# Official Journal C 352/2020

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6322 October 2020 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 352

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6322 October 2020

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| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2020/C 352/01 | Commission Notice on the application of Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of clean road transport vehicles in support of low-emission mobility | 1 |
| 2020/C 352/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9957 — Advent International/Otto/Hermes Parcelnet/Hermes Germany) (
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Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2020/C 352/01

Commission Notice on the application of Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of clean road transport vehicles in support of low-emission mobility

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2020/C 352/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9957 — Advent International/Otto/Hermes Parcelnet/Hermes Germany) (
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2020/C 352/03 | Euro exchange rates — 21 October 2020 | 14 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2020/C 352/03

Euro exchange rates — 21 October 2020

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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
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| 2020/C 352/04 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9975 – Warburg Pincus/Vista Equity Partners Management/Infoblox) Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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| | OTHER ACTS |
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| 2020/C 352/05 | Publication of an application for approval of a non-minor amendment to a product specification pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs | 17 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2020/C 352/04

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9975 – Warburg Pincus/Vista Equity Partners Management/Infoblox) Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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OTHER ACTS

European Commission

2020/C 352/05

Publication of an application for approval of a non-minor amendment to a product specification pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 22.10.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 352/1 |
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Official Journal of the European Union

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Commission Notice on the application of Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of clean road transport vehicles in support of low-emission mobility

(2020/C 352/01)

Introduction

The purpose of this notice is to provide guidelines for national authorities, Contracting Authorities, Contracting Entities and operators on the application of the provisions of articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Clean Vehicles Directive (Directive 2009/33/EC (1) on the promotion of clean road transport vehicles in support of low-emission mobility, as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/1161 (2).

It presents an overview of frequently asked questions (FAQs) in relation to the transposition and implementation of these provisions, concerning in particular the scope of the Directive, the definition of ‘clean vehicles’, the minimum procurement targets, the counting of the vehicles, and the use of the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) database under different procurement scenarios (including e.g. retrofitted vehicles, replacement of vehicles in the framework of existing contracts, etc.).

This Notice should be read in conjunction with other relevant provisions of the Directive. It clarifies provisions already contained in the applicable legislation, and does not extend in any way the obligations deriving from such legislation nor introduce any additional requirements on the concerned competent authorities and operators.

This Notice is merely intended to assist Contracting Authorities, Contracting Entities, transport operators and national competent authorities in the application of the Directive. The views expressed on this Notice cannot prejudge any future position of the Commission on the matter. Only the Court of Justice of the European Union is competent to authoritatively interpret Union law.

Questions related to the scope of the Directive

1.   Table 1 in the Annex to the Directive lists Refuse collection services among the services included in the scope of the Directive. Aren’t refuse collection vehicles excluded from the scope of the Directive in accordance with Article 3(2)(a)?

Article 3(2)(a) exempts from the scope of the Directive, among others, the vehicles referred to in Article 2(3)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 (3) on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, i.e. ‘Any self-propelled vehicle designed and constructed specifically to perform work and that, because of its construction characteristics, is not suitable for carrying passengers or for transporting goods, and that is not machinery mounted on a motor vehicle chassis.’

Refuse collection vehicles do not fall within this category; they are normally type approved as vehicles of category N2 or N3 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858. As such, they are not exempted from the scope of the Clean Vehicles Directive.

2.   May all vehicles used by e.g. armed forces or police be exempted from the Directive?

No. In accordance with Article 2 of the Directive read in conjunction with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, only those vehicles that have been ‘specifically designed and constructed or adapted’ for use by those services may be exempted. So, for example, a police van with special equipment and flashing lights can be exempted; on the other hand, a normal van used by the police services to transfer documents from one office to another may not be exempted.

3.   If the police procures regular vehicles with the intent to specifically adapt them to its purposes (i.e. because they have an in-house mechanic), is this covered by the Directive or not? If the police purchases a regular vehicle and in this (or in a separate) procurement procedure also procures services which lead to a specific adaptation, is the procurement of the vehicle covered by the Directive or not?

In the first case – procurement of standard vehicles to be adapted in-house – the procurement is for a vehicle which is not ‘specifically designed and constructed or adapted’ for use by the police. Therefore, this procurement may not be exempted from the scope of the Directive.

In the second case – procurement of a vehicle and its subsequent adaptation to the specific needs of the services – if the vehicle and the adaptation services are procured in the same procedure, then the vehicles being procured may be considered as ‘specifically adapted’ and may therefore be exempted. If the adaptation services are procured separately, however, the procurement of the vehicle will not meet the criteria specified in Article 2 of the Directive, and therefore it may not be exempted.

In this context, it should also be recalled that the Directive defines the minimum national targets as a minimum share of clean vehicles in the aggregate number of vehicles procured in a Member State. Even if a specific set of vehicles falls within its scope, the Directive does not automatically prescribe a minimum percentage for their specific procurement. In the examples above, even if the vehicles fall within the scope of the Directive, the Member State may decide not to set any target for their specific procurement, and ensure that the national target is met by increasing the targets for other fleets accordingly; further details on this aspect are provided in relation to questions about the national targets.

4.   Does the Directive also apply to public service contracts awarded through direct award as defined under Regulation (EC) 1370/2007 (4)
  on public passenger transport services by rail and by road?

Yes. In accordance with Article 3(1)(b) of the Directive, public service contracts under Regulation (EC) 1370/2007 which have as their subject matter the provision of passenger road transport services in excess of a threshold which shall be defined by Member States not exceeding the applicable threshold value set in Article 5(4) of that Regulation, fall within the scope of the Directive, regardless of the procedure used for their award (competitive tendering procedure or direct award).

In this regard, it is important to clarify that the key element to determine whether or not a contract falls within the scope of the Directive is the threshold referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of the Directive, and not the procedure used to award the contract: therefore, a contract for an amount below the threshold set by the Member State may be excluded even if it is awarded through a competitive procedure. On the other hand, if e.g. the Member State sets a lower threshold according to Article 3(1)(b) of the Directive and a direct award is admissible above this (national) threshold, then a direct award may be within the scope of the Directive.

5.   When centralised procurement is applied, the awarded contract might be above the minimum threshold set in the Directive, whereas the individual contracting authority’s contracts would have been below the threshold if they had been awarded separately. Can such contracts be exempted from the application of the Directive?

No. If the total value of the procurement is above the threshold, it shall not be excluded from the scope of the Directive, even though individual elements, taken separately, would have been below the threshold.

6.   In accordance with Article 5(2) of the Directive, the date to be taken into account is the date of the award of the contract. Does this refer to the date of the contract award notice in the TED or conclusion of the contract itself?

Article 5(2) of the Directive stipulates that ‘For the purpose of calculating the minimum procurement targets, the date of the public procurement to be taken into account is the date of completion of the public procurement procedure, by way of awarding of the contract.’; in accordance with this article, the date to be taken into account, is therefore the date of the contract award notice in the TED database.

7.   Does Article 5(2) mean that contracts whose procedure was launched before the transposition date of Directive (EU) 2019/1161 will be within its scope if their date of award falls after 2 August 2021?

No. As specified in Article 3(1), the Directive only applies to contracts whose procurement procedure has started after 2 August 2021.

In this context, it should also be noted that contracts whose date of award falls within the second reference period (i.e. after 31 December 2025) will be counted for that period, even though the procurement procedure has started during the first reference period (i.e. between 2 August 2021 and 31 December 2025).

Please see also questions 27-29 for more details about the way this provision applies to individual contracts awarded under Framework Agreements or Dynamic Purchasing.

Questions related to the clean vehicle definition

8.   Article 4(4)(b) of the Directive defines heavy-duty clean vehicles as heavy-duty vehicles using alternative fuels – as defined in Articles 2(1) and 2(2) of Directive 2014/94/EU (Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive) (5)
  . Are hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles also included in this definition?

Article 2(2) of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (Directive 2014/94/EU) specifies that ‘“electric vehicle” means a motor vehicle equipped with a powertrain containing at least one non-peripheral electric machine as energy converter with an electric rechargeable energy storage system, which can be recharged externally’. In line with this definition, and in accordance with Article 4(4)(b) of the Directive, heavy-duty plug-in hybrid vehicles are considered as clean vehicles, while non-plug-in hybrid vehicles are not considered as clean heavy-duty vehicles.

9.   Do plug-in hybrid heavy-duty vehicles need to also use alternative fuels (e.g. biofuels) in its internal combustion engine, in order to qualify as clean vehicles in accordance with Article 4(4)(b) of the Directive?

No. In accordance with Article 4(4)(b) of the Directive, a plug-in hybrid vehicle as defined under Article 2(2) of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (Directive 2014/94/EU) is considered as a clean vehicle even if it uses conventional fuels for its internal combustion engine.

This can be further clarified by considering that a plug-in hybrid vehicle will be recharged using electricity; the electricity charging represents the alternative fuel used by the plug-in hybrid vehicle, which allows it to be considered as a vehicle falling within the scope of Article 2(2) of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (unlike non-plug-in hybrid vehicles, which are not recharged: in their case, the electricity is exclusively produced on-board, and the vehicle is only fuelled with conventional diesel/petrol).

10.   Do trolleybuses fall within the scope of the Directive? Can they be counted as clean vehicles for the purposes of the Directive?

Yes. The Directive applies to the award of road transport vehicles. According to Article 4(3) of the Directive, ‘road transport vehicle’ means a vehicle of category M or N, as defined in points (a) and (b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858. The latter refers to ‘motor vehicles’, defined as any power-driven vehicle that is designed and constructed to be moved by its own means, that has at least four wheels, is complete, completed or incomplete, and has a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h (Article 3(16) of the Regulation). Trolleybuses comply with this definition and are therefore considered as road transport vehicles in the context of EU type approval legislation. This was confirmed by the Commission services in response to a question by Italy at the sixth meeting of the Type Approval Authorities Expert Group, where it was clarified that trolleybuses were covered - at that time- by Directive 2007/46/EC (6) establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles and by UNECE Regulation No 107 (7) on uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general construction.

As also explicitly clarified in Recital 18 of the Directive (8), trolleybuses are always considered as clean vehicles in accordance with Article 4(4)(b). If they only run connected to the grid or use a zero-emission engine while not connected thereto, they also count as zero-emission vehicles. If a trolleybus also uses a non-zero-emission engine – e.g. when a diesel engine is used to allow the bus to run while not connected to the grid – then a trolley bus shall not be considered a zero-emission bus, but it is still counted as a clean vehicle, similarly to a plug-in hybrid bus.

11.   Can trams also be counted as clean vehicles under the Directive?

No. Trams do not fall within the scope of the Directive, as they are part of the railway system and are not considered as road transport vehicles under Regulation (EU) 2018/858. As such, they cannot be counted under the Clean Vehicles Directive.

Questions related to the minimum procurement targets

12.   Does every public procurement contract/every Contracting Authority and Contracting Entity need to meet the minimum targets?

No. The Directive leaves full flexibility to the Member States in the way they distribute the effort among different Contracting Authorities (‘CA’) and Contracting Entities (‘CE’). A Member State may decide to set the same target for all CA/CEs, or higher targets for some and lower targets – or even no target at all – for others, as long as the minimum target is met at national level.

In this context, it should also be noted that – while the Directive does not set requirements for individual contracts – it is possible for each Member State, in the transposition of the Directive, to introduce such requirements (e.g. requiring a minimum share of clean vehicles in each procurement).

Depending on the institutional responsibilities within each Member State, it could be possible to delegate the detailed allocation to different governance levels – for example by setting targets (the same or differentiated) for each region, and allowing them to further differentiate between different CA/CEs within its territory, provided its overall target is met.

Possible examples of how the effort may be shared among different CA/CEs in a Member State could include setting different requirements based on the type of CA/CE involved (e.g. higher targets for national/regional level bodies, lower targets for local ones), on the size of the relevant public administration (e.g. higher targets for larger cities/provinces, lower targets or even no target for smaller ones), on the specific characteristics of different geographical areas (e.g. higher targets for areas with higher GDP/capita, and/or areas that are more subject to air quality problems), or any other approach and criteria that a Member State considers relevant.

13.   Is compliance with the targets assessed on a yearly basis?

No. Compliance of each Member State with its minimum procurement targets is assessed on the basis of the whole reference period (2 August 2021 to 31 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2030 respectively), with no differentiation based on when each procurement took place (within the reference period).

However, it should be noted that, in the transposition of the Directive, Member States may decide to require Contracting Authorities and/or Contracting Entities to comply with national targets on a yearly basis.

| Practical example – questions 12-13

  The following example illustrates the possible distribution of the effort in a fictional Member State with only three Contracting Authorities (‘CA’)/Contracting Entities (‘CE’) on its territory, and a minimum procurement target for buses of 45 % for the first period. In this example, procurement of buses through contracts that fall within the scope of the Directive takes place as follows:











  Contracting Authorities/Entities | Number of buses procured in 2021 | Number of buses procured in 2022 | Number of buses procured in 2023 | Number of buses procured in 2024 | Number of buses procured in 2025 | Total buses procured in the reference period |
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| Contracting Authority/Entity 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 45 |
| Contracting Authority/Entity 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Contracting Authority/Entity 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 40 |
| Total MS | 15 | 20 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 100


  Target = 45 |

Practical example – questions 12-13

The following example illustrates the possible distribution of the effort in a fictional Member State with only three Contracting Authorities (‘CA’)/Contracting Entities (‘CE’) on its territory, and a minimum procurement target for buses of 45 % for the first period. In this example, procurement of buses through contracts that fall within the scope of the Directive takes place as follows:

Contracting Authorities/Entities

Number of buses procured in 2021

Number of buses procured in 2022

Number of buses procured in 2023

Number of buses procured in 2024

Number of buses procured in 2025

Total buses procured in the reference period

Contracting Authority/Entity 1

5

0

10

20

10

45

Contracting Authority/Entity 2

0

10

0

0

5

15

Contracting Authority/Entity 3

10

10

5

5

10

40

Total MS

15

20

15

25

25

100

Target = 45

In order to ensure compliance with the Directive, this Member State needs to ensure that 45 out of the 100 buses that are procured during the reference period are clean vehicles. This could be achieved in several different ways, such as, for example:

| — | By setting a 45 % minimum target for all three CA/CE; in this case, CA/CE 1 would be required to buy 20 clean buses out of 45, CA/CE 2 7 out of 15, and CA/CE 3 18 out of 40, for a total of 45 out of 100 |
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By setting a 45 % minimum target for all three CA/CE; in this case, CA/CE 1 would be required to buy 20 clean buses out of 45, CA/CE 2 7 out of 15, and CA/CE 3 18 out of 40, for a total of 45 out of 100

| — | By setting a 100 % target for CA/CE 1, and no requirement for the two other CA/CEs; this would also lead to a total of 45 clean buses out of 100 |
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By setting a 100 % target for CA/CE 1, and no requirement for the two other CA/CEs; this would also lead to a total of 45 clean buses out of 100

| — | By setting a 50 % target for CA/CE 1 and 3, and a 30 % target for CA/CE 2, leading to a total of 46 clean buses out of 100 |
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By setting a 50 % target for CA/CE 1 and 3, and a 30 % target for CA/CE 2, leading to a total of 46 clean buses out of 100

| — | By setting a 60 % target for CA/CE 1 and 3, and no target for CA/CE2 (total 51 clean buses out of 100) |
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By setting a 60 % target for CA/CE 1 and 3, and no target for CA/CE2 (total 51 clean buses out of 100)

In all these cases, for the purposes of the Directive it would make no difference when the clean buses are procured within the period (i.e. a bus will be counted in the same way irrespective of whether it is procured in 2022 or in 2025). This does not however prevent the Member State from setting yearly requirements at national level.

