Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, France's application to register the name ‘Saucisson de Lacaune’/‘Saucisse de Lacaune’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union .

As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Saucisson de Lacaune’/‘Saucisse de Lacaune’ should therefore be entered in the register.

By letter received on 27 February 2014, the French authorities notified the Commission that the companies SARL René Pujol, 11 avenue de Lattre de Tassigny, BP 52 81230 Lacaune, La Lacaunaise Escande Pistre & Cie, 7, boulevard Jean-Jaurès, 81230 Lacaune, and Maison Nègre, Charcuterie Lacaunaise, 6 avenue de Naurois, 81230 Lacaune, which are established on their territory, had been legally marketing the product sold under the name ‘Saucisson de Lacaune’/‘Saucisse de Lacaune’, using this name continuously for more than five years, and that this point had been raised during the national opposition procedure.

Since the companies SARL René Pujol, La Lacaunaise Escande Pistre & Cie, and Maison Nègre referred to in recital 3 above meet the requirements laid down in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 for the granting of a transitional period in which to make legal use of the sales name after registration, they should be granted a transitional period of five years starting from the date on which the application for registration was lodged with the Commission, during which time they may make use of the name ‘Saucisson de Lacaune’/‘Saucisse de Lacaune’.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Agricultural Product Quality Policy Committee,