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, 1 December 2016.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN

Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1 .

( 2 ) OJ C 282, 4.8.2016, p. 14 .

( 3 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs ( OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2252 of 1 December 2016 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Oliva di Gaeta (PDO))