14.   The Directive covers different types of contracts, including purchase, lease, rent of the vehicles, as well as public service and service contracts; Articles 5(4) and 5(5) of the Directive specify that the number of vehicles under each contract should be counted differently in the case of purchase/lease/rent or hire-purchase of vehicles (Article 5(4)) and of public service and service contracts (Article 5(5)). Should the vehicles in these different types of contracts be counted all together or separately for the purpose of meeting the targets?

As reflected in tables 3 and 4 in the Annex to the Directive, one minimum target is set per vehicle category (i.e. light-duty vehicles, trucks, buses) for each Member State, without differentiating between different types of contract (i.e. vehicle purchase, rent, services, etc.).

In accordance with Article 5(1) of the Directive, these minimum targets are calculated as minimum percentages of clean vehicles in the total number of road transport vehicles covered by the aggregate of all contracts within the scope of the Directive, without differentiating between the different types of contract (i.e. vehicle purchase, rent, hire-purchase, service contract, etc.).

Articles 5(4) and 5(5) of the Directive clarify how the number of vehicles covered by each individual contract should be counted for different contract types (e.g. vehicle purchase or service contracts). Once the number of vehicles under each individual contract is calculated in accordance with these provisions, compliance with the targets can be verified on the basis of the sum of all procured vehicles under all the relevant contracts, and the share of clean vehicles out of this total.

Questions related to vehicle purchase by service providers under public service contracts

15.   How are vehicles to be counted under a public service contract? Should we consider the purchases of new vehicles by the service provider? How can these be monitored?

In accordance with Article 5(5) of the Directive, in the case of services contracts referred to in Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(1)(c) – i.e. public service contracts and the services contracts listed in Table 1 of the Annex to the Directive – all the vehicles to be used for the provision of the service in question must be counted.

This approach ensures a coherence between the two different methods of procurement (purchase/lease/hire-purchase as referred to in Article 3(1)(a) and public service and service contracts as referred to respectively in Article 3(1)(b) and (c)), and minimises administrative burden.

A purchase/lease/hire-purchase contract represents the procurement of a certain number of vehicles by a Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity; for that reason, all vehicles covered by such a contract are counted. In a similar way, through a service contract, a Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity is procuring the use of a certain number of vehicles to provide a service; the number of vehicles that the service provider will use to provide that service will therefore be counted, irrespective of whether the service provider is buying new vehicles or using existing ones.

16.   If the service contract is concluded for a period of time longer than the reference period, shall the vehicles used be counted for the following reference period as well?

No. As specified in Article 5 of the Directive, the date of awarding of the contract determines in which reference period the procured vehicles should be counted. Even though a service contract signed during the first reference period may still be in force during the second period, the vehicles under that contract will only count for the first period.

17.   In the case of a service contract, how shall the vehicles used for the performance of the service be counted if their number changes over time (regular changes or one-off changes) during the reference period?

The number of vehicles to be used in the provision of the services covered by the contract will be registered at the time of awarding the contract.

Substantial changes to the number of vehicles used will typically have budget implication, and require some form of revision or amendment of the contract, which should be reported.

Minor changes which do not necessitate a modification of the contract will not be recorded under the Directive; while this means that the final number of vehicles reported under the Directive might not be fully accurate, it was considered by the co-legislators that this represents a good compromise between accuracy and the amount of administrative burden that would be required in order to ensure a full monitoring in real-time.

18.   What happens if the service provider of a public service or servicecontract referred to in Articles 3(1)(b) or 3(1)(c) is itself also a Contracting Entity (‘CE’) or Contracting Authority (‘CA’) subject to the obligations laid down in Directives 2014/24/EU (9)
  on public procurement and 2014/25/EU (10)
  on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors? Do it have to also register the purchase of new vehicles that are used to provide the service?

If the service provider is subject to the obligation to apply the procurement procedures set out in Directive 2014/24/EU or Directive 2014/25/EU, so that they apply to purchases of the vehicles that are used in the provision of the service, the Clean Vehicles Directive also applies to those purchases.

In this regard, it should also be recalled that the Directive only applies to contracts that fall within the scope of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU or of Regulation (EC) 1370/2007; if a contract between two CA/CEs does not fall within the scope of these legal instruments, then it is also outside the scope of the Clean Vehicles Directive. In this case, however, the procurement of vehicles by the latter CA/CE would still fall within the scope of the Clean Vehicle Directive (unless it is excluded due to other circumstances).

| Practical examples – questions 15-18

  The following examples illustrate how the points described in questions 15, 16, 17 and 18 will work in practice: | Case 1: during the reference period, a Contracting Authority purchases 10 buses. All 10 buses are counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement target. |
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Practical examples – questions 15-18

The following examples illustrate how the points described in questions 15, 16, 17 and 18 will work in practice:

Case 1: during the reference period, a Contracting Authority purchases 10 buses. All 10 buses are counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement target.

| | Case 2: during the reference period, a Contracting Authority awards a contract to run its bus network to an entity, which is not a Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity as defined in Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU; the contract foresees that this will require the use of 10 buses. All those 10 buses count for the purpose of the target, irrespective of whether the service provider buys new buses or uses existing ones; eventual replacements of buses will not count for the purpose of the minimum procurement target, and do not need to be monitored/registered. |
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Case 2: during the reference period, a Contracting Authority awards a contract to run its bus network to an entity, which is not a Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity as defined in Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU; the contract foresees that this will require the use of 10 buses. All those 10 buses count for the purpose of the target, irrespective of whether the service provider buys new buses or uses existing ones; eventual replacements of buses will not count for the purpose of the minimum procurement target, and do not need to be monitored/registered.

| | Case 3: during the reference period, a Contracting Authority awards a contract to run its bus network to another Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity, which is subject to the requirements of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU; the contract foresees that this will require the use of 10 buses. All those 10 buses count for the purpose of the target, irrespective of whether the service provider buys new buses or uses existing ones. Additionally, if during the reference period the second Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity procures one or more buses (e.g. buys a new bus to replace one of those used under the services contract), this will also be counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement target and should be reported accordingly. Please note that in this case the purchase of the bus by the second Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity would count irrespective of whether or not they are used in the services contract. |
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Case 3: during the reference period, a Contracting Authority awards a contract to run its bus network to another Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity, which is subject to the requirements of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU; the contract foresees that this will require the use of 10 buses. All those 10 buses count for the purpose of the target, irrespective of whether the service provider buys new buses or uses existing ones. Additionally, if during the reference period the second Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity procures one or more buses (e.g. buys a new bus to replace one of those used under the services contract), this will also be counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement target and should be reported accordingly. Please note that in this case the purchase of the bus by the second Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity would count irrespective of whether or not they are used in the services contract.

| | Case 4: during the reference period, a Contracting Authority awards a contract to run its bus network to another Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity, which is subject to the requirements of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. The services contract foresees that this will require the use of 10 buses; however, this contract is outside the scope of those two Directives. In this case, no vehicles will be registered for the servicescontract, as it is outside the scope of the Directive; however, if during the reference period the second Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity procures one or more buses (e.g. buys a new bus to replace one of those used under the services contract), this will also be counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement target and should be reported accordingly. Please note that in this case as well the purchase of the bus by the second Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity would count irrespective of whether or not they are used in the services contract. |
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Case 4: during the reference period, a Contracting Authority awards a contract to run its bus network to another Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity, which is subject to the requirements of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. The services contract foresees that this will require the use of 10 buses; however, this contract is outside the scope of those two Directives. In this case, no vehicles will be registered for the servicescontract, as it is outside the scope of the Directive; however, if during the reference period the second Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity procures one or more buses (e.g. buys a new bus to replace one of those used under the services contract), this will also be counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement target and should be reported accordingly. Please note that in this case as well the purchase of the bus by the second Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity would count irrespective of whether or not they are used in the services contract.

Questions related to retrofitting

19.   In accordance with Article 5(3) of the Directive, retrofitted vehicles that meet the definition of clean and/or zero-emission vehicle may be counted for the purpose of meeting the minimum procurement targets. How should the number of retrofitted vehicles be reflected in the TED database and reporting?

It is expected that in most cases the retrofitting of vehicles will not be visible in the TED database – e.g. because it is performed in-house, or because it is the subject of a service contract outside the scope of the Directive. The Directive offers Member States the possibility of using retrofitting as a cost-effective way to meet the targets, but in most cases the use of this option will need to be reported separately, outside the collection of information from TED that will be performed by the Commission.

In this regard, it should be recalled that, in accordance with Article 10(2) of the Directive, Member States shall submit to the Commission a Report on the implementation of the Directive, including the number and the categories of vehicles covered by the relevant contracts, based on the data provided by the Commission from the TED Database. Compliance with the minimum procurement targets will be assessed primarily on the basis of this Report, and not only on the basis of the figures extracted from the TED Database by the Commission.

If retrofitting is used to meet the minimum procurement targets, and is not reflected in the figures reported in the TED database, Member States should collect from the relevant Contracting Authorities and Contracting Entities, and include in the Report referred to in Article 10(2), the number of vehicles (for each category) that meet the definition of clean vehicle and/or zero-emission vehicle as a result of retrofitting. In this way, those vehicles will be taken into account for the purpose of assessing compliance with the minimum procurement targets.

20.   How should retrofitted vehicles be counted in practice, in the case where vehicles that had already been procured before the reference period are retrofitted to meet the clean vehicle definition during the reference period? And in the case where new non-clean vehicles are purchased and then retrofitted within the same reference period?

Both the retrofitting of vehicles that were procured before the beginning of the reference period and the purchase and subsequent retrofitting of vehicles during the same reference period can be counted, although the way this should be done and their effective impacts in terms of the minimum procurement targets would be slightly different, as shown in the following examples.

| Practical examples – question 20

  Case 1
  A Contracting Authority purchases 10 new diesel buses during the reference period. For the purpose of the minimum procurement targets, it has procured 10 vehicles, of which none are clean.
  Case 2
  A Contracting Authority purchases 10 new battery-electric buses during the reference period. For the purpose of the minimum procurement targets, it has procured 10 clean (zero-emission) vehicles.
  Case 3
  A Contracting Authority owns 10 diesel buses, which were procured before the entry into force of the new Directive. During the reference period, it retrofits them to run exclusively on electricity. For the purpose of the minimum procurement targets, it has procured 10 clean (zero-emission) vehicles. In this sense, the impact of this case is effectively the same as that of case 2.
  Case 4
  A Contracting Authority purchases 10 new diesel buses during the reference period; it then retrofits them to battery-electric during the same period. In this case, two separate procurements will be recorded: first, the procurement of 10 non-clean vehicles (same as in case 1), then the procurement (through retrofitting) of 10 zero-emission clean vehicles (same as in case 3). So, in total this will be counted as the procurement of 20 vehicles, of which 10 are zero-emission and 10 are non-clean. |
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Practical examples – question 20

Case 1

A Contracting Authority purchases 10 new diesel buses during the reference period. For the purpose of the minimum procurement targets, it has procured 10 vehicles, of which none are clean.

Case 2

A Contracting Authority purchases 10 new battery-electric buses during the reference period. For the purpose of the minimum procurement targets, it has procured 10 clean (zero-emission) vehicles.

Case 3

A Contracting Authority owns 10 diesel buses, which were procured before the entry into force of the new Directive. During the reference period, it retrofits them to run exclusively on electricity. For the purpose of the minimum procurement targets, it has procured 10 clean (zero-emission) vehicles. In this sense, the impact of this case is effectively the same as that of case 2.

Case 4

A Contracting Authority purchases 10 new diesel buses during the reference period; it then retrofits them to battery-electric during the same period. In this case, two separate procurements will be recorded: first, the procurement of 10 non-clean vehicles (same as in case 1), then the procurement (through retrofitting) of 10 zero-emission clean vehicles (same as in case 3). So, in total this will be counted as the procurement of 20 vehicles, of which 10 are zero-emission and 10 are non-clean.

Questions related to the use of the TED Database

21.   How will the TED database be used to monitor the implementation of the Directive? What are Contracting Authorities and Contracting Entities required to encode in the TED database for the purposes of the Directive?

For every procurement that falls within the scope of the Directive, the information that needs to be collected is the following: the total number of vehicles covered by the procurement; the number of vehicles (out of this total) which qualify as ‘clean vehicles’ as defined in Article 4(4) of the Directive, and the number of vehicles (out of the total number of vehicles) that qualify as ‘zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles’ in accordance with Article 4(5) of the Directive.

