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: 2002-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, designation of origin, labelling, location of production, meat product, pigmeat, product designation, product quality

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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

(2002/C 102/07)

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 application No 94/00

1. Responsible department in the Member State

Name:

Direcção-Geral do Desenvolvimento Rural

Address: Av. Defensores de Chaves, n.o 6, P-1049-063 Lisboa

Tel.

Fax

(351) 213 18 43 00

(351) 213 52 13 46.

2. Applicant group

2.1. Name:

Apetal — Agrupamento de Produtores de Enchidos Tradicionais do Alentejo, Lda

2.2. Address: Rossio Marquês de Pombal, n.o 64-2o D, P-7100-513 Estremoz

Tel.

Fax

(351) 268 32 30 21

(351) 268 32 30 21

2.3. Composition: producer/processor (x)

other (

)

3. Type of product: Type 1.2 — Meat-based products.

4. Specification

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

4.1. Name: Paio de Estremoz e Borba.

(smoked pork sausage), or the part of

4.2. Description: Paio de Estremoz e Borba is a smoke-cured sausage, made from the meat (bacon,
topside and leg) and fat of Alentejano pigs (excluding boars and reproductive sows), cut into pieces
of less than 5 cm, with salt, water, ground pepper and dried, ungerminated garlic cloves. It is
the pig's intestine called ‘blind’,
covered with ‘paio’
pre-soaked in salty water with vinegar. The sausage is round and 10 to 25 cm in length and 8
to 15 cm in diameter. It is a reddish-black colour, unshiny and with few wrinkles, with quite a
firm consistency and an unbroken outer cover, which is filled completely with the mixture and
wrapped tightly around it, then tied with a double knot at each end with red and white cotton
thread which is wrapped around it every 3 cm. When the sausage is cut obliquely the colour is
reddish, and the consistency is quite solid with a random distribution of meat and fat in an
irregular, marble-like pattern and some shiny, pale pink,
intramuscular fat. Pleasant smell and
mild, garlicky flavour, smoked with a balance between sweet and salty. Aromatic fat with a
pleasant flavour. Gristle-free and fairly smooth texture.

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4.3. Geographical area: Due to the special production requirements of these sausages, their flavours
and the expertise available, the geographical processing area is limited to the municipalities of
Alandroal, Borba, Estremoz and Vila Viçosa.

4.4. Proof of origin: Paio de Estremoz e Borba can only be produced in fully-licensed processing plants
situated in the aforementioned processing area. The raw material comes from Alentejano pigs on
livestock farms with oak groves compatible with extensive or semi-extensive farming systems