PRESIDENTIAL DECREE (P.D.) No 291 “Amentment of the provisions of P.D. 61/1993 (Conditions and procedure foe recognising appellation of origin of olive-oils – A27) as well as of P.D. 81/1993 (Conditions, terms and procedure for the determination of appellation of origin of agricultural products – A36)
THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
Having regard to:
1. The provisions of par. 5, 6 and 11 aof article 11 of the law 2040/1992 “Arrangement of issues within the competence of the Ministry of Agriculture and legal entities under the supervision there-of, as well as other provisions” (A70).
2. The provisions of article 29A of the Law 1558/1985 “Gonvernment and gonvernmental agencies” (A137), as it was modified by the provisions of article 27 of the Law 2081/1992 “Arrangement of the institution of Chambers, amendment of provisions of the Law 1712/1987 “Modernization of vocational organizations of merchants, craftsmen and other profetional groups, as well as other provisions” (A154).
3. The fact that from the provisions of the present decree no expenditure is caused at the expense of the State Budget.
4. The 470/1993 consultatory responce of the Council of State, under the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture, we decide as follows:
Article 1 Amendment of P.D. 61/1993
Article 6 of the P.D. 61/1993 is replaced as follows:
“Article 6
For the protection of appellations of origin of olive-oils, after the expiration of the six-month period provided by the Council Regulation (EEC) 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 “Concerning the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin of agricultural and food products” (L208), with reference to the procedure for the recognition of the protected geographical indications and designations of origin, the respective provisions of this regulation are applied.”
Article 2 Amendment of P.D. 81/1993
1. At the end of par 1 of article 1 of P.D. 81/1993 a section is added as follows:
“As appellations of origin are also concedered the traditional, geographical or not, appellations describing a Greek agricultural product produced in the whole country or in a specific region of it and fullfils the requirements of the case “a” of the present paragraph.”
2. Article 6 of P.D. 81/1993 is replaced as follows:
“Article 6
For the protection of appellations of origin of agricultural products, after the expiration of the six-month period provided by the Council Regulation (EEC) 2081/1992, with reference to the procedure for the recognition of the protected geographical indications and designations of origin, the respective provisions of this regulation are applied.”
To the Minister of Agriculture we assign the publication and execution of the present decree.
Athens, July 26, 1993
The President of the Democracy Konstantinos G. Karamanlis
The Minister of Agriculture Christos Koskinas