COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No828/2003
of14May2003
amendingthespecificationof16namesappearingintheAnnextoRegulation(EC)No1107/96ontheregistrationofgeographicalindicationsanddesignationsoforiginundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle17ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2081/92ontheprotectionofgeographicalindicationsanddesignationsoforiginforagriculturalproductsandfoodstuffs(Danablu,MontiIblei,Lesbos,Beaufort,Salers,ReblochonorReblochondeSavoie,Laguiole,Montd'OrorVacherinduHaut-Doubs,Comté,Roquefort,EpoissesdeBourgogne,BrocciucorseorBrocciu,Sainte-MauredeTouraine,Ossau-Iraty,DindedeBresse,HuileessentielledelavandedeHaute-Provence)
THECOMMISSIONOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2081/92of14July1992ontheprotectionofgeographicalindicationsanddesignationsoforiginforagriculturalproductsandfoodstuffs(1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No692/2003(2),andinparticularArticle9thereof,
Whereas: - (1)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Denmarkhasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Danablu’registeredasaprotectedgeographicalindicationbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No1107/96of12June1996ontheregistrationofgeographicalindicationsanddesignationsoforiginundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle17ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2081/92(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No692/2003,theamendmentofthemethodofproduction.
- (2)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Italyhasrequestedinrespectofthename‘MontiIblei’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescriptionandthemethodofproduction.
- (3)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Greecehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Lesbos’,registeredasaprotectedgeographicalindicationbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthename.
- (4)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Beaufort’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthemethodofproduction,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (5)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Salers’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescription,thegeographicalarea,themethodofproduction,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (1)
- OJL208,24.7.1992,p.1.
- (2)
- OJL99,17.4.2003,p.1.
- (3)
- OJL148,21.6.1996,p.1.
- (6)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Reblochon’or‘ReblochondeSavoie’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthegeographicalarea,themethodofproduction,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (7)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Laguiole’registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescription,thegeographicalarea,themethodofproduction,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (8)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Montd'Or’or‘VacherinduHaut-Doubs’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescription,themethodofproduction,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (9)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Comté’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescription,thegeographicalarea,themethodofproductionandthenationalrequirements.
- (10)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Roquefort’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescription,themethodofproduction,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (11)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘EpoissesdeBourgogne’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthename,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (12)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Brocciucorse’or‘Brocciu’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescription,themethodofproduction,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (13)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Sainte-MauredeTouraine’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescription,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (14)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘Ossau-Iraty’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthegeographicalarea.
- (15)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘DindedeBresse’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthemethodofproduction,thelabellingandthenationalrequirements.
- (16)
- InaccordancewithArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92,Francehasrequestedinrespectofthename‘HuileessentielledelavandedeHaute-Provence’,registeredasaprotecteddesignationoforiginbyRegulation(EC)No1107/96,theamendmentofthedescription,theproofoforiginandthenationalrequirements.
- (17)
- Followingexaminationofthe16requestsforamendment,ithasbeendecidedthattheamendmentsconcernedarenotminor.
- (18)
- InaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92andsincetheamendmentsarenotminor,theArticle6procedureappliesmutatismutandis.
- (19)
- Ithasbeendecidedthattheamendmentsinthe16casescomplywithRegulation(EEC)No2081/92.Nostatementofobjection,withinthemeaningofArticle7oftheRegulation,hasbeensenttotheCommissionfollowingthepublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion(1)oftheabovenames.
- (20)
- Consequently,theseamendmentsmustberegisteredandpublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION:
Article1
TheamendmentssetoutintheAnnextothisRegulationareherebyregisteredandpublishedinaccordancewithArticle6(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2081/92.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthetwentiethdayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,14May2003.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(1)OJC151,25.6.2002,p.9(Danablu).OJC151,25.6.2002,p.11(MontiIblei).OJC254,13.9.2001,p.19(Lesbos).OJC45,19.2.2002,p.6(Beaufort).OJC296,23.10.2001,p.17(Salers).OJC296,23.10.2001,p.14(ReblochonorReblochondeSavoie).OJC296,23.10.2001,p.11(Laguiole).OJC296,23.10.2001,p.13(Montd'OrorVacherinduHaut-Doubs).OJC296,23.10.2001,p.8(Comté).OJC135,6.6.2002,p.7(Roquefort).OJC296,23.10.2001,p.16(EpoissesdeBourgogne).OJC296,23.10.2001,p.7(BrocciucorseorBrocciu).OJC252,12.9.2001,p.17(Sainte-MauredeTouraine).OJC151,25.6.2002,p.10(Ossau-Iraty).OJC296,23.10.2001,p.10(DindedeBresse).OJC252,12.9.2001,p.15(HuileessentielledelavandedeHaute-Provence).
