Publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Veneto, cultivation techniques, designation of origin, location of production, product quality, stone fruit

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Publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin

(2001/C 113/05)

This publication confers the right to object to the application pursuant to Article 7 of the abovementioned
Regulation. Any objection to this application must be submitted via the competent authority in the
Member State concerned within a time limit of six months from the date of this publication. The
arguments for publication are set out below, in particular under 4.6, and are considered to justify the
application within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2081/92

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION: ARTICLE 5

PDO (

)

PGI (x)

National appliation No: 7/2000

1. Responsible department in the Member State

Name:

Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali

Address: Via XX Settembre, 20 I-00187 Roma

Tel.

Fax

(39) 06 481 99 68

(39) 06 42 01 31 26

e-mail:

qualit(cid:224)@politicheagricole.it

2. Applicant group

2.1. Name:

Consorzio Cooperativo Ortofrutticolo di Mason Vicentino Scarl

2.2. Address: Via Guglielmo Marconi, 63, I-36064 Mason Vicentino (VI)

2.3. Composition: producer/processor (x)

other (

).

3. Type of product Cherries. Class 1.6 (cid:151) Fruit, vegetables, cereals, whether or not processed.

4. Specification

(Summary of requirements under Article 4(2)).

4.1. Name: (cid:145)Ciliegia di Marostica(cid:146)

4.2. Description: Fruit obtained from the cultivation of the following varieties of Prunus avium L:

(a) very early (cid:145)Sandra(cid:146) and (cid:145)Francese(cid:146), the latter of the Bigareaux, Moreaux and Burlat varieties;

(b) medium early: (cid:145)Roana(cid:146) and the hardfleshed early (cid:145)Romana(cid:146);

(c) hardfleshed late: (cid:145)Milanese(cid:146), (cid:145)Durone Rosso(cid:146) (Ferrovia Simile) and (cid:145)Bella Italia(cid:146);

(d) (cid:145)Sandra Tardiva(cid:146);

and the varieties (cid:145)Van(cid:146), (cid:145)Giorgia(cid:146), (cid:145)Ferrovia(cid:146), (cid:145)Durone Nero I(cid:146), (cid:145)Durone Nero II(cid:146), (cid:145)Mora di Cazzano(cid:146),
(cid:145)Ulster(cid:146).

4.3. Geographical area: The production area of Marostica cherries, includes nine municipalities in the
Province of Vicenza. The area covers an agricultural area of around 10 000 ha, 8 000 of which are
utilised.

The northern part of the area is hilly, standing at between roughly 1 100 m and 1 400 m above
sealevel.

The southern part is composed of high plains, mostly at between 90 m and 1 100 m above
sealevel.

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4.4. Proof of origin: The cultivation of Marostica cherries appears to have ancient origins linked to a
historical event, the (cid:145)chess match(cid:146). In 1454, when two knights asked for his daughter’s hand in
marriage, Taddeo Parisio, lord and governor of the (cid:145)land and noble castle of Marostica(cid:146), in order to
avoid a duel decided to give her to whichever of the two could beat the other in a living chess
match.

The match was played and the winner gained the daughter’s hand, the loser, that of the governor’s
sister. On the day of this daughter and sister’s weddings, Taddeo Parisio ordered that cherry trees
be planted throughout the land to mark the happy event.

During the (cid:145)Mostra regionale delle ciliegie(cid:146) (regional cherry festival), held in the production area at
the end of May each year, two young girls are elected to wear the costumes of the two brides-to-be
during a re-creation of the historical event. The traceability of the product is guaranteed by the fact
that producers of Marostica cherries who intend to market cherries with the protected
geographical
indication must enter their facilities on a list established for that purpose and
notify the inspection body each year of the date they plan to begin harvesting and provide it
with a declaration of final production. Packers are also obliged to submit a similar declaration.

