The DIRECTOR GENERAL for the promotion of quality food products and horse racing Saw the Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, as amended by Regulation (EC) no 491/2009 of the Council establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products, in which it was submitted to Council Regulation (EC) no 479/2008 of the Council on the common organisation of the market in wine (Wine CMO); Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) no 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 17, 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Regulations (EEC) no 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) no 1037/2001 and (EC) no Council 1234/2007; Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) no 607/09 of the Commission concerning application of Regulation (EC) no 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products; Having regard to the Legislative Decree of April 8, 2010, # 61 concerning protection of geographical indications and designations of origin of wines, in art. 15 July 7, 2009, law # 88; Having regard to the application of the aforementioned legislative decree decrees April 8, 2010, # 61, and in particular D.M. November 7, 2012, bearing the national procedure for the submission and examination of applications for protection of PDO and PGI wines and to review the specifications in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and of Legislative Decree No 61/2010; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of October 5, 2010-published in the Official Journal No. 242 of October 15, 2010, with which it was given the designation of origin of wines «Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo "and it was approved the corresponding product specification as amended; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree of November 30, 2011, published in the official journal of the Italian Republic No. 295 of December 20, 2011 and on the Ministry's website-PDO and PGI Products Section-PDO and PGI wines, with which it was approved the product specification of the protected designation of origin of wines «Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo», as well as consolidated with the changes introduced to bring the same to prediction of the elements referred to in art. 118-c, paragraph 2, of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007; Having regard to the Ministerial Decree March 7, 2014, posted on the Ministry's website quoted, with which it was finally updated the product specification of that DOC; Having regard to the request made by the Consorzio di Tutela Vini d'Abruzzo through the Abruzzo region, aimed at getting the amendment of a specification of production of wines with a designation of origin ' Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo ", further to this Ministry in accordance with the procedure referred to in art. 6 D.M. November 7, 2012, in particular the publication in B.U.R. della Regione Abruzzo of the notice of the application in question; Given that the abovementioned change request does not involve any change to the single document summary of article. 118-c, paragraph 1, point d) of Regulation (EC) no 1234/2007 and, therefore, to examine the same request applies the simplified procedure referred to D.M. November 7, 2012, art. 10, paragraph 8, in accordance with the provisions of art. 118-q, paragraph 3, point a), of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007; Having regard to the favourable opinion of the Abruzzo region on the mentioned application; Having regard to the opinion delivered by the Committee on PDO and PGI wines cited national question at its meeting of December 11, 2014; Deemed also to have to publish on the website of the Ministry changing the specification in question, making the resulting change to the consolidated production of wine PDO Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo», as approved by the aforementioned ministerial Decree 30.11.2011, most recently updated with the Ministerial Decree of March 7, 2014, and having to communicate the change in question to the EU Commission, for updating the technical dossier forwarded to the Commission the EU pursuant to art. 118-s, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, by the system of information made available by the EU Commission, in accordance with art. 70-a, paragraph 1, letter a) of Regulation (EC) no 607/2009;
Decrees: Art. 1 1. The product specification of the protected designation of origin of wines «Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo», consolidated with the changes introduced to bring the same to prediction of the elements referred to in art. 118-c, paragraph 2, of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, as approved by the Ministerial Decree November 30, 2011 and most recently updated with the D.M. March 7, 2014 recalled in the introduction, it is edited with the text given in the annex. 2. the amendment to the specification of the PDO "consolidated Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo", referred to in paragraph 1, will be posted on the website of the Ministry-PDO and PGI Products Section-PDO and PGI wines--and communicated to the Commission the EU, for the purposes of updating the technical dossier already submitted to the EU Commission itself, pursuant to art. 118-s, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) no 1234/2007, in accordance with the procedures mentioned in the introduction. This Decree will be published in the official journal of the Italian Republic.
Rome, December 22, 2014 General Manager: Cat