ANNEX
DENMARK
Danablu
—Methodofproduction:
for:
‘RawDanishcow's-milkisstandardisedasregardsfatcontent,homogenisedandsubjectedtothermaltreatment.Thereareaddedstarters,bluemouldculturesandfollowingacidificationcurdlingagents.Thecurdiscutonceanappropriateleveloffirmnesshasbeenreached;possiblyslightstirring.Thecheesemassispouredintomoulds,drainedoff,salted,prickedandstored.’,
read:
‘RawDanishcow's-milkisstandardisedasregardsfatcontent,homogenisedandpasteurisedorsubjectedtothermaltreatment.Thereareaddedstarters,bluemouldculturesandfollowingacidificationcurdlingagents.Thecurdiscutonceanappropriateleveloffirmnesshasbeenreached;possiblyslightstirring.Thecheesemassispouredintomoulds,drainedoff,salted,prickedandstored.’
ITALY
MontiIblei
—Description:
Add: MontiIbleiextravirginoliveoilmustalsohavethefollowingvalueswhenplacedonthemarket: K232≤ 2,20 K270≤ 0,18.
—Methodofproduction:
MontiIbleiextravirginoliveoilisproducedfromhealthyolives,harvestedfromtheonsetofripening(ratherthanfrom20September)until15Januaryeachyear.
GREECE
Lesbosoil
—Name:for:‘Lesbos(PGI)’,
read:‘Lesvos(PGI)’or‘Mitilini(PGI)’, (usingoneorotherofthetwoplacenamesineachcase). Inallcaseswherethename‘Lesbos’appearsinthespecification,read‘LesvosorMitilini’.
FRANCE
Beaufort
—Methodofproduction:
Moredetailsaregivenaboutthemethodofproducing‘Beaufort’.Theseconcernthepreservationofthemilk,themilkused,thefactthatthecauldronusedtoheatthecurdistraditionallymadeofcopperandthefactthatthecheesecannotbesoldgratedunderthedesignation.
—Labelling:
‘Chaletd'alpage’cheeseisidentifiedbymeansofanadditionalcaseinlabel.
—Nationalrequirements:
for:‘Decreeof12August1993’,
read:‘Decreeontheregistereddesignationoforigin“Beaufort”’.
FRANCE
Salers
—Description:
‘Salers’cheesesrangeinweightfrom30kgto50kg(insteadof35to50kg).
Theyhaveaminimumfatcontentof44g(insteadof45g).
—Geographicalarea:
Inordertoconfinethegeographicalareatotheheartlandofthedesignationandplaceswherematuringhastraditionallybeencarriedout,itisrestrictedtopartofthedepartmentofCantalandcertaincantonsandcommunesinneighbouringdepartments.
—Methodofproduction:
Themainpointsinthemethodofproductionof‘Salers’cheesesareclarifiedinthefollowingrespects: - —
- productionisauthorisedfrom15Aprilto15November(insteadof1Mayto31October)whentheanimalsareouttopasture,
- —
- thecheeseproductionprocessisdefinedbyanumberofoperationsandtechnicalparametersrelatingtothemilk(milkproducedontheholdingwhentheanimalsareouttopasture),renneting(atatemperatureofbetween30°Cand34°C),coagulation,cuttingofthecurd,initialpressing,milling,acidificationfollowedbyripening,saltinginthemass,placinginmould,finalpressing,
- —
- maturingtakesplace,dependingonthedurationoftheprocess,atbetween6°Cand14°C(insteadofatamaximumof12°C),atover95%humidity;thecheesesareturnedoverandwipedregularlyduringmaturing.
—Labelling:
Additionof‘Thecheesesarealsoidentifiedbyanembossedstamponthetop,givingthenameofthedesignationtwice.Thecheesesmayalsobearanembossedstamponthetopwiththewords“Fermede…”toidentifythefarm.
Thecheeses,whicharemadefrommilkofherdsentirelymadeupofcowsoftheSalersbreed,alsobearanembossedstamponthesidewiththewords“traditionSalers”andimagesofheadsofSalerscows.’
—Nationalrequirements:
for:‘Decreeof29December1986’, read:‘Decreeontheregistereddesignationoforigin“Salers”’.
FRANCE
ReblochonorReblochondeSavoie
—Geographicalarea:
LimitedchangestothegeographicalareainvolvingthedeletionoftwocommunesinSaint-JeandeMaurienne,theinclusionofthewholeofacommunehithertoincludedinpartonly,theinclusionofpartsoftwocommunes,andaformalchangewherecommunesformerlyamalgamatedhaveseparated.
