(21)Article 3, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 defines the group as ‘any association, irrespective of its legal form, mainly composed of producers or processors working with the same product’. The first subparagraph of Article 49(1) of the same Regulation provides that and application for registration may only be submitted by groups who work with the products with the name to be registered. In addition, Article 53(1), which defines the groups that may submit applications for amendment, has even a larger scope, requiring that an application for amendment may be submitted also by ‘a group having a legitimate interest’. The producers that submitted the application for amendment of ‘Mozzarella’ TSG directly work with the product, as confirmed by fully certified production. In the light of the foregoing, the criteria set forth for a ‘group’ to be allowed to apply for approval of an amendment, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 under Articles 3, point (2), 49(1) and 53(1), can be considered as fulfilled.
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