertaler Mineralbrunnen

Peterstaler Mineralquelle

Pf?lzer Silberbrunnen

Q3 Mineralquelle

Rangau-Quelle

Rheinfels Quelle

Rheinfels Urquell

Rh?nsprudel

Rippoldsauer Mineralquelle

Rohrauer Friedrichsquelle

Roisdorfer Mineralwasser

Salinger Bronnen

Schildetaler Mineralquell (Schildetaler Dodow)

Schillerbrunnen Bad Lauchst?dt

Schwarzwald Quirliquelle

Schwarzwald-Sprudel

Sodenthaler Mineralbrunnen

St. Medardus Quelle

Staatlich Fachingen

Steigerwald-Mineralbrunnen

Stralsunder

T?nissteiner Sprudel

Ulmtal-Quelle

Vilsa-Brunnen

Vinsebecker S?uerling

Wald-Quelle Kirkel

Westfalenborn

Wiesentaler Mineralwasser

Wittmannsthal-Quelle

Zwestener L?wensprudel

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