
Article 1 
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Picodon’ (PDO) are hereby approved.
Article 2 
The protection provided under Article 1 is subject to the transitional period granted by France pursuant to the Order of 17 February 2016 on the protected designation of origin ‘Picodon’, published on 26 February 2016 in the Official Journal of the French Republic under Article 15(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, to operators meeting the conditions of that Article.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 11 May 2017.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Phil HOGAN
Member of the Commission