Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1050/2011 of 20 October 2011 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Darjeeling (PGI))

The designation contained in Annex I to this Regulation shall be entered in the register.

Registration is subject to a 5-year transitional period during which names including ‘Darjeeling’ may be used on products produced not in conformity with the specification, in so far as these products have been legally marketed for at least 5 years prior to 14 October 2009, and provided that the Union’s legal order, in particular with respect to misleading of consumers to a material degree pursuant to Article 2 of Directive 2000/13/EC, is respected.

The updated Single Document is contained in Annex II to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.