This information is known at the time of award of the contract, and it is often already provided in one of the open text fields of the TED database. Since there is currently no requirement to provide this information, however, this is not always the case; furthermore, even when this information is provided in the TED database, it is not always encoded in the same text field, as there is no clear requirement in this sense. At the moment, it is therefore not possible to retrieve this information automatically from the TED database, and the manual extraction of the relevant information is very time-consuming.

For these reasons, the next version of the eForms, introduced by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 (11) establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the field of public procurement, will include the following three fields, for all contracts with a CPV code relevant to the Directive:

| — | BT-715 Vehicles – The number of all vehicles (regardless of whether clean or not) falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC. These vehicles have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service falling within the scope of the Directive 2009/33/EC. |
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BT-715 Vehicles – The number of all vehicles (regardless of whether clean or not) falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC. These vehicles have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service falling within the scope of the Directive 2009/33/EC.

| — | BT-716 Vehicles Clean – The number of clean vehicles as defined by and falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC. These vehicles have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased, or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC.. |
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BT-716 Vehicles Clean – The number of clean vehicles as defined by and falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC. These vehicles have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased, or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC..

| — | BT-725 Vehicles Zero Emissions – The number of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles as defined by and falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC. These vehicles have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC. |
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BT-725 Vehicles Zero Emissions – The number of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles as defined by and falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC. These vehicles have either been purchased, leased, rented, hired-purchased or their use has been contractually committed to for the provision of a purchased service falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC.

Once these new eForms are in place, it will be possible to automatically extract the number of road transport vehicles and the number of clean and zero emissions road transport vehicles. This will make registration and monitoring of orders easier for all Member States. The Commission will collate this information and publish it on its website.

It should be noted that the fields mentioned above (BT-715, BT-716 and BT-725), which will be used for monitoring via eForms, are optional. If Member States intend to allow the monitoring of the Directive implementation through the TED database, it is recommended that they make these fields mandatory at national level. If these fields are not used in a Member State, some form of dedicated monitoring and reporting system will need to be set up at national level.

22.   Member States are required to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2019/1161 by 2 August 2021; however, the new eForms including the dedicated fields in the TED database will only be available as of 14 November 2022. How will progress be monitored in the meantime?

The inclusion of the dedicated fields (number of vehicles, number of clean vehicles, number of zero-emission vehicles) in the new eForms will allow the automatic extraction of information from the TED database. For the period between the end of the transposition period (2 August 2021) and the putting in place of the new eForms for TED, the information about the number of vehicles, clean vehicles and zero-emission vehicles covered by each contract can be encoded in text field II.2.14) ‘Additional information’. In the transposition and implementation of the Directive, Member States are encouraged to specify that this free text field should be used for this purpose in order to facilitate the collection of this information.

23.   In the context of the Contract award notices published in the TED, a problem could arise in contracts that cover vehicles of different categories, for which different percentages are fixed (e.g. buses and cars). In such a case, how should the Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity report the procurement?

Based on current experience, we expect only a relatively limited number of contract award notices to be concerned by this issue. In general, Contracting Authorities and Contracting Entities should be encouraged to use separate lots for different vehicle categories when possible.

In those cases where a contract award notice needs to cover different vehicle categories, we recommend the following approach:

| — | Include the CPV codes for both vehicle categories; select as main CPV code the one for the vehicle category with the largest number of vehicles involved, and the one(s) for other vehicle categories as secondary CPV codes (so e.g. if the notice concerns 10 buses and 5 vans, choose as main CPV code the one for buses, and as secondary CPV code the one for vans) |
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Include the CPV codes for both vehicle categories; select as main CPV code the one for the vehicle category with the largest number of vehicles involved, and the one(s) for other vehicle categories as secondary CPV codes (so e.g. if the notice concerns 10 buses and 5 vans, choose as main CPV code the one for buses, and as secondary CPV code the one for vans)

| — | Only record in the dedicated fields the number of vehicles of the category with the largest numbers involved (so e.g. if the notice concerns 10 buses and 5 vans, only include the 10 buses) |
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Only record in the dedicated fields the number of vehicles of the category with the largest numbers involved (so e.g. if the notice concerns 10 buses and 5 vans, only include the 10 buses)

| — | Include the number of other vehicles in field II.2.14) ‘Additional information’ |
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Include the number of other vehicles in field II.2.14) ‘Additional information’

24.   What happens when a Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity uses the eForms of the TED database for contracts that are outside the scope of the Directive, e.g. because they are below the minimum thresholds, or because the procured vehicles are exempted from the scope of the Directive? How can we avoid that the vehicles covered by these contracts are counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement targets under the Directive despite being out of its scope?

If an eForm is used for a contract that does not fall within the scope of the Directive (e.g. because its value is below the threshold), the dedicated fields (number of procured vehicles within the scope of the Directive, number of clean vehicles, number of zero-emission vehicles) should either be left empty or filled in with ‘0’, so that the corresponding number of vehicles will not be counted when extracting the figures from the TED database.

25.   Article 3(1)(b) of the Directive allows Member States to determine a minimum threshold for public services contracts, which can be equal to or lower than the one set in Article 5 (4) of Regulation (EC) 1370/2007. If a Member State sets a lower threshold, how can these contracts be monitored in the TED database?

If a Member State decides to set a lower threshold, in principle it should be possible to encode public service contracts with a lower value than the EU threshold referred to in Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) 1370/2007 in the TED database.

If a given contract already has to be registered in the TED database under national rules, it is easy to encode the number of road vehicles in the relevant eForm with minimum additional administrative burden.

If a contract does not currently have to be reported, different options are available for reporting; all, however, entail a certain level of administrative burden:

| — | Member States may require that contract to be reported in the TED database. |
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Member States may require that contract to be reported in the TED database.

| — | Alternatively, Member States may require contracting authorities and contracting entities to report the number of road vehicles (and clean and zero-emission road vehicles) in these contracts at national level; the Member State could then include these figures in the national report without using the TED database. The need to have a parallel reporting for the number of vehicles covered by these relatively small contracts would also imply a certain level of additional administrative burden. |
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Alternatively, Member States may require contracting authorities and contracting entities to report the number of road vehicles (and clean and zero-emission road vehicles) in these contracts at national level; the Member State could then include these figures in the national report without using the TED database. The need to have a parallel reporting for the number of vehicles covered by these relatively small contracts would also imply a certain level of additional administrative burden.

We would invite Member States to take into account the respective merits and impacts of these different options when deciding on this issue in the context of the transposition of the Directive.

Questions related to procurement started before the end of the transposition period

26.   Are ongoing services contracts signed before 2 August 2021 affected by the Directive? How should the replacement of vehicles in the framework of these contracts be treated?

Framework contracts or public service contracts for public transport services that were concluded before 2 August 2021 do not fall within the scope of the Directive. Furthermore, as explained in relation to question 13 above, even if a services contract falls within the scope of the Directive, the number of vehicles to be taken into account for the purpose of the minimum procurement target is the number of vehicles to be used to provide the service, and not the number of vehicles that might be replaced by the service provider during the contract.

However, as explained in more detail in relation to question 14 above, the service provider might be required to report the purchase of vehicles, if it is itself a Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity subject to the requirements of Directives 2014/24/EU or 2014/25/EU.

| Practical examples – questions 17, 18 and 26

  Case 1: before 2 August 2021, a Contracting Authority has awarded a contract to run its bus network to an entity, which is not a Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity as defined in Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. The service contract is outside the scope of the Directive and is not counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement targets. None of the buses involved in the contract count for the purpose of the target; eventual replacements of buses will also not be counted, and do not need to be monitored/registered.
  Case 2: before 2 August 2021, a Contracting Authority has awarded a contract to run its bus network to a public transport agency, which is also a Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity subject to the requirements of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. The service contract is outside the scope of the Directive and is not counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement targets. However, the procurement of buses by the public transport agency falls within the scope of the Directive. Therefore, if during the reference period the agency replaces one or more of the buses used to provide the service, this purchase will be counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement target and should be reported accordingly (please note that in this case the purchase of the bus would count irrespective of whether they are used for the service contract). |
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Practical examples – questions 17, 18 and 26

Case 1: before 2 August 2021, a Contracting Authority has awarded a contract to run its bus network to an entity, which is not a Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity as defined in Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. The service contract is outside the scope of the Directive and is not counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement targets. None of the buses involved in the contract count for the purpose of the target; eventual replacements of buses will also not be counted, and do not need to be monitored/registered.

Case 2: before 2 August 2021, a Contracting Authority has awarded a contract to run its bus network to a public transport agency, which is also a Contracting Authority or Contracting Entity subject to the requirements of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. The service contract is outside the scope of the Directive and is not counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement targets. However, the procurement of buses by the public transport agency falls within the scope of the Directive. Therefore, if during the reference period the agency replaces one or more of the buses used to provide the service, this purchase will be counted for the purpose of the minimum procurement target and should be reported accordingly (please note that in this case the purchase of the bus would count irrespective of whether they are used for the service contract).

Questions related to the application of the Directive to Framework Agreements and Dynamic Purchasing Systems

27.   How are the requirements of the Directive applied to tendering under the Dynamic Purchasing System or within Framework Agreements?

The Directive applies to individual contracts awarded within a Framework Agreement or under Dynamic Purchasing Systems. The individual contract award notices should be considered for the purposes of the Directive, in line with the provisions of Article 5(2). They can be reported as follows:

| — | For Dynamic Purchasing Systems, in accordance with Article 50(3) of Directive 2014/24/EU, ‘Contracting authorities shall send a contract award notice within 30 days after the award of each contract based on a dynamic purchasing system. They may, however, group such notices on a quarterly basis. In that case, they shall send the grouped notices within 30 days of the end of each quarter.’ |
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For Dynamic Purchasing Systems, in accordance with Article 50(3) of Directive 2014/24/EU, ‘Contracting authorities shall send a contract award notice within 30 days after the award of each contract based on a dynamic purchasing system. They may, however, group such notices on a quarterly basis. In that case, they shall send the grouped notices within 30 days of the end of each quarter.’

| — | For individual contracts within a Framework Agreement, the way eForms can be used is clarified in the eForms Policy Implementation Handbook; please see in particular the following extract from the Handbook: |
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For individual contracts within a Framework Agreement, the way eForms can be used is clarified in the eForms Policy Implementation Handbook; please see in particular the following extract from the Handbook:

‘eForms could be used for the publication of contract award notices for individual contracts within a framework agreement, every quarter (and reference to the notice setting the framework agreement) which is not required by the Procurement Directives (*). This obligation can be further segmented depending on the type of framework agreement: e.g. for all framework agreements, or only for framework agreements with multiple economic operators.

Publishing contract award notices about contracts awarded within framework agreements is necessary for ensuring transparency about the actual amount of taxpayers’ money being spent and, in the case of framework agreements with multiple economic operators, for ensuring additional transparency on who is actually receiving the money. (In addition, it is necessary for precise measuring of vehicles purchases under the Clean Vehicles Directive).

28.   Does the Directive apply to tendering under previously established Dynamic Purchasing Systems or Framework Agreement, when the Directive enters into force during the period of validity of the system?

Does the Directive apply to tendering under previously established Dynamic Purchasing Systems or Framework Agreement, when the Directive enters into force during the period of validity of the system?

No. In accordance with Article 3(1) of the Directive, only contracts whose call for competition has been sent after 2 August 2021 fall within its scope. A Dynamic Purchasing System or Framework Agreement whose call for competition was sent before that date would therefore fall outside the scope of the Directive, even though individual contracts based on that dynamic purchasing system might be awarded after that date. Please see also question 7.

29.   If a Framework Agreement or Dynamic Purchasing System is established during the first reference period, but individual contracts are awarded during the second period, for which period should the corresponding vehicles be counted?

If a Framework Agreement or Dynamic Purchasing System is established during the first reference period, but individual contracts are awarded during the second period, for which period should the corresponding vehicles be counted?

In accordance with Article 5(2) of the Directive, the date to be considered is the date of award of the contract. In the case of Framework Agreements or Dynamic Purchasing Systems, this is the date of award of the individual contracts. Therefore, in the case of individual contracts awarded during the second reference period as part of a Framework Agreement or Dynamic Purchasing System which was established during the first reference period, the vehicles concerned will be counted for the second reference period.

Please see also question 7.

Questions related to procurement involving contracting authorities from different Member States

Questions related to procurement involving contracting authorities from different Member States

30.   If joint procurement is organised involving Contracting Authorities/Contracting Entities from different Member States – for example if a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation organises joint procurement of clean buses on behalf of its members in different Member States – how should this be reported in the TED database, in order to ensure that the vehicles are allocated correctly to the relevant Member State for the purposes of the minimum procurement targets?

If joint procurement is organised involving Contracting Authorities/Contracting Entities from different Member States – for example if a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation organises joint procurement of clean buses on behalf of its members in different Member States – how should this be reported in the TED database, in order to ensure that the vehicles are allocated correctly to the relevant Member State for the purposes of the minimum procurement targets?

Joint procurement as described above will be recorded as one entry in the TED database; the corresponding vehicles would therefore be automatically allocated to the Member State where the lead Contracting Authority/Contracting Entity is established. In order to ensure that the vehicles are allocated correctly between the Member States involved for the purposes of the minimum procurement targets, the distribution of vehicles, clean vehicles and zero-emission vehicles across Member States should be encoded in field II.2.14) ‘Additional information’. The Commission services will then manually correct the counting of these vehicles in the system, to reflect their actual distribution between the Member States involved.

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(1)  OJ L 120, 15.5.2009, p. 5.

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(2)  Directive (EU) 2019/1161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 amending Directive 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 116).

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(3)  OJ L 151, 14.6.2018, p. 1.

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(4)  OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 1.

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(5)  OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1.

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(6)  OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1. Pursuant to Article 88 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, Directive 2007/46/EC is repealed with effect from 1 September 2020.