—Methodofproduction:
Themainpointsofthe‘Reblochon’or‘ReblochondeSavoie’productionmethodareclarifiedinthefollowingrespects: - —
- allowingforexceptionsofupto25%ofthedairyherd'sannualneeds,feedistobeprovidedbyfodderfromthegeographicalarea:grazinginsummerandproperlypreservedhayinwinter;silageisbannedonholdingsproducingmilkforReblochon,
- —
- thecheeseismadeinspeciallydedicatedworkshops;certaintechnicalparametersrelatingtocollection,storageandtakingdeliveryofthemilk,renneting(withinnomorethan24hoursfromthefirstmilking,atatemperatureofbetween30°Cand35°C),additionofstartercultures,coagulation,shaping(inperforatedmouldsmeasuring14cmindiameterand6to8cminheight),pressing,salting,prematuringafterremovalfromthemould(foraminimumoffourdays),washingandmaturing(atbetween12°Cand14°C)areadded,
- —
- whereawaiverisgranted,maturingmaytakeplaceintwoadjacentcommunesoutsidethegeographicalareauntil1January2015(insteadofindefinitely),
- —
- packagingofthewholecheeses(mandatoryformanufactureofcheeseonthefarm)orashalf-cheesesmusttakeplacewithinthegeographicalarea.Clarificationsareprovidedregardingmanufactureonthefarm.—Labelling:
Acaseinlabel,affixedduringmanufacture,givestheplant'sidentificationnumber. Theword‘fermier’maybeusedsubjecttocertainconditions.
- —
- Nationalrequirements:
for:‘Decreeof29December1986’, read:‘Decreeontheregistereddesignationoforigin“Reblochon”’.
FRANCE
Laguiole
—Description:‘Laguiole’cheesesweighfrom25kgto50kg(insteadof30kgto50kg).Themarketingofgrated‘Laguiole’isprohibited.
— Geographicalarea:Extensionofthegeographicalareatoalimitednumberofcommunes(19inthedepartmentsofAveyronandLozèreandoneinCantal)withthesamecharacteristicsastheheartlandofthedesignationoforigin,respectingnaturalandhumanfactors.
—Methodofproduction:Themainpointsofthemethodofproductionof‘Laguiole’cheesesareclarifiedinthefollowingrespects: - —
- from1January2004,onlytheFrenchSimmenthalandAubracbreedswillbeauthorised,
- —
- thecows'feedisprovidedsolely,weatherpermitting,byfodderproducedinthegeographicalarea:grassgrazedforatleast120daysinthesummer,atleast30%hayinthewinter,pluswiltedgrasssilage;from1January2004,therewillbeabanonmaizesilageinthedairycows'feed,
- —
- averagemilkproductionpercowonthefarmmaynotexceed6000litresperyear,
- —
- thevariousstagesofcheeseproduction:takingdeliveryofthemilk,processingofthemilk,rennetingwithinnomorethan48hoursafterthefirstmilkingatatemperatureofbetween30°Cand35°C,additionofstartercultures,coagulation,initialpressing,ripening,milling,saltinginthemass,ripeningonsalt,placinginmould,secondpressing,
- —
- thewords‘buron’(shepherd'shut)and‘fermier’(farmhouse)areauthorisedundercertainconditions.—Labelling:
IdentificationofthecheeseisalsoguaranteedbyanembossedstampontherindcomprisingtheLaguiolebullandword‘Laguiole’.
- —
- Nationalrequirements:
for:‘Decreeof29December1986’, read:‘Decreeontheregistereddesignationoforigin“Laguiole”’.
FRANCE
Montd'OrorVacherinduHaut-Doubs
—Description:
‘Montd'Or’and‘VacherinduHaut-Doubs’cheeses,weighing,withbox,either480gto1,3kg(insteadof400gto1kgwithoutbox),or2kgto3,2kg(insteadof1,8kgto3kg),aremarketedwholeinthebox.Theymaynotbefrozen.
Themoisturecontentofthefat-freecheesemaynotexceed75%(insteadoftheminimumdrymattercontentis45gper100gofcheese).
—Methodofproduction:
Themainpointsofthemethodofproductionof‘Montd'Or’and‘VacherinduHaut-Doubs’cheeseareclarifiedinthefollowingrespects: - —
- eachcowmusthaveatleastonehectareofgrasslandforfeeding,
- —
- thecheeseisproducedfrom15Augustto15March(insteadof15Augustto31March);itmaybeplacedonthemarketfrom10Septemberto10Mayonly;certaintechnicalparametersrelatingtothechillingofthemilkandtorennetingareadded,
- —
- maturing:thecellarsmusthaveahumidityofatleast92%.
—Labelling:
Thelabellingparticulars,i.e.thenameofthedesignation,thewords‘Appellationd'originecontrôlée’(registereddesignationoforigin),thelogoandthenameoftheproductionplant(clearlyprinted),mustbemarkedonthesideofthebox.
—Nationalrequirements:
for:‘Decreeof29December1986’,
read:‘Decreeontheregistereddesignationoforigin“Montd'Or”or“VacherinduHaut-Doubs”’.
FRANCE
Comté
—Description:
Thecheesesweigh30kgto48kg(insteadof35kgto55kg)andare50cmto75cmindiameter(insteadof40cmto70cm)and8cmto13cminheight(insteadof9cmto13cm).Thecheesesmustnotbemorethan1,4timeshigheratthecentrethanattheouterrim.Thesaltcontentmustnotbelessthan0,6gofsodiumchlorideper100gofcheese.Themoisturecontentofthefat-freecheesemaynotexceed54%.