L 130/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 26.5.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1070/1999 of 25 May 1999 amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 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 indica- tions and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs ('), as last amended by Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1068/97 (%), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof, (1)  Whereas the name ®¢to (Feta) notified by the Greek Government pursuant to Article 17 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2081/92 was registered as a protected designation of origin by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 590/1999 (%) (2) Whereas, as a result of the Court of Judgement ruling of 16 March 1999, this Regulation has been annulled in so far as it registers ®éto (Feta) as a protected designation of origin; whereas, as a result, the name in question is deleted from the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and geograph- ical indications’ and the Annex thereto, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1.  The name ®éto (Feta) is deleted from the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and geographical indi- cations’. 2. In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 under the headings ‘Cheeses’ and ‘Greece’ in Part A, ‘Products listed in Annex II to the EC Treaty, intended for human consumption’, the name ‘Oéto (Feta) (PDO) is deleted. 3. In accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the name ®éto (Feta) remains protected at national level until such time as a decision is taken in this regard. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication 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, 25 May 1999. () OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1. () OJ L 156, 13.6.1997, p. 10. () OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1. () OJ L 74, 19.3.1999, p. 8. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission