Publication of a request under Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 to amend one or more parts of the specification of a name registered under Article 17 or Article 6 of that Regulation
Date: 2001-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cheese, designation of origin, location of production, product designation, regions of France

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Labelling:

Means of identification are: farmer’s ring on foot, seal with badge at base of neck and syndicate
label.

National requirement:

for:

(cid:145)Decree of 22 December 1976(cid:146),

read:

(cid:145)Decree concerning the controlled designation of origin (cid:147)Dinde de Bresse(cid:148) (cid:146).

4. Date of receipt of the full application: 20 April 2001.

Publication of a request under Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 to amend one or
more parts of the specification of a name registered under Article 17 or Article 6 of that
Regulation

(2001/C 296/06)

Publication confers the right to object within the meaning of Article 7 of the Regulation. Any objections to
this request must be forwarded via the competent authority of a Member State within six months of the
publication date. The amendment is not a minor one and it must therefore be published under Article 6(2)
of the Regulation.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2081/92

APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF A SPECIFICATION: ARTICLE 9

1. Registered name: Laguiole

2. Responsible department in the Member State

Institut national des appellations d’origine
138, Avenue des Champs-(cid:201)lysØes
F-75008 Paris
Tel. (33-1) 53 89 80 00
Fax (33-1) 42 25 57 97

3. Amendment(s) requested

(cid:151) Specification heading:

& name

description

geographical area

& proof of origin

method of production

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& link

labelling

national requirements

(cid:151) Amendment(s):

Description:

(cid:145)Laguiole(cid:146) cheeses weigh from 25 kg to 50 kg (instead of 30 kg to 50 kg).

The marketing of grated (cid:145)Laguiole(cid:146) is prohibited.

Geographical area:

Extension of the geographical area to a limited number of communes (19 in the departments of
Aveyron and LozŁre and one in Cantal) with the same characteristics as the heartland of the
(cid:145)appellation d’origine(cid:146), respecting natural and human factors.

Method of production:

The main points of the method of production of (cid:145)Laguiole(cid:146) cheeses are clarified in the following
respects:

(cid:151) from 1 January 2004, only the French Simmenthal and Aubrac breeds will be authorised,

(cid:151) the cows’ feed is provided solely, weather permitting, by fodder produced in the geographical
area: grass grazed for at least 120 days in the summer, at least 30 % hay in the winter, plus dried
grass silage; from 1 January 2004 there will be a ban on maize silage in the dairy cows’ feed,

(cid:151) average milk production per cow on the farm may not exceed 6 000 litres per year,

(cid:151) the various stages of cheese production: taking delivery of the milk, processing of the milk,
renneting within no more than 48 hours after the first milking at a temperature of between
30 (cid:176)C and 35 (cid:176)C, addition of starter cultures, coagulation,
initial pressing, ripening, milling,
salting in the mass, ripening on salt, placing in mould, second pressing.

Labelling:

Identification of the cheese is also guaranteed by an embossed stamp on the rind comprising the
Laguiole bull and the word (cid:145)Laguiole(cid:146).

The words
conditions.

(cid:145)buron(cid:146)

(shepherd’s hut) and (cid:145)fermier(cid:146)

(farmhouse) are authorised under certain

National requirement:

for:

(cid:145)Decree of 29 December 1986(cid:146),

read:

(cid:145)Decree on the appellation d’origine contr(cid:244)lØe (cid:147)Laguiole(cid:148) (cid:146).

4. Date of receipt of the full application: 20 April 2001.