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(7)  https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailDoc&id=12920&no=1

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(8)  ‘It should be noted that trolley buses are considered to be zero-emission buses, provided that they run only on electricity or that they use only a zero-emission powertrain when they are not connected to the grid, otherwise they still count as clean vehicles.’

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(9)  OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65.

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(10)  OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243.

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(11)  OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 7.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9957 — Advent International/Otto/Hermes Parcelnet/Hermes Germany)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 352/02)

On 19 October 2020, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32020M9957. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32020M9957. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

21 October 2020

(2020/C 352/03)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,1852 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 124,27 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4432 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,90754 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 10,3645 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0715 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 164,60 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 10,9315 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,185 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 364,01 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,5740 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,8758 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 9,3084 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,6733 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5557 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9,1854 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,7875 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,6067 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 343,08 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 19,4374 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,8879 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,5755 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 17 342,44 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,9115 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 57,539 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 91,4095 |
| THB | Thai baht | 37,026 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 6,6118 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 24,9348 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 87,3745 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1852

JPY

Japanese yen

124,27

DKK

Danish krone

7,4432

GBP

Pound sterling

0,90754

SEK

Swedish krona

10,3645

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0715

ISK

Iceland króna

164,60

NOK

Norwegian krone

10,9315

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,185

HUF

Hungarian forint

364,01

PLN

Polish zloty

4,5740

RON

Romanian leu

4,8758

TRY

Turkish lira

9,3084

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6733

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5557

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,1854

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,7875

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,6067

KRW

South Korean won

1 343,08

ZAR

South African rand

19,4374

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,8879

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5755

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

17 342,44

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,9115

PHP

Philippine peso

57,539

RUB

Russian rouble

91,4095

THB

Thai baht

37,026

BRL

Brazilian real

6,6118

MXN

Mexican peso

24,9348

INR

Indian rupee

87,3745

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V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9975 – Warburg Pincus/Vista Equity Partners Management/Infoblox)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 352/04)

1.

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | Warburg Pincus LLC (‘Warburg Pincus’, USA), |
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Warburg Pincus LLC (‘Warburg Pincus’, USA),

| — | Vista Equity Partners Management (‘Vista’, USA), |
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Vista Equity Partners Management (‘Vista’, USA),

| — | Infoblox, Inc. (‘Infoblox’ or the ‘Target’, USA), currently solely controlled by Vista. |
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Infoblox, Inc. (‘Infoblox’ or the ‘Target’, USA), currently solely controlled by Vista.

Warburg Pincus and Vista will acquire joint control within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation over the whole of Infoblox. Vista currently enjoys sole control over Infoblox.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

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| — | for Warburg Pincus: private equity investment firm, primarily investing in companies in a variety of sectors, including consumer, industrial and business services, energy, financial services, healthcare, real estate, and technology, media and telecommunications, |
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for Warburg Pincus: private equity investment firm, primarily investing in companies in a variety of sectors, including consumer, industrial and business services, energy, financial services, healthcare, real estate, and technology, media and telecommunications,

| — | for Vista: private investment firm that manages a number of portfolio companies active in the provision of IT services, |
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for Vista: private investment firm that manages a number of portfolio companies active in the provision of IT services,

| — | for Infoblox: provider of IT automation and security services, including software and appliances that automate the assignment of IP addresses and manage the Domain Name System (‘DNS’), and DNS security and cloud network automation solutions. |
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for Infoblox: provider of IT automation and security services, including software and appliances that automate the assignment of IP addresses and manage the Domain Name System (‘DNS’), and DNS security and cloud network automation solutions.

3.

Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.9975 — Warburg Pincus/Vista Equity Partners Management/Infoblox

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

| European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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| 22.10.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 352/17 |
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22.10.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 352/17

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Publication of an application for approval of a non-minor amendment to a product specification pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

(2020/C 352/05)

This publication confers the right to oppose the amendment application pursuant to Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) within three months from the date of this publication.

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE PRODUCT SPECIFICATION OF PROTECTED DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN/PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS WHICH IS NOT MINOR

Application for approval of an amendment in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012

‘JABUGO’

EU No: PDO-ES-0009-AM02 - 3.10.2019

PDO (X) PGI ( )

1.   Applicant group and legitimate interest

Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida Jabugo [Regulatory Board for the Protected Designation of Origin Jabugo]

Avenida Infanta María Luisa 1, 21290-Jabugo (Huelva), Spain

+34 959127900

info@dopjabugo.es

The Regulatory Board is officially recognised as the management body for the ‘Jabugo’ PDO, in accordance with the first additional provision of Law 6/2015 of 12 May 2015 on protected designations of origin and geographical indications at supra-Autonomous-Community level, and one of its specific functions is to propose amendments to the specification.

2.   Member State or Third Country

Spain

3.   Heading in the product specification affected by the amendment

| ☐ | Name of product |
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Name of product

| ☒ | Description of product |
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Description of product

| ☒ | Geographical area |
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Geographical area

| ☒ | Proof of origin |
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Proof of origin

| ☒ | Method of production |
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Method of production

| ☐ | Link |
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Link

| ☒ | Labelling |
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Labelling

| ☐ | Other (to be specified) |
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Other (to be specified)

| ☒ | Authorities or bodies responsible for verifying compliance with the product specification |
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Authorities or bodies responsible for verifying compliance with the product specification

4.   Type of amendment(s)

| ☒ | Amendment to the product specification of a registered PDO or PGI, not to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. |
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Amendment to the product specification of a registered PDO or PGI, not to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.

| ☐ | Amendment to the product specification of a registered PDO or PGI for which a single document (or equivalent) has not been published, not to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 |
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Amendment to the product specification of a registered PDO or PGI for which a single document (or equivalent) has not been published, not to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012

5.   Amendment(s)

The change in the name of the protected designation of origin (PDO) from ‘Jamón de Huelva’ to ‘Jabugo’ PDO has accelerated the trend towards excellence that has been observed over the last few years.

Description of product

Amendments have been made to this section because the three product classes (Class I ‘Summum’, Class II ‘Excellens’ and Class III ‘Selección’) have been simplified to form a single premium class. That is to say, the product specification covers only ham and shoulder ham from 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs (a native breed) fed on acorns and other resources of the dehesas (oak savannahs) during mast‐feeding.

Firstly, the 100 % pure-bred Iberian pig is a native, hardy breed that is perfectly suited to the dehesa and the free-range life. It is a breed that is less prolific and needs more time to get up to weight before slaughter. The pigs have a high degree of marbling.

Secondly, acorns give the final product unique organoleptic characteristics, notably its flavour, aroma and retronasal intensity/persistence.

In other words, ham and shoulder ham from 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs fed on acorns and natural herbage are of the highest sensory quality and make it possible to preserve the purity of the Iberian breed and the sustainability of the ecosystem.

Accordingly, the following amendments have been made:

| — | Crosses with Duroc pigs (a foreign breed) have been excluded. |
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Crosses with Duroc pigs (a foreign breed) have been excluded.

| — | For acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs, the minimum carcass weight for cross‐bred pigs has been deleted. |
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For acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs, the minimum carcass weight for cross‐bred pigs has been deleted.

| — | Pastured, fodder-fattened pigs have been excluded. |
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Pastured, fodder-fattened pigs have been excluded.

| — | Start and end dates have been set for mast-feeding in accordance with the national legislation on Iberian ham. |
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Start and end dates have been set for mast-feeding in accordance with the national legislation on Iberian ham.

| — | A livestock density has been specified to ensure that the livestock is managed extensively during fattening. |
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A livestock density has been specified to ensure that the livestock is managed extensively during fattening.

| — | The name of Class I ‘Summum’ has been deleted, although the requirements remain unchanged. |
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The name of Class I ‘Summum’ has been deleted, although the requirements remain unchanged.

| — | Class II ‘Excellens’ has been deleted. |
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Class II ‘Excellens’ has been deleted.

| — | Class III ‘Selección’ has been deleted. |
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Class III ‘Selección’ has been deleted.

| — | The minimum weights for ham and shoulder ham from cross-bred pigs have been deleted. |
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The minimum weights for ham and shoulder ham from cross-bred pigs have been deleted.

The amendments have been made out of a desire to send EU consumers a clear and unambiguous message positioning PDO ‘Jabugo’ as part of the most exacting market segment. At the same time, this is in line with the trend in certified products, since the number of products in Class II is falling, with only a few now left, and no products are being certified in Class III.

Consequently, the amendment does not involve any change to the premium-quality product.

Previous text of single document:

‘3.2   
  Description of the product to which the name in (1) applies

[...]

Weight: at least 5,75 kg for 100 % Iberian hams, 7 kg for Iberian hams, 3,7 kg for 100 % Iberian shoulder hams and 4 kg for Iberian shoulder hams.

[...]

Classes

The raw material comes from pure-bred Iberian pigs or Duroc crosses with at least 75 % Iberian blood.

Depending on the animals’ breed and diet, hams and shoulder hams are classified as follows:

| | Class I – “Summum”: produced from 100 % Iberian pigs raised in the traditional way and fed exclusively on acorns and other natural resources of the dehesa (oak savannah) during the mast-feeding period, before being slaughtered at an age of at least 14 months and cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva. |
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Class I – “Summum”: produced from 100 % Iberian pigs raised in the traditional way and fed exclusively on acorns and other natural resources of the dehesa (oak savannah) during the mast-feeding period, before being slaughtered at an age of at least 14 months and cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

| | Class II – “Excellens”: produced from Iberian pigs with at least 75 % Iberian blood and whose other characteristics are identical to Class I. |
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Class II – “Excellens”: produced from Iberian pigs with at least 75 % Iberian blood and whose other characteristics are identical to Class I.

| | Class III – “Selección”: produced from Iberian pigs with at least 75 % Iberian blood allowed to range freely on the dehesa and fattened on a diet of feed consisting primarily of grains and legumes, before being slaughtered at an age of at least 12 months and cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva. |
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Class III – “Selección”: produced from Iberian pigs with at least 75 % Iberian blood allowed to range freely on the dehesa and fattened on a diet of feed consisting primarily of grains and legumes, before being slaughtered at an age of at least 12 months and cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

[...]’

New text of single document:

‘3.2   
  Description of the product to which the name in (1) applies

[...]

Weight: at least 5,75 kg for hams and 3,7 kg for shoulder hams.

[...]

These are hams and shoulder hams produced from 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs raised in the traditional way and fed exclusively on acorns and other natural resources of the dehesa (oak savannah) during the mast-feeding period, and cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

[...]’

Previous text of single document:

‘3.3   
  Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

3.3

Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

The production area, in which the Iberian pigs that provide the raw material for the protected products are reared, consists of the extensive dehesa – an agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystem which constitutes the traditional habitat for rearing Iberian pigs – of the vast regions of Extremadura and Andalusia. The key factors which determine the quality of the Iberian pigs and thus the subsequent organoleptic quality of the protected hams and shoulder hams and which give PDO “Jabugo” hams and shoulder hams their distinctive quality and characteristics are the pigs’ diet and the physical exercise that they get because they are allowed to range freely, making full use of all the resources of the dehesa, i.e. acorns, natural herbage, grass and stubble, throughout their lives.

The geographical production area is defined and compliance with the specific conditions is ensured by means of the following control measures: estimating the quantity of acorns on the holm, cork and gall oak trees available to the pigs on each acorn-rich pasture; determining the maximum number of pigs and checking their identity from their ear tag at the start of mast-feeding; and monitoring by means of unannounced inspections to verify that the pigs are feeding on acorns and natural herbage and that they are managed extensively during the fattening stage.

The fore and hind legs used to make PDO “Jabugo” hams and shoulder hams must come from:

| a) | Acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs: these pigs are intended for slaughter immediately after mast-feeding exclusively on acorns and grasses on the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas. The average weight of the consignment at the start of mast-feeding must be between 92 kg and 115 kg. The pigs must gain a minimum of 46 kg during mast-feeding over more than 60 days. Individual carcasses must weigh 115 kg, or 108 kg for 100 % Iberian pigs. |
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a)

Acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs: these pigs are intended for slaughter immediately after mast-feeding exclusively on acorns and grasses on the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas. The average weight of the consignment at the start of mast-feeding must be between 92 kg and 115 kg. The pigs must gain a minimum of 46 kg during mast-feeding over more than 60 days. Individual carcasses must weigh 115 kg, or 108 kg for 100 % Iberian pigs.

| b) | Pastured, fodder-fattened pigs: these pigs are fattened under an extensive system of farming, with no more than 15 pigs per hectare, on a diet consisting of the resources of the dehesa and feed made up primarily of grains and legumes. The pigs must spend a minimum of 60 days on the dehesa fattening prior to slaughter. Individual carcasses must weigh 115 kg, or 108 kg for 100 % Iberian pigs.’ |
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b)

Pastured, fodder-fattened pigs: these pigs are fattened under an extensive system of farming, with no more than 15 pigs per hectare, on a diet consisting of the resources of the dehesa and feed made up primarily of grains and legumes. The pigs must spend a minimum of 60 days on the dehesa fattening prior to slaughter. Individual carcasses must weigh 115 kg, or 108 kg for 100 % Iberian pigs.’

New text of single document:

‘3.3   
  Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

The fore and hind legs used to make PDO “Jabugo” hams and shoulder hams must come from 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs whose diet prior to slaughter, in accordance with the local terms used, corresponds to:

Acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs: these pigs are intended for slaughter immediately after mast-feeding exclusively on acorns and grasses on the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas. The average weight of the consignment at the start of mast-feeding must be between 92 kg and 115 kg. The pigs must gain a minimum of 46 kg during mast-feeding over more than 60 days. Individual carcasses must weigh at least 108 kg.

These pigs, raised in the traditional way and fed exclusively on acorns and other natural resources of the dehesa during the mast-feeding period, which takes place between 1 October and 31 March, are slaughtered at an age of at least 14 months.

The production area, where the Iberian pigs that provide the raw material for the protected products are fattened, consists of the extensive dehesas in the vast regions of Extremadura and Andalusia. The key factors which determine the quality of the pigs and thus the subsequent organoleptic quality of the protected hams and shoulder hams and which give PDO “Jabugo” hams and shoulder hams their distinctive quality and characteristics are the pigs’ diet and their management under an extensive system of farming during the final fattening stage, making full use of the resources of the dehesa, i.e. acorns, natural herbage and stubble.

