The protection provided under Article 1 is subject to the transitional period granted by France under Article 15(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 to operators meeting the conditions laid down in that Article, pursuant to the Order of 22 November 2018 on amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘ Pouligny-St-Pierre ’ published on 8 December 2018 in the Official Journal of the French Republic.