Commission Regulation (EC) No 492/2003 of 18 March 2003 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the "Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications" provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Soprèssa Vicentina, Asparago verde di Altedo, Pêra Rocha do Oeste)

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 492/2003
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The names in the Annex hereto are added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as protected designations of origin (PDO) or protected geographical indications (PGI) in the "Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications" provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 March 2003.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 324, 21.12.2000, p. 26.

(3) OJ C 114, 15.5.2002, p. 16 (Soprèssa Vicentina);

OJ C 114, 15.5.2002, p. 6 (Asparago verde di Altedo);

OJ C 102, 27.4.2002, p. 16 (Pêra Rocha do Oeste).

(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.

(5) OJ L 318, 22.11.2002, p. 4.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I TO THE EC TREATY, INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Meat-based products

ITALY

Soprèssa Vicentina (PDO)

Fruit, vegetables

ITALY

Asparago verde di Altedo (PGI)

PORTUGAL

Pêra Rocha do Oeste (PDO)