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(a) relate to the essential characteristics of the product;
(b) introduce essential changes to the production method; or
(c) include a change to the name, or to any part of the name of the product.
Article 53(2) requires that the scrutiny of the application shall focus on the
proposed amendment.
(e) Submission to Member State
Article 6(2) of the Draft Delegated Regulation provides that applications for a
minor amendment to a product specification concerning PDOs or PGIs 'shall
be submitted to the authorities of the Member State the geographical area of
the designation or indication relates to'.
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Article 6(2) of the Draft Delegated Regulation provides that 'applications for a
minor amendment of a product specification concerning TSGs shall be submit-
ted to the authorities of the Member State in which the group is established'. If
the application for a minor amendment of a product specification does not
come from the group which had submitted the application for registration of
the name or names the product specification refers to, 'the Member State shall
give that group the opportunity to make comments on the application if that
group still exists'.
(f) Application dossier
If the Member State considers that the requirements of Regulation (EU) No
1151/2012 and of the provisions adopted pursuant thereto are met, Art 6(2) of
the Draft Delegated Regulation provides that 'it may lodge a minor amend-
ment application dossier with the Commission'.
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(g) Minor amendments concerning third countries
Article 6(2) of the Draft Delegated Regulation provides that applications for a
minor amendment to a product specification concerning products originating
in third countries may be submitted 'by a group having a legitimate interest
either directly to the Commission or via the authorities of that third country'.
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(h) Contents of application for minor amendment
Article 6(2) of the Draft Delegated Regulation provides that the application for
a minor amendment shall only propose minor amendments within the meaning
of Art 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. It shall describe those minor
amendments, provide summary reasons therefor and show that the proposed
amendments are indeed to be qualified as minor according to Art 53(2) of
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. It shall compare, for each amendment, the
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