The livestock density must be no more than 1,25 pigs per hectare and is determined for each farm on the basis of an estimate of the quantity of acorns on the holm, cork and gall oak trees available to the pigs on each acorn-rich pasture.’

Previous text of specification:

‘(B)   
  Description of product

Description of product

The hams and shoulder hams covered by the “Jabugo” designation of origin are the cured fore and hind legs of 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs or Duroc crosses with at least 75 % Iberian blood.

The following categories are based on the animals’ diet prior to slaughter and the local terms used:

| (a) | Acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs: these pigs are intended for slaughter immediately after mast-feeding exclusively on acorns and grasses on the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas. The average weight of the consignment at the start of mast‐feeding must be between 92 kg and 115 kg. The pigs must gain a minimum of 46 kg during mast-feeding over more than 60 days. Individual carcasses must weigh at least 115 kg, or at least 108 kg for 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs. |
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(a)

Acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs: these pigs are intended for slaughter immediately after mast-feeding exclusively on acorns and grasses on the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas. The average weight of the consignment at the start of mast‐feeding must be between 92 kg and 115 kg. The pigs must gain a minimum of 46 kg during mast-feeding over more than 60 days. Individual carcasses must weigh at least 115 kg, or at least 108 kg for 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs.

| (b) | Pastured, fodder-fattened pigs: these pigs are fattened under an extensive system of farming, on a diet consisting of the resources of the dehesa and feed made up primarily of grains and legumes. The pigs must spend a minimum of 60 days on the dehesa fattening prior to slaughter. Individual carcasses must weigh 115 kg, or 108 kg for 100 % Iberian pigs. The stocking density must be no more than 15 pigs per hectare. |
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(b)

Pastured, fodder-fattened pigs: these pigs are fattened under an extensive system of farming, on a diet consisting of the resources of the dehesa and feed made up primarily of grains and legumes. The pigs must spend a minimum of 60 days on the dehesa fattening prior to slaughter. Individual carcasses must weigh 115 kg, or 108 kg for 100 % Iberian pigs. The stocking density must be no more than 15 pigs per hectare.

Without prejudice to and independently of the applicable national standards, hams and shoulder hams are classified as follows on the basis of quality factors, namely breed purity, livestock management, a diet consisting exclusively of the resources of the dehesa, the minimum age at slaughter and the length of time for which the hams are cured in the natural conditions of La Sierra in the province of Huelva:

Class I “SUMMUM”: these hams and shoulder hams are produced from 100 % Iberian pigs raised in the traditional way and fed exclusively on acorns and other natural resources of the dehesa during the mast-feeding period, before being slaughtered at an age of at least 14 months and cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

Class II “EXCELLENS”: these hams and shoulder hams are produced from Iberian pigs with 75 % Iberian blood raised in the traditional way and fed exclusively on acorns and other natural resources of the dehesa during the mast-feeding period, before being slaughtered at an age of at least 14 months and cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

Class III “SELECCIÓN”: these hams and shoulder hams are “100 % Iberian pastured, fodder-fattened” or “75 % Iberian pastured, fodder-fattened” and are produced from Iberian pigs with at least 75 % Iberian blood that are allowed to range freely on the dehesa and fattened on a diet consisting of the resources of the dehesa and feed made up primarily of grains and legumes, before being slaughtered at an age of at least 12 months and cured naturally in the natural conditions of La Sierra de Huelva.

[...]

Weight: at least 5,75 kg for “100 % Iberian hams”, 7,00 kg for “Iberian hams”, 3,70 kg for “100 % Iberian shoulder hams” and 4,00 kg for “Iberian shoulder hams”.

[...]’

New text of specification:

‘(B)   Description of product

The hams and shoulder hams covered by the “Jabugo” designation of origin are the cured fore and hind legs of 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs whose diet prior to slaughter, in accordance with the local terms used, corresponds to:

Acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs: these pigs, raised in the traditional way, are intended for slaughter immediately after mast-feeding exclusively on acorns and grasses on the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas between 1 October and 31 March. The average weight of the consignment at the start of mast-feeding must be between 92 kg and 115 kg. The pigs must gain a minimum of 46 kg during mast-feeding over more than 60 days. The minimum age at slaughter is 14 months. Individual carcasses must weigh at least 108 kg. The livestock density must be no more than 1,25 pigs per hectare and is determined for each farm on the basis of an estimate of the quantity of acorns on the holm, cork and gall oak trees available to the pigs on each acorn-rich pasture.

The hams and shoulder hams are cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

[...]

Weight: at least 5,75 kg for hams and 3,70 kg for shoulder hams.

[...]’

Geographical area

Geographical area

The amendment only affects the specification and consists of replacing the names of the agricultural districts in the production area with the names of the municipalities they comprise.

The only revision made to the single document has been to replace the words ‘the following districts’ with the words ‘the municipalities in the following districts’ to bring it into line with the specification.

The amendments do not therefore involve any change to the geographical production area.

Previous text of single document:

‘The production area comprises the following districts with holm, cork and gall oak dehesas in the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz in Extremadura and the provinces of Seville, Córdoba, Huelva, Cádiz and Málaga in Andalusia:’

New text of single document:

‘The production area comprises the municipalities in the following districts with holm, cork and gall oak dehesas in the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz in Extremadura and the provinces of Seville, Córdoba, Huelva, Cádiz and Málaga in Andalusia:’

Previous text of specification:

‘The production area for pigs whose fore and hind legs can be used to make PDO “Jabugo” hams and shoulder hams comprises the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas located in the provinces of Seville, Córdoba, Huelva, Cádiz and Málaga in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia and the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, within the following agricultural districts:

Extremadura

| — | Cáceres: the districts of Cáceres, Trujillo, Brozas, Valencia de Alcántara, Logrosán, Navalmoral de la Mata, Jaraiz de la Vera, Plasencia, Hervás and Coria. |
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Cáceres: the districts of Cáceres, Trujillo, Brozas, Valencia de Alcántara, Logrosán, Navalmoral de la Mata, Jaraiz de la Vera, Plasencia, Hervás and Coria.

| — | Badajoz: the districts of Alburquerque, Mérida, Don Benito, Puebla de Alcocer, Herrera del Duque, Badajoz, Almendralejo, Castuera, Olivenza, Jerez de los Caballeros, Llerena and Azuaya. |
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Badajoz: the districts of Alburquerque, Mérida, Don Benito, Puebla de Alcocer, Herrera del Duque, Badajoz, Almendralejo, Castuera, Olivenza, Jerez de los Caballeros, Llerena and Azuaya.

Andalusia

| — | Seville: the district of Sierra Norte. |
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Seville: the district of Sierra Norte.

| — | Córdoba: the districts of Los Pedroches, La Sierra and Campiña Baja. |
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Córdoba: the districts of Los Pedroches, La Sierra and Campiña Baja.

| — | Huelva: the districts of La Sierra, Andévalo Occidental, Andévalo Oriental and Condado Campiña. |
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Huelva: the districts of La Sierra, Andévalo Occidental, Andévalo Oriental and Condado Campiña.

| — | Cádiz: La Sierra, La Janda, Campo de Gibraltar and Campiña. |
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Cádiz: La Sierra, La Janda, Campo de Gibraltar and Campiña.

| — | Málaga: Serranía de Ronda.’ |
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Málaga: Serranía de Ronda.’

New text of specification:

‘The production area for pigs whose fore and hind legs can be used to make PDO “Jabugo” hams and shoulder hams comprises the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas located in the provinces of Seville, Córdoba, Huelva, Cádiz and Málaga in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia and the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, within the following municipalities:

Extremadura

| — | Cáceres: Abadía, Abertura, Acebo, Acehuche, Aceituna, Ahigal, Albalá, Alcántara, Alcollarín, Alcuéscar, Aldea del Cano, Aldeacentenera, Aldeanueva de la Vera, Aldeanueva del Camino, Aldehuela de Jerte, Alía, Aliseda, Almaraz, Almoharín, Arroyo de La Luz, Arroyomolinos de La Vera, Arroyomolinos, Baños de Montemayor, Barrado, Belvís de Monroy, Benquerencia, Berrocalejo, Berzocana, Bohonal de Ibor, Botija, Brozas, Cabañas del Castillo, Cabezabellosa, Cabezuela del Valle, Cabrero, Cáceres, Cachorrilla, Cadalso, Calzadilla, Caminomorisco, Campillo de Deleitosa, Campo Lugar, Cañamero, Cañaveral, Carbajo, Carcaboso, Carrascalejo, Casar de Cáceres, Casar de Palomero, Casares de las Hurdes, Casas de Don Antonio, Casas de Don Gómez, Casas de Millán, Casas de Miravete, Casas del Castañar, Casas del Monte, Casatejada, Casillas de Coria, Castañar de Ibor, Ceclavín, Cedillo, Cerezo, Cilleros, Collado, Conquista de La Sierra, Coria, Cuacos de Yuste, Deleitosa, Descargamaría, El Gordo, El Torno, Eljas, Escurial, Fresnedoso de Ibor, Galisteo, Garciaz, Garganta la Olla, Gargantilla, Gargüera, Garrovillas de Alconétar, Garvín, Gata, Guadalupe, Guijo de Coria, Guijo de Galisteo, Guijo de Granadilla, Guijo de Santa Bárbara, Herguijuela, Hernán-Pérez, Herrera de Alcántara, Herreruela, Hervás, Higuera, Hinojal, Holguera, Hoyos, Huélaga, Ibahernando, Jaraicejo, Jaraíz de La Vera, Jarandilla de La Vera, Jarilla, Jerte, La Aldea del Obispo, La Cumbre, La Garganta, La Granja, La Pesga, Ladrillar, Logrosán, Losar de La Vera, Madrigal de La Vera, Madrigalejo, Madroñera, Majadas, Malpartida de Cáceres, Malpartida de Plasencia, Marchagaz, Mata de Alcántara, Membrío, Mesas de Ibor, Miajadas, Millanes, Mirabel, Mohedas de Granadilla, Monroy, Montánchez, Montehermoso, Moraleja, Morcillo, Navaconcejo, Navalmoral de la Mata, Navalvillar de Ibor, Navas del Madroño, Navezuelas, Nuñomoral, Oliva de Plasencia, Palomero, Pasarón de La Vera, Pedroso de Acim, Peraleda de la Mata, Peraleda de San Román, Perales del Puerto, Pescueza, Piedras Albas, Pinofranqueado, Piornal, Plasencia, Plasenzuela, Portaje, Portezuelo, Pozuelo de Zarzón, Pueblonuevo de Miramontes, Puerto de Santa Cruz, Rebollar, Riolobos, Robledillo de Gata, Robledillo de la Vera, Robledillo de Trujillo, Robledollano, Romangordo, Rosalejo, Ruanes, Salorino, Salvatierra de Santiago, San Martín de Trevejo, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz de Paniagua, Santa Marta de Magasca, Santiago de Alcántara, Santiago del Campo, Santibáñez el Alto, Santibáñez el Bajo, Saucedilla, Segura de Toro, Serradilla, Serrejón, Sierra de Fuentes, Talaván, Talaveruela de la Vera, Talayuela, Tejeda de Tiétar, Tiétar, Toril, Tornavacas, Torre de Don Miguel, Torre de Santa María, Torrecilla de los Ángeles, Torrecillas de la Tiesa, Torrejón El Rubio, Torrejoncillo, Torremenga, Torremocha, Torreorgaz, Torrequemada, Trujillo, Valdastillas, Valdecañas de Tajo, Valdefuentes, Valdehúncar, Valdelacasa de Tajo, Valdemorales, Valdeobispo, Valencia de Alcántara, Valverde de La Vera, Valverde del Fresno, Vegaviana, Viandar de la Vera, Villa del Campo, Villa del Rey, Villamesías, Villamiel, Villanueva de la Sierra, Villanueva de la Vera, Villar de Plasencia, Villar del Pedroso, Villasbuenas de Gata, Zarza de Granadilla, Zarza de Montánchez, Zarza la Mayor, Zorita. |
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Cáceres: Abadía, Abertura, Acebo, Acehuche, Aceituna, Ahigal, Albalá, Alcántara, Alcollarín, Alcuéscar, Aldea del Cano, Aldeacentenera, Aldeanueva de la Vera, Aldeanueva del Camino, Aldehuela de Jerte, Alía, Aliseda, Almaraz, Almoharín, Arroyo de La Luz, Arroyomolinos de La Vera, Arroyomolinos, Baños de Montemayor, Barrado, Belvís de Monroy, Benquerencia, Berrocalejo, Berzocana, Bohonal de Ibor, Botija, Brozas, Cabañas del Castillo, Cabezabellosa, Cabezuela del Valle, Cabrero, Cáceres, Cachorrilla, Cadalso, Calzadilla, Caminomorisco, Campillo de Deleitosa, Campo Lugar, Cañamero, Cañaveral, Carbajo, Carcaboso, Carrascalejo, Casar de Cáceres, Casar de Palomero, Casares de las Hurdes, Casas de Don Antonio, Casas de Don Gómez, Casas de Millán, Casas de Miravete, Casas del Castañar, Casas del Monte, Casatejada, Casillas de Coria, Castañar de Ibor, Ceclavín, Cedillo, Cerezo, Cilleros, Collado, Conquista de La Sierra, Coria, Cuacos de Yuste, Deleitosa, Descargamaría, El Gordo, El Torno, Eljas, Escurial, Fresnedoso de Ibor, Galisteo, Garciaz, Garganta la Olla, Gargantilla, Gargüera, Garrovillas de Alconétar, Garvín, Gata, Guadalupe, Guijo de Coria, Guijo de Galisteo, Guijo de Granadilla, Guijo de Santa Bárbara, Herguijuela, Hernán-Pérez, Herrera de Alcántara, Herreruela, Hervás, Higuera, Hinojal, Holguera, Hoyos, Huélaga, Ibahernando, Jaraicejo, Jaraíz de La Vera, Jarandilla de La Vera, Jarilla, Jerte, La Aldea del Obispo, La Cumbre, La Garganta, La Granja, La Pesga, Ladrillar, Logrosán, Losar de La Vera, Madrigal de La Vera, Madrigalejo, Madroñera, Majadas, Malpartida de Cáceres, Malpartida de Plasencia, Marchagaz, Mata de Alcántara, Membrío, Mesas de Ibor, Miajadas, Millanes, Mirabel, Mohedas de Granadilla, Monroy, Montánchez, Montehermoso, Moraleja, Morcillo, Navaconcejo, Navalmoral de la Mata, Navalvillar de Ibor, Navas del Madroño, Navezuelas, Nuñomoral, Oliva de Plasencia, Palomero, Pasarón de La Vera, Pedroso de Acim, Peraleda de la Mata, Peraleda de San Román, Perales del Puerto, Pescueza, Piedras Albas, Pinofranqueado, Piornal, Plasencia, Plasenzuela, Portaje, Portezuelo, Pozuelo de Zarzón, Pueblonuevo de Miramontes, Puerto de Santa Cruz, Rebollar, Riolobos, Robledillo de Gata, Robledillo de la Vera, Robledillo de Trujillo, Robledollano, Romangordo, Rosalejo, Ruanes, Salorino, Salvatierra de Santiago, San Martín de Trevejo, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz de Paniagua, Santa Marta de Magasca, Santiago de Alcántara, Santiago del Campo, Santibáñez el Alto, Santibáñez el Bajo, Saucedilla, Segura de Toro, Serradilla, Serrejón, Sierra de Fuentes, Talaván, Talaveruela de la Vera, Talayuela, Tejeda de Tiétar, Tiétar, Toril, Tornavacas, Torre de Don Miguel, Torre de Santa María, Torrecilla de los Ángeles, Torrecillas de la Tiesa, Torrejón El Rubio, Torrejoncillo, Torremenga, Torremocha, Torreorgaz, Torrequemada, Trujillo, Valdastillas, Valdecañas de Tajo, Valdefuentes, Valdehúncar, Valdelacasa de Tajo, Valdemorales, Valdeobispo, Valencia de Alcántara, Valverde de La Vera, Valverde del Fresno, Vegaviana, Viandar de la Vera, Villa del Campo, Villa del Rey, Villamesías, Villamiel, Villanueva de la Sierra, Villanueva de la Vera, Villar de Plasencia, Villar del Pedroso, Villasbuenas de Gata, Zarza de Granadilla, Zarza de Montánchez, Zarza la Mayor, Zorita.

