L 64/16 Official Journal of the European Union 2.3.2004 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 383/2004 of 1 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 as regards the summary of the main points of the product specifications THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (7)  Applications for registration pursuant to Article 17 of 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 (*), and in particular Article 16 thereof, Whereas: (1) According to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, a product or foodstuff must comply with a specification in order to be eligible to use a protected designation of origin (PDO) or a protected geographical indication (PGI). The specification is submitted to the Commission. (2)  Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 requires the Commission, if it concludes that the name qualifies for protection, to publish in the Official Journal of the European Union the name and address of the applicant, the name of the product, the main points of the applica- tion, the references to national provisions governing the preparation, production or manufacture of the product and, if necessary, the grounds for its conclusions, to enable any objections to be raised. (3)  That procedure also applies to requests for the amend- ment of a specification pursuant to Article 9 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2081/92. (4)  To ensure the transparency of the requirements in the specifications for names listed in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geogra- phical indications set up in accordance with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, a summary of the main points of each specification as provided for in Article 4(2) of that Regulation should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. (5)  The summary is to be used for applications for registra- tion pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/ 92. (6)  The summary should be updated each time an amend- ment of a specification is adopted pursuant to Article 9 of the Regulation and each update should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. () OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- Jation (EC) No 806/2003 (O] L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1). Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 are examined by the Committee provided for in Article 15 of that Regulation on the basis of these same data. These summaries should be published by stages in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Union. To that end, the Member States should ensure that they comply with the specimen summary and, where necessary, transmit duly drawn up summa- ries to the Commission. (8) A single standard form should be laid down for the presentation of summaries of specifications for designa- tions of origin and geographical indications for publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Union. (99 The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Regulatory Committee on the Protection of Geographical Indica- tions and Designations of Origin for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 For each designation of origin and geographical indication within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, a summary shall be drawn up in accordance with the form in Annex [ to this Regulation. The summary shall include the main points of the specification in accordance with Article 4(2) of that Regulation. Point 3 of the summary shall indicate the type of product in accordance with the classification in Annex II. All the main requirements for production and marketing, including operations that are required to take place in the geographical area concerned, shall be clearly indicated, prefer- ably in point 4.5 of the summary (Method of production), Atticle 2 The Member States shall ensure that a summary as provided for in Article 1 is duly drawn up and transmitted to the Commission — with each application for registration of a protected desig- nation of origin or a protected geographical indication, — with each request for amendment of the specification for an already registered designation of origin or geographical indication, where the proposed amendment would involve amending the summary,