6.6.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 133/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1187/2000 of 5 June 2000 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 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and food- stuffs (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/97 (%), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof, Whereas: (1)  In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Spain, France and Portugal have sent the Commission applications for the registration of certain names as designations of origin or geographical indica- tions. 2)  In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the applications have been found to meet all the require- ments laid down therein and in particular to contain all the information required in accordance with Article 4 thereof. (3)  Following publication in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Communities () of the names in the Annex to this Regulation, statements of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 208192 were sent to the Commission but were deemed to be unfounded and therefore inadmissible. The objections in question did not meet the exhaustive criteria laid down in Article 7(4) of that Regulation. (4)  The names should therefore be entered in the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications’ and hence be protected throughout the Community as protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications. (5)  The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 547/2000 (°), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The names in the Annex to this Regulation are added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as protected designations of origin (PDO) and protected geograph- ical 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 day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 June 2000. O] L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1. () O] L 156, 13.6.1997, p. 10. 0] C 228, 11.8.1999, p. 13; O] C 229, 12.8.1999, p. 3; O] C 239, 2481999, p. 2; O] C 238, 21.8.1999, p. 21 and O] C 262, 16.9.1999, p. 4. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission () O] L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11. () O] L 67, 15.3.2000, p. 8.