| — | Badajoz: Acedera, Aceuchal, Ahillones, Alange, Albuera (La), Alburquerque, Alconchel, Alconera, Aljucen, Almendral, Almendralejo, Arroyo de San Servan, Atalaya, Azuaga, Badajoz, Barcarrota, Baterno, Benquerencia de la Serena, Berlanga, Bienvenida, Bodonal de la Sierra, Burguillos del Cerro, Cabeza del Buey, Cabeza la Vaca, Calamonte, Calera de León, Calzadilla de Los Barros, Campanario, Campillo de Llerena, Capilla, Carmonita, Carrascalejo (El), Casas de Don Pedro, Casas de Reina, Castilblanco, Castuera, Codosera (La), Cordobilla de Lacara, Coronada (La), Corte de Peleas, Cristina, Cheles, Don Alvaro, Don Benito, Entrin Bajo, Esparragalejo, Esparragosa de La Serena, Esparragosa de Lares, Feria, Fregenal de La Sierra, Fuenlabrada de los Montes, Fuente de Cantos, Fuente del Arco, Fuente del Maestre, Fuentes de Leon, Garbayuela, Garlitos, Garrovilla (La), Granja de Torrehermosa, Guareña, Haba (La), Helechosa, Herrera del Duque, Higuera de La Serena, Higuera de Llerena, Higuera de Vargas, Higuera La Real, Hinojosa del Valle, Hornachos, Jerez de Los Caballeros, Lapa (La), Llera, Llerena, Lobon, Magacela, Maguilla, Malcocinado, Malpartida de La Serena, Manchita, Medellin, Medina de Las Torres, Mengabril, Merida, Mirandilla, Monesterio, Montemolin, Monterrubio de La Serena, Montijo, Morera (La), Nava de Santiago (La), Navalvillar de Pela, Nogales, Oliva de La Frontera, Oliva de Merida, Olivenza, Orellana de la Sierra, Orellana la Vieja, Palomas, Parra (La), Peñalsordo, Peraleda del Zaucejo, Puebla de Alcocer, Puebla de La Reina, Puebla de Obando, Puebla de Sancho Perez, Puebla del Maestre, Puebla del Prior, Pueblo Nuevo del Guadiana, Quintana de La Serena, Reina, Rena, Retamal de Llerena, Ribera del Fresno, Risco, Roca de La Sierra (La), Salvaleon, Salvatierra de Los Barros, San Pedro de Merida, San Vicente de Alcantara, Sancti-Spiritus, Santa Amalia, Santa Marta, Santos de Maimona (Los), Segura de Leon, Siruela, Solana de Los Barros, Talarrubias, Talavera La Real, Taliga Tamurejo, Torre de Miguel Sesmero, Torremayor, Torremejia, Trasierra, Trujillanos, Usagre, Valdecaballeros, Valdetorres, Valencia de las Torres, Valencia del Mombuey, Valencia del Ventoso, Valle de La Serena, Valle de Matamoros, Valle de Santa Ana, Valverde de Burguillos, Valverde de Leganes, Valverde de Llerena, Valverde de Merida, Villafranca de los Barros, Villagarcia de la Torre, Villagonzalo, Villalba de Los Barros, Villanueva de la Serena, Villanueva del Fresno, Villar de Rena, Villar del Rey, Villarta de los Montes, Zafra, Zahinos, Zalamea de la Serena, Zarza (La), Zarza-Capilla. |
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Badajoz: Acedera, Aceuchal, Ahillones, Alange, Albuera (La), Alburquerque, Alconchel, Alconera, Aljucen, Almendral, Almendralejo, Arroyo de San Servan, Atalaya, Azuaga, Badajoz, Barcarrota, Baterno, Benquerencia de la Serena, Berlanga, Bienvenida, Bodonal de la Sierra, Burguillos del Cerro, Cabeza del Buey, Cabeza la Vaca, Calamonte, Calera de León, Calzadilla de Los Barros, Campanario, Campillo de Llerena, Capilla, Carmonita, Carrascalejo (El), Casas de Don Pedro, Casas de Reina, Castilblanco, Castuera, Codosera (La), Cordobilla de Lacara, Coronada (La), Corte de Peleas, Cristina, Cheles, Don Alvaro, Don Benito, Entrin Bajo, Esparragalejo, Esparragosa de La Serena, Esparragosa de Lares, Feria, Fregenal de La Sierra, Fuenlabrada de los Montes, Fuente de Cantos, Fuente del Arco, Fuente del Maestre, Fuentes de Leon, Garbayuela, Garlitos, Garrovilla (La), Granja de Torrehermosa, Guareña, Haba (La), Helechosa, Herrera del Duque, Higuera de La Serena, Higuera de Llerena, Higuera de Vargas, Higuera La Real, Hinojosa del Valle, Hornachos, Jerez de Los Caballeros, Lapa (La), Llera, Llerena, Lobon, Magacela, Maguilla, Malcocinado, Malpartida de La Serena, Manchita, Medellin, Medina de Las Torres, Mengabril, Merida, Mirandilla, Monesterio, Montemolin, Monterrubio de La Serena, Montijo, Morera (La), Nava de Santiago (La), Navalvillar de Pela, Nogales, Oliva de La Frontera, Oliva de Merida, Olivenza, Orellana de la Sierra, Orellana la Vieja, Palomas, Parra (La), Peñalsordo, Peraleda del Zaucejo, Puebla de Alcocer, Puebla de La Reina, Puebla de Obando, Puebla de Sancho Perez, Puebla del Maestre, Puebla del Prior, Pueblo Nuevo del Guadiana, Quintana de La Serena, Reina, Rena, Retamal de Llerena, Ribera del Fresno, Risco, Roca de La Sierra (La), Salvaleon, Salvatierra de Los Barros, San Pedro de Merida, San Vicente de Alcantara, Sancti-Spiritus, Santa Amalia, Santa Marta, Santos de Maimona (Los), Segura de Leon, Siruela, Solana de Los Barros, Talarrubias, Talavera La Real, Taliga Tamurejo, Torre de Miguel Sesmero, Torremayor, Torremejia, Trasierra, Trujillanos, Usagre, Valdecaballeros, Valdetorres, Valencia de las Torres, Valencia del Mombuey, Valencia del Ventoso, Valle de La Serena, Valle de Matamoros, Valle de Santa Ana, Valverde de Burguillos, Valverde de Leganes, Valverde de Llerena, Valverde de Merida, Villafranca de los Barros, Villagarcia de la Torre, Villagonzalo, Villalba de Los Barros, Villanueva de la Serena, Villanueva del Fresno, Villar de Rena, Villar del Rey, Villarta de los Montes, Zafra, Zahinos, Zalamea de la Serena, Zarza (La), Zarza-Capilla.

Andalusia

| — | Seville: Alanís, Almadén de la Plata, Aználcollar, Castilblanco de los Arroyos, Castillo de las Guardas, Cazalla de la Sierra, Constantina, Coripe, El Garrobo, El Madroño, El Pedroso, El Real de la Jara, El Ronquillo, Gerena, Guadalcanal, Guillena, Navas de la Concepción, Pruna, Puebla de los Infantes, Sanlúcar La Mayor, San Nicolás del Puerto, Villanueva del Río y Minas. |
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Seville: Alanís, Almadén de la Plata, Aználcollar, Castilblanco de los Arroyos, Castillo de las Guardas, Cazalla de la Sierra, Constantina, Coripe, El Garrobo, El Madroño, El Pedroso, El Real de la Jara, El Ronquillo, Gerena, Guadalcanal, Guillena, Navas de la Concepción, Pruna, Puebla de los Infantes, Sanlúcar La Mayor, San Nicolás del Puerto, Villanueva del Río y Minas.

| — | Córdoba: Adamuz, Alcaracejos, Almodóvar del Río, Añora, Belalcazar, Belmez, Cardeña, Castro del Río, Conquista, Córdoba, Dos Torres, El Carpio, El Guijo, El Viso, Espiel, Fuente la Lancha, Fuente Obejuna, Hinojosa del Duque, Hornachuelos, La Granjuela, la Rambla, Los Blázquez, Montoro, Obejo, Pedroche, Palma del Río, Peñarroya-Pueblo Nuevo, Posadas, Pozoblanco, Santaella, Santa Eufemia, Torrecampo, Valsequillo, Villafranca de Córdoba, Villaharta, Villanueva de Córdoba, Villanueva del Duque, Villanueva del Rey, Villaralto, Villaviciosa de Córdoba. |
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Córdoba: Adamuz, Alcaracejos, Almodóvar del Río, Añora, Belalcazar, Belmez, Cardeña, Castro del Río, Conquista, Córdoba, Dos Torres, El Carpio, El Guijo, El Viso, Espiel, Fuente la Lancha, Fuente Obejuna, Hinojosa del Duque, Hornachuelos, La Granjuela, la Rambla, Los Blázquez, Montoro, Obejo, Pedroche, Palma del Río, Peñarroya-Pueblo Nuevo, Posadas, Pozoblanco, Santaella, Santa Eufemia, Torrecampo, Valsequillo, Villafranca de Córdoba, Villaharta, Villanueva de Córdoba, Villanueva del Duque, Villanueva del Rey, Villaralto, Villaviciosa de Córdoba.

| — | Huelva: Alajar, Almonaster la Real, Alosno, Aracena, Aroche, Arroyomolinos de León, Ayamonte, Beas, Berrocal, Bollullos Par del Condado, Cabezas Rubias, Cala, Calañas, Campofrío, Cañaveral de León, Cartaya, Castaño del Robledo, Corteconcepción, Cortelazor, Cortegana, Cumbres de Enmedio, Cumbres de San Bartolomé, Cumbres Mayores, Chucena, El Almendro, El Campillo, El Cerro del Andévalo, El Granado, Encinasola, Escacena del Campo, Fuenteheridos, Galaroza, Gibraleón, Higuera de la Sierra, Hinojales, Hinojos, Jabugo, La Granada de Rio Tinto, La Nava, La Palma del Condado, La Zarza, Linares de la Sierra, Los Marines, Manzanilla, Minas de Río Tinto, Nerva, Niebla, Paterna del Campo, Paymogo, Puebla de Guzmán, Puerto Moral, Rociana del Condado, Rosal de la Frontera, San Bartolomé de la Torre, San Juan del Puerto, Sanlúcar del Guadiana, San Silvestre de Guzmán, Santa Ana la Real, Santa Bárbara de Casa, Santa Olalla del Cala, Tharsis, Trigueros, Valdelarco, Valverde del Camino, Villablanca, Villalba del Alcor, Villanueva de las Cruces, Villanueva de los Castillejos, Villarrasa, Zalamea la Real, Zufre. |
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Huelva: Alajar, Almonaster la Real, Alosno, Aracena, Aroche, Arroyomolinos de León, Ayamonte, Beas, Berrocal, Bollullos Par del Condado, Cabezas Rubias, Cala, Calañas, Campofrío, Cañaveral de León, Cartaya, Castaño del Robledo, Corteconcepción, Cortelazor, Cortegana, Cumbres de Enmedio, Cumbres de San Bartolomé, Cumbres Mayores, Chucena, El Almendro, El Campillo, El Cerro del Andévalo, El Granado, Encinasola, Escacena del Campo, Fuenteheridos, Galaroza, Gibraleón, Higuera de la Sierra, Hinojales, Hinojos, Jabugo, La Granada de Rio Tinto, La Nava, La Palma del Condado, La Zarza, Linares de la Sierra, Los Marines, Manzanilla, Minas de Río Tinto, Nerva, Niebla, Paterna del Campo, Paymogo, Puebla de Guzmán, Puerto Moral, Rociana del Condado, Rosal de la Frontera, San Bartolomé de la Torre, San Juan del Puerto, Sanlúcar del Guadiana, San Silvestre de Guzmán, Santa Ana la Real, Santa Bárbara de Casa, Santa Olalla del Cala, Tharsis, Trigueros, Valdelarco, Valverde del Camino, Villablanca, Villalba del Alcor, Villanueva de las Cruces, Villanueva de los Castillejos, Villarrasa, Zalamea la Real, Zufre.

