Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/138 of 16 January 2017 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Raclette de Savoie (PGI))

The name ‘Raclette de Savoie’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register. The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.3 Cheeses, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 .

The protection provided under Article 1 is without prejudice to the transitional period granted by France pursuant to the Order of 29 October 2015 concerning the approval of the specification for the name ‘Raclette de Savoie’, published on 7 November 2015 in the Official Journal of the French Republic under Article 15(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, in favour of operators meeting the conditions of that Article.

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