4.5. Method of production: When planting trees for the production of Marostica cherries, at least local
tilling must be carried out in holes of minimum dimensions of 1,0 m (cid:215) 1,0 m (cid:215) 1,0 m plus
chemicophysical analyses of the soil in order to determine whether and what amount of basal
dressing is required. Grafting onto Prunus Avium and field grafting of wild plants are both
permitted.

The planting layout must not be less than 4 m (cid:215) 4 m. Plant-health protection must be in line with
the principles of integrated protection. The cherries must be harvested by hand and placed in rigid
containers.

4.6. Link: The production area of Marostica cherries has, for a long time, been considered suitable for
cherry production and over the years many authors have stressed the high quality of the cherries
harvested in the Marostica area.

The existence of a cherry market in the area since 1882 is evidence of the area’s traditional
vocation as a cherry-growing area.

The Marostica area has a (cid:145)Strada delle ciliegie(cid:146) (cherry route) that begins outside Bassano and runs,
initially across level land and then over hills and valleys, to the cherry-growing areas.

4.7. Inspection body

Name:

CSQA.

Address: Via San Gaetano, 74, I-Thiene (VI)

4.8. Labelling: Marostica cherries are packed for the consumer in special containers with a capacity of

the minimum marketable quantity, equal to a maximum of 10 kg of product.

Each package must contain a homogeneous quantity of cherries of the same variety and quality.

The words (cid:145)Ciliegie di Marostica (cid:151) PGI.(cid:146) must appear on the outside of each package, either
marked on the package itself or on a label. The package must also bear the logo, showing a cherry
above a medieval tower representing a chess piece from the chess game. The description and logo
are described in the Annex.

4.9. National requirements (cid:151)

EC No: G/IT/00146/00.07.20.

Date of receipt of the full application: 20 July 2000.

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ANNEX

The Marostica cherry logo shows a cherry in pantone red 032 C with a peduncle in pantone green 361 C and a leaf in
pantone grey 404 C, above a medieval tower representing a chess piece in pantone grey 404 C, on a white field with
around the edge the words (cid:145)Ciliegie di Marostica (cid:151) Ciliegie I.G.P.(cid:146), in Helvetica typeface in pantone red 032 C. The
design must be 9 cm (cid:215) 7 cm and the logo 3 cm (cid:215) 4 cm. The characters on large labels must be 28/29 point and on
small labels 11/12 point. The proportions of the logo on the packaging must be height/base equals 1,2.

Publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin

(2001/C 113/06)

This publication confers the right to object to the application pursuant to Article 7 of the abovementioned
Regulation. Any objection to this application must be submitted via the competent authority in the
Member State concerned within a time limit of six months from the date of this publication. The
arguments for publication are set out below, in particular under 4.6, and are considering to justify the
application within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2081/92

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION: ARTICLE 5

PDO (x)

PGI (

)

National application No: 55

1. Responsible department in the Member State

Name:

Subdirecci(cid:243)n General de Denominaciones de Calidad (cid:151) Direcci(cid:243)n General de Alimentaci(cid:243)n
(cid:151) Secretar(cid:237)a General de Agricultura y Alimentaci(cid:243)n (cid:151) Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentaci(cid:243)n

Address: Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1 (cid:151) E-28071 Madrid

Tel.

Fax

(34) 913 47 53 94

(34) 913 47 54 10.

2. Applicant group

2.1. Name: Anecoop

2.2. Address: C/Monforte, 1, Entlo (cid:151) E-46010 Valencia

2.3. Composition: producer/processor (x)

other (

).

3. Type of product

Persimmon (cid:151) Class 1.6. fruit.

4. Specification

(Summary of requirements under Article 4(2)):

4.1. Name: (cid:145)Kaki Ribera del Xuquer(cid:146)

4.2. Description: Fruit of

to be
consumed fresh. The fruit is a berry, normally formed without pollination and therefore seedless.

the persimmon (Diospyros kaki), of

the variety (cid:145)Rojo brillante(cid:146),