| — | Cádiz: Alcalá de los Gazules, Alcalá del Valle, Algar, Algeciras, Algodonales, Arcos de la Frontera, Barbate, Benalup-Casas Viejas, Benaocaz, Bornos, Castellar de la Frontera, Chiclana de la Frontera, El Bosque, Grazalema, El Gastor, Espera, Jérez de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, La Línea, Los Barrios, Medina Sidonia, Olvera, Paterna de la Rivera, Prado del Rey, Puerto Real, Puerto Serrano, San Roque, San José del Valle, Setenil de las Bodegas, Ubrique, Tarifa, Torre-Alháquime, Vejer de la Frontera, Villaluenga del Rosario, Villamartín, Zahara de la Sierra. |
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Cádiz: Alcalá de los Gazules, Alcalá del Valle, Algar, Algeciras, Algodonales, Arcos de la Frontera, Barbate, Benalup-Casas Viejas, Benaocaz, Bornos, Castellar de la Frontera, Chiclana de la Frontera, El Bosque, Grazalema, El Gastor, Espera, Jérez de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, La Línea, Los Barrios, Medina Sidonia, Olvera, Paterna de la Rivera, Prado del Rey, Puerto Real, Puerto Serrano, San Roque, San José del Valle, Setenil de las Bodegas, Ubrique, Tarifa, Torre-Alháquime, Vejer de la Frontera, Villaluenga del Rosario, Villamartín, Zahara de la Sierra.

| — | Málaga: Algatocín, Alpandeire, Arriate, Atajate, Benadalid, Benalauría, Benaoján, Benarrabá, Campillos, Cañete la Real, Cartajima, Cortes de la Frontera, Cuevas del Becerro, El Burgo, Faraján, Gaucín, Genalguacil, Igualeja, Jimera de Líbar, Jubrique, Júzcar, Montejaque, Parauta, Pujerra, Ronda, Yunquera. |
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Málaga: Algatocín, Alpandeire, Arriate, Atajate, Benadalid, Benalauría, Benaoján, Benarrabá, Campillos, Cañete la Real, Cartajima, Cortes de la Frontera, Cuevas del Becerro, El Burgo, Faraján, Gaucín, Genalguacil, Igualeja, Jimera de Líbar, Jubrique, Júzcar, Montejaque, Parauta, Pujerra, Ronda, Yunquera.

Proof of origin

Proof of origin

Only the subsection headed ‘Checks and certification’ has been amended, as a result of the simplification of the three classes.

| — | The text allowing hams and shoulder hams to be obtained from Duroc crosses has been deleted. |
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The text allowing hams and shoulder hams to be obtained from Duroc crosses has been deleted.

| — | Details regarding the approach towards assessing the acorn-rich pastures and determining the livestock density have been added. |
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Details regarding the approach towards assessing the acorn-rich pastures and determining the livestock density have been added.

| — | The reference to marking the pigs before the start of fattening under an extensive system of farming has been deleted, as this related to pastured, fodder-fattened pigs. |
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The reference to marking the pigs before the start of fattening under an extensive system of farming has been deleted, as this related to pastured, fodder-fattened pigs.

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A reference to compliance with the verification protocol developed by the management body has been inserted.

The amendments do not therefore involve any changes to the proof of origin.

Previous text of specification:

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The hams and shoulder hams must come exclusively from 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs or Duroc crosses with at least 75 % Iberian blood.

All pigs whose fore and hind legs can be used to make products protected by the PDO must be identified on one ear by an ear tag or an indelible mark specific to the “Jabugo” PDO. Pigs must be marked before the start of fattening on acorn-rich pastures or under an extensive system of farming and must come from a registered farm.

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Operators that handle the whole finished product in order to obtain the different forms in which it is to be sold, i.e. without trotter, boned or cut into pieces, portions or slices, must be registered operators so as to ensure the traceability of the product.’

New text of specification:

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The hams and shoulder hams must come exclusively from 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs.

Compliance with the specific conditions on mast-feeding is ensured by means of the following control measures: estimating the quantity of acorns on the holm, cork and gall oak trees available to the pigs on each acorn-rich pasture; determining the maximum number of pigs and checking their identity from their ear tag at the start of mast-feeding; and monitoring by means of unannounced inspections to verify that the pigs are feeding on acorns and natural herbage and that they are managed extensively during the fattening stage.

All pigs whose fore and hind legs can be used to make products protected by the PDO must be identified on one ear by an ear tag or an indelible mark specific to the “Jabugo” PDO. Pigs must be marked before the start of fattening on acorn-rich pastures and must come from a registered farm.

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Operators that handle the whole finished product in order to obtain the different forms in which it is to be sold, i.e. without trotter, boned or cut into pieces, portions or slices, must be registered operators so as to ensure the traceability of the product. They must have a suitable system of self-monitoring, packaging and labelling in place and must have accepted and comply with the verification protocol developed by the management body to guarantee the traceability and origin of the finished product.’

Method of production

Method of production

Amendments have been made because of the simplification of the product classes and progressive climate change.

Accordingly, the following amendments have been made:

| — | It must be ensured that the products are not frozen either during processing or before sale. |
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It must be ensured that the products are not frozen either during processing or before sale.

| — | At the salting stage, the temperature range has been increased, and the percentage relative humidity has been deleted. |
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At the salting stage, the temperature range has been increased, and the percentage relative humidity has been deleted.

| — | To exclude any other interpretation, it has been specified that washing coincides with the start of the post-salting stage and the end of the salting stage. |
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To exclude any other interpretation, it has been specified that washing coincides with the start of the post-salting stage and the end of the salting stage.

| — | At the resting stage, the temperature range and the relative humidity range have been increased. |
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At the resting stage, the temperature range and the relative humidity range have been increased.

| — | The range of time allowed for the resting stage has been increased. |
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The range of time allowed for the resting stage has been increased.

| — | It has been specified that the hams and shoulder hams must be allowed to dry naturally for at least three months, in order to ensure that the range of time allowed for the resting stage is not increased at the cost of the drying stage and that the duration of natural drying remains unchanged. |
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It has been specified that the hams and shoulder hams must be allowed to dry naturally for at least three months, in order to ensure that the range of time allowed for the resting stage is not increased at the cost of the drying stage and that the duration of natural drying remains unchanged.

| — | At the maturing stage, the classification of the hams and shoulder hams by weight and quality upon entry into the maturing cellar has been deleted. |
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At the maturing stage, the classification of the hams and shoulder hams by weight and quality upon entry into the maturing cellar has been deleted.

The temperature ranges and relative humidity at the salting stage have been amended because, firstly, the continual opening and closing of the door of the curing chamber over the two or three months during which slaughtering is concentrated leads to momentary fluctuations in the recorded temperature which in no way affect the hams and shoulder hams, as they remain buried in salt at all times, and, secondly, given that they are buried in salt, the relative humidity has no influence on the quality parameters.

Adjustments have also been made to the ranges for temperature, relative humidity and duration at the resting stage, as climate change, which is, if anything, more severe here in southern Europe, is leading to higher temperatures at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, so the product needs to be given more time to adjust gradually. This stage is critical, both in terms of the controlled temperature and relative humidity values and in terms of its duration, which is why it is important to try not to break the cold chain suddenly and to allow the hams and shoulder hams to adapt properly to the temperature and humidity outside before the next stage, i.e. drying.

There has been no change in the duration of the natural drying stage.

The amendments do not therefore involve any changes to the method of production.

Previous text of specification:

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The fore and hind legs sent to the processing centres have not undergone any preserving treatment other than refrigeration and surface treatment with common salt.

Processing consists of the entire process of transforming the hind leg and foreleg into ham and shoulder ham, respectively, and includes the following stages:

Salting: [...] This process takes place at a temperature of 0-5 °C and a relative humidity of around 70-96 %.

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Washing: After salting, the hams and shoulder hams are washed with water to remove any salt sticking to the surface.

They are then moulded, shaped, trimmed and hung.

Resting (also known as “post-salting”): [...] which, under normal circumstances, will be at a temperature of 2-17 oC and a relative humidity of 65-95 %.

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This stage lasts for between 30 and 90 days.

Drying: [...]

The total duration of the salting, resting and drying stages described above must be at least six months.

Maturing: After the drying stage, the hams and shoulder hams are taken to the maturing cellars, where they are classified by weight and quality upon entry. This marks the start of [...]

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New text of specification:

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The products are not frozen at any of the stages of processing or prior to marketing.

Processing consists of the entire process of transforming the hind leg and foreleg into ham and shoulder ham, respectively, and includes the following stages:

Salting: [...] This process takes place at a temperature of 0-10 oC.

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Washing: After salting, the hams and shoulder hams are washed with water to remove any salt sticking to the surface.

This coincides with the start of the post-salting stage and the end of the salting stage.

The hams and shoulder hams are then moulded, shaped, trimmed and hung.

Resting (also known as “post-salting”): [...] which, under normal circumstances, will be at a temperature of 2-28 oC and a relative humidity of 60-100 %.

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This stage lasts for between 30 and 180 days.

Drying:

The hams and shoulder hams must spend at least three months drying.

Maturing: After the drying stage, the hams and shoulder hams are taken to the maturing cellars. This marks the start of [...].

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Labelling

Labelling

The following amendments have been made:

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The product class has been abolished.

| — | The specific case of certified ham or shoulder ham sold wrapped or sheathed has been deleted. |
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The specific case of certified ham or shoulder ham sold wrapped or sheathed has been deleted.

The amendments do not therefore involve any changes to the labelling.

Previous text of single document:

‘3.6   Specific rules concerning labelling of the product to which the registered name refers

Specific rules concerning labelling of the product to which the registered name refers

Hams and shoulder hams must bear a seal affixed at the slaughterhouse and a label affixed when they leave the maturing cellar, both of which are specific to the “Jabugo” PDO and must be numbered and prominently display the name of the designation of origin. The label must also show the product class.’

New text of single document:

‘3.6   Specific rules concerning labelling of the product to which the registered name refers

Specific rules concerning labelling of the product to which the registered name refers

Hams and shoulder hams must bear a seal affixed at the slaughterhouse and a label affixed when they leave the maturing cellar, both of which are specific to the “Jabugo” PDO and must be numbered and prominently display the name of the designation of origin.’

Previous text of specification:

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All protected hams and shoulder hams released for consumption must bear the numbered seals and labels of the “Jabugo” PDO, on which the name of the designation of origin must be prominently displayed, while the label must also show the product class. The seals must be affixed in the slaughterhouse and cutting room in such a way that they cannot be re-used, while the numbered label must be affixed when the product leaves the maturing cellar.

In the specific case of hams and shoulder hams sold wrapped or sheathed, they must also bear an external label, on which all the details displayed on the seal must be faithfully reproduced. The external label must also bear the information required by the legislation in force and an advisory note to the consumer describing the identifiers that must be borne by the ham or shoulder ham inside.

A register is to be established of notified trademarks and labels for the sale of protected products.’

New text of specification:

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All protected hams and shoulder hams released for consumption must bear the numbered seals and labels of the “Jabugo” PDO, on which the name of the designation of origin must be prominently displayed. The numbered seals must be affixed in the slaughterhouse and cutting room in such a way that they cannot be re‐used, while the numbered label must be affixed when the product leaves the maturing cellar.

A register is to be established of notified trademarks and labels for the sale of protected products.’

Authorities or bodies verifying compliance with the product specification

Authorities or bodies verifying compliance with the product specification

Verification of compliance with the requirements set out in the specification for the protected designation of origin “Jabugo” is the responsibility of the Directorate-General for the Food Industry of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and is carried out by the Food Information and Inspection Agency.

The details have been updated:

Previous text of specification:

‘(G)   Inspection body

Inspection body

Directorate-General for the Food Industry

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment

Paseo Infanta Isabel 1, 28014 Madrid, Spain

Tel. +34 913475361/8477 Fax +34 913475700

Email: dgia@magrama.es’

New text of specification:

‘(G)   Inspection body

Inspection body

Food Information and Inspection Agency (AICA)

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Paseo Infanta Mercedes 31, 28020 Madrid.

Tel. +34 913478401

Email:

SINGLE DOCUMENT

‘JABUGO’

‘JABUGO’

EU No: PDO-ES-0009-AM02 – 3.10.2019

EU No: PDO-ES-0009-AM02 – 3.10.2019

PDO (X) PGI ( )

PDO (X) PGI ( )

1.   Name(s) [of PDO or PGI]

Name(s) [of PDO or PGI]

‘Jabugo’

2.   Member State or Third Country

Member State or Third Country

Spain

3.   Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

3.1.   Type of product [listed in Annex XI]

Type of product [listed in Annex XI]

Class 1.2. Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)

3.2.   Description of the product to which the name in (1) applies

Description of the product to which the name in (1) applies

PDO ‘Jabugo’ hams and shoulder hams have the following basic characteristics:

Physical

Physical

External appearance: elongated, stylised, profile typical of the traditional serrano ‘V’ cut. The ‘half-moon’ cut is also permitted for shoulder hams. In both cases, the trotter is left on.

Weight: at least 5,75 kg for hams and 3,7 kg for shoulder hams.

Organoleptic

Organoleptic

External appearance: characteristic and clean external appearance, the prominent colouring being the white or dark bluish-grey colour of its mycotic flora.

Colour and appearance when cut: characteristic colour ranging from pink to purplish‐red, with a shiny appearance when cut, and streaks of fatty tissue and marbling.

