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Publication of Application for PGI for “Certified Irish Angus Beef"
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National Opposition procedure for an application for a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) for Certified Irish Angus Beef in accordance with Council 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
A protected Geographical Indication is the name given to a product which must be produced or processed or prepared in the geographical area and where a specific quality reputation or other characteristics are attributable to that area.
An application for a PGI was received from the Certified Irish Angus Producer Group for “Certified Irish Angus Beef”. The geographical area covered by the application is the island of Ireland.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), as the national Competent Authority, and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Competent Authority for Northern Ireland, are now launching the national opposition procedures required by the relevant EU Regulation for the PGI application for “Certified Irish Angus Beef”.
In compliance with Article 49 of the Regulation (EU) No. 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, once an application for registration of a product has been completed and submitted to the relevant authorities, a national opposition procedure must take place. The procedure provides for any natural or legal person in the country where the application is made, having a legitimate interest, to lodge an opposition to the application to the relevant authority in that country. Any objections must be admissible. The criterion for admissible objections is specified under Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.
The Regulation can be found here .
The documents (single document and product specification document) describing the product specification can be found here.
Any opposition from Ireland must be made to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine by 5:30pm 24 January 2024 to the following email address:
Late submissions will not be accepted. If you do not receive an acknowledgement please contact 00 353 (1) 607 2489.
Any opposition from Northern Ireland must be made to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by close of business 24 January 2024 to the following email address:
If after assessment of any opposition received, the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine as the Competent Authority for Ireland and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as the Competent Authority for Northern Ireland, consider that the requirements of Regulation (EU) 1151/2012 are met, a favourable decision may be taken, and the applications can be lodged with the EU Commission. This decision will be made public. Any natural or legal person may appeal to the address given above.
EU Regulation 1151/2012 seeks to enhance Europe’s quality policy for agricultural products by increasing the coherence of various quality schemes. It includes measures to support agricultural and processing activities as well as the farming systems associated with high-quality products, in line with EU rural development policy objectives. It ensures that only products genuinely originating in a particular region are allowed to be identified as such in commerce and eliminates unfair competition and misleading of consumers by non-genuine products, which may be of inferior quality.
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