Flavour and aroma: the flavour of the meat is delicate, sweet and not very salty. It has a typical, pleasant aroma.

Consistency and texture: the muscle is firm in consistency, while the fatty tissue is slightly greasy and yields to pressure. It is not very fibrous but very crumbly in texture.

Fat: greasy and dense, shiny, yellowish-white in colour, aromatic and with a pleasant flavour. Its consistency varies according to the proportion of acorns in the diet.

These are hams and shoulder hams produced from 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs raised in the traditional way and fed exclusively on acorns and other natural resources of the dehesa (oak savannah) during the mast-feeding period, and cured naturally in the unique microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

dehesa

The process of making the hams must take at least 600 days for hams of less than 7 kg, 730 days for hams of 7 kg or more and 365 days for shoulder hams.

3.3.   Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

The fore and hind legs used to make PDO ‘Jabugo’ hams and shoulder hams must come from 100 % pure-bred Iberian pigs whose diet prior to slaughter, in accordance with the local terms used, corresponds to:

| (a) | Acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs: these pigs are intended for slaughter immediately after mast-feeding exclusively on acorns and grasses on the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas. The average weight of the consignment at the start of mast‐feeding must be between 92 kg and 115 kg. The pigs must gain a minimum of 46 kg during mast-feeding over more than 60 days. Individual carcasses must weigh at least 108 kg. |
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Acorn-fed or mast-finished pigs: these pigs are intended for slaughter immediately after mast-feeding exclusively on acorns and grasses on the holm, cork and gall oak dehesas. The average weight of the consignment at the start of mast‐feeding must be between 92 kg and 115 kg. The pigs must gain a minimum of 46 kg during mast-feeding over more than 60 days. Individual carcasses must weigh at least 108 kg.

dehesas

These pigs, raised in the traditional way and fed exclusively on acorns and other natural resources of the dehesa during the mast-feeding period, which takes place between 1 October and 31 March, are slaughtered at an age of at least 14 months.

dehesa

The production area, where the Iberian pigs that provide the raw material for the protected products are fattened, consists of the extensive dehesas in the vast regions of Extremadura and Andalusia. The key factors which determine the quality of the pigs and thus the subsequent organoleptic quality of the protected hams and shoulder hams and which give PDO ‘Jabugo’ hams and shoulder hams their distinctive quality and characteristics are the pigs’ diet and their management under an extensive system of farming during the final fattening stage, making full use of the resources of the dehesa, i.e. acorns, natural herbage and stubble.

dehesas

dehesa

The livestock density must be no more than 1,25 pigs per hectare and is determined for each farm on the basis of an estimate of the quantity of acorns on the holm, cork and gall oak trees available to the pigs on each acorn-rich pasture.

3.4.   Specific steps in production that must take place in the defined geographical area

Specific steps in production that must take place in the defined geographical area

The pigs must be reared and fattened in the production area. Processing (slaughter, butchery, salting, washing, resting, drying and maturing) must take place in the processing area.

3.5.   Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product to which the registered name refers

Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product to which the registered name refers

Certified hams and shoulder hams may be sold boned, in portions or in pieces, provided that a suitable system of self-monitoring, packaging and labelling is in place and provided that the verification protocol developed by the management body to guarantee the traceability and origin of the finished product has been accepted and is complied with.

To this end, the management body must be notified of this practice.

3.6.   Specific rules concerning labelling of the product to which the registered name refers

Specific rules concerning labelling of the product to which the registered name refers

Hams and shoulder hams must bear a seal affixed at the slaughterhouse and a label affixed when they leave the maturing cellar, both of which are specific to the ‘Jabugo’ PDO and must be numbered and prominently display the name of the designation of origin.

4.   Concise definition of the geographical area

Concise definition of the geographical area

The production area comprises the municipalities in the following districts with holm, cork and gall oak dehesas in the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz in Extremadura and the provinces of Seville, Córdoba, Huelva, Cádiz and Málaga in Andalusia:

dehesas

| — | Cáceres: Cáceres, Trujillo, Brozas, Valencia de Alcántara, Logrosán, Navalmoral de la Mata, Jaraiz de la Vera, Plasencia, Hervás and Coria |
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Cáceres: Cáceres, Trujillo, Brozas, Valencia de Alcántara, Logrosán, Navalmoral de la Mata, Jaraiz de la Vera, Plasencia, Hervás and Coria

| — | Badajoz: Alburquerque, Mérida, Don Benito, Puebla de Alcocer, Herrera del Duque, Badajoz, Almendralejo, Castuera, Olivenza, Jerez de los Caballeros, Llerena and Azuaya |
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Badajoz: Alburquerque, Mérida, Don Benito, Puebla de Alcocer, Herrera del Duque, Badajoz, Almendralejo, Castuera, Olivenza, Jerez de los Caballeros, Llerena and Azuaya

| — | Seville: Sierra Norte |
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Seville: Sierra Norte

| — | Córdoba: Los Pedroches, La Sierra and Campiña Baja |
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Córdoba: Los Pedroches, La Sierra and Campiña Baja

| — | Huelva: La Sierra, Andévalo Occidental, Andévalo Oriental and Condado Campiña |
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Huelva: La Sierra, Andévalo Occidental, Andévalo Oriental and Condado Campiña

| — | Cádiz: La Sierra, La Janda, Campo de Gibraltar and Campiña |
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Cádiz: La Sierra, La Janda, Campo de Gibraltar and Campiña

| — | Málaga: Serranía de Ronda |
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Málaga: Serranía de Ronda

The processing area comprises the 31 municipalities in the district of La Sierra in the province of Huelva: Alájar, Almonaster la Real, Aracena, Aroche, Arroyomolinos de León, Cala, Campofrío, Cañaveral de León, Castaño de Robledo, Corteconcepción, Cotegana, Cortelazor, Cumbres de Enmedio, Cumbres de San Bartolomé, Cumbres Mayores, Encinasola, Fuenteheridos, Galaroza, La Granada de Río Tinto, Higuera de la Sierra, Hinojales, Jabugo, Linares de la Sierra, Los Marines, La Nava, Puerto Moral, Rosal de la Frontera, Santa Ana la Real, Santa Olalla del Cala, Valdelarco and Zufre.

5.   Link with the geographical area

Link with the geographical area

The production area corresponds to the tree-covered dehesas of Extremadura and Andalusia. It is the processing area for PDO ‘Jabugo’ that is important when it comes to distinguishing the area from the other areas that produce Iberian ham in Spain. It is restricted to La Sierra de Huelva and has the following characteristics:

dehesas

Landscape

Landscape

La Sierra de Huelva is the northernmost district in the province of Huelva and is in the last (westernmost) foothills of the Sierra Morena. Its 31 municipalities form a homogeneous area within the province of Huelva.

The terrain is quite rugged, but the mountains do not rank as more than medium‐altitude, because the action of the network of rivers has led to the formation of a large number of alternating mountain ridges and valleys. Altitudes are lowest in the outermost areas of the district and increase gradually toward its centre, culminating in a ‘central triangle’ known as the Serranía de Aracena. Altitudes range between 500 m and 1 042 m (Cumbre del Castaño), the average being around 700 m.

Climate

Climate

The area’s climate is basically determined by its latitude, which is between 37o 04' and 38o N. It therefore lies where the subtropical high-pressure belt and the subpolar low-pressure belt meet, the climate being dominated by first one and then the other, depending on the season.

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The area’s proximity to the Atlantic Ocean has a very significant influence on its climate, as the moist, temperate winds blow in from the west without hindrance, affecting both temperature and rainfall. The district intercepts all the Atlantic air masses moving across Andalusia, as its central peaks are the first barrier they encounter. The 1 000 mm isohyet coincides almost exactly with the ‘central triangle’. In general, the district as a whole has quite a high level of rainfall, as it lies entirely within the 700 mm isohyet. The highest rainfall is in winter. Rainfall in spring and autumn is almost the same, but the summer is a time of drought, which is almost total in July and August.

The average temperature ranges from 14.8 oC in Aracena to 18.4 oC in La Garnacha. The hottest month is July, with average temperatures ranging from 25 oC in Aracena to 27.7 oC in La Garnacha. The coldest month is always January, except in La Garnacha, where it is December, with temperatures ranging from 6.2 oC to 10.7 oC.

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Hydrography

Hydrography

The district of La Sierra forms the watershed for the Guadiana, Guadalquivir and Odiel river basins and has an abundance of watercourses and rain-dependent seasonal streams which flow into the area’s rivers and reservoirs.

Vegetation

Vegetation

La Sierra de Huelva has a surface area of 307 952 ha, of which more than 73 % (227 023 ha) is wooded. This area includes more than 120 000 ha of holm and cork oak dehesas.

dehesas

The area’s flora includes Trifolium subterraneum and Periballia laevis on sandy and decomposed granite soils, Trifolium subterraneum (very abundant), Poa bulbosa and Periballia minuta on holm oak pastures, and Rumex bucephalophorus, Trifolium subterraneum and Periballia laevis on the calcifugous soils of the cork oak dehesas, along with Cistaceae and Genisteae.

Trifolium subterraneum

Periballia laevis

Trifolium subterraneum

Poa bulbosa

Periballia minuta

Rumex bucephalophorus

Trifolium subterraneum

Periballia laevis

dehesas

Cistaceae

Genisteae

Know-how of local producers

Know-how of local producers

The know-how of the local producers and processors is passed on from one generation to the next, from father to son. The finished product is the result of the customary know-how of the livestock farmers, linked to the dehesa and the Iberian pig, and of the ham and shoulder ham producers, linked to La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

dehesa

The know-how of the livestock farmers enables them to maintain the delicate balance of the dehesa ecosystem through the traditional farming of Iberian pigs while respecting animal welfare. When the pigs are being fattened under an extensive system of farming, the herds are taken to the steepest and least accessible plots of land first and the flattest and most accessible plots of land last.

dehesa

The master ham-maker determines exactly how long to salt the fore and hind legs; when the hams and shoulder hams should be hung in the natural drying chambers; when the windows should be opened and closed in the drying chambers to take advantage of the microclimate; when the hams and shoulder hams should be taken down to the natural maturing cellars to start the slow process of maturing; and when the hams and shoulder hams are fully cured, when their organoleptic qualities have reached their peak.

The features of the geographical environment affect both the raw material and the finished product, as the specific characteristics of PDO ‘Jabugo’ hams and shoulder hams are due to the following factors: production in a sustainable ecosystem, the dehesa, in which Iberian pigs are fattened under an extensive system of farming using the resources it affords; and processing in the microclimate of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

dehesa

First the hams and shoulder hams are salted. Then, they are washed, after which they are rested to allow an even distribution of salt to be achieved between the surface and the core. The hams and shoulder hams are then hung in the natural drying chambers to allow them to ‘sweat’, taking advantage of the microclimate. Finally, the hams and shoulder hams are moved to the natural maturing cellars to mature slowly, developing their own external mycotic flora as a result of the virtual stability of the temperature and humidity conditions over time.

The organoleptic characteristics of the hams and shoulder hams are the result of the physical, chemical and biological reactions undergone by the nutritional components of the acorns (especially their lipid content) and natural herbage when they are metabolised by the Iberian pig and, subsequently, during the slow and gradual curing of the ham or shoulder ham, a process where the following factors come into play: the geographical location is the most southerly area in the European Union in which ham is produced, which means that it has hot summer days; it is in the mountains, which means that it has cool summer nights and cold winters; and it is the first mountain range on which storms coming in from the Atlantic Ocean shed their rain, which means that humidity is high throughout the year.

The marbling, the colour of the lean meat and the shiny appearance of the slices are due to the breed of pig, the fact that they are free to roam and the nutritional components of the dehesa. The smooth, velvety feel of the slices to the touch and in the mouth is the result of the fluidity of the fat, because the higher the quantity of acorns in the pig’s diet, the lower the melting point. The aroma derives from the pig’s nut and plant-based diet of acorns and natural herbage and the long, slow curing process. The flavour maintains a subtle balance between the saltiness resulting from the salting process and the sweetness resulting from the duration of salting, determined by the master ham-maker, and the components derived from prolonged metabolisation. Lastly, it has an intense and particularly persistent aftertaste, which is the result of the large fluctuations between daytime and night-time temperatures in the summer during the natural drying process and of the slow natural maturing process which takes place throughout the year. Furthermore, because of the pigs’ diet during mast-feeding and the physical exercise they get, the hams and shoulder hams are succulent, but also have a firmer muscle texture and more marbled appearance.

dehesa

The use and renown of the geographical name ‘Jabugo’, the accuracy of the name and its link to the geographical area are supported by the historical events outlined below:

Historically, the municipal charter of Montánchez, which dates from 1236, already contains references to dehesas dedicated exclusively to producing acorns to feed pigs and lays down laws for their protection.

dehesas

Historical evidence of the production of pigs and acorns is also provided by Lope de Vega in his famous Epistle to Gaspar de Barrionuevo, from the 1604 publication Rimas [Rhymes]:

Rimas

‘... Cured ham from a Spanish pig,

from the famous mountains of Aracena,

where Arias Montano fled from the world ...’

Many centuries ago, with the development of commerce, ham started to be produced in La Sierra by small artisanal producers, one of which was registered in Jabugo in 1895 and, by 1905, had built up a commercial network which included Seville, Jerez de la Frontera, Puerto de Santa María, San Fernando and Cádiz as distribution hubs for its products. In 1883/1884, 400 pigs were slaughtered in the municipality of Jabugo.

Jabugo is the municipality in La Sierra with the most Iberian ham processors.

An internet search for the term ‘Jabugo’ currently results in almost half a million national and international hits, the great majority referring to ham.

The municipality of Jabugo is practically at the heart of La Sierra in the province of Huelva in Andalusia (Spain), the area in which PDO ‘Jabugo’ is processed, which comprises a further 30 villages that share a common history, microclimate and distinctive ‘ham culture’.

Reference to publication of the product specification

Reference to publication of the product specification

(the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) of the Regulation)

https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/alimentacion/temas/calidad-diferenciada/200424pcdopjabugo_tcm30-540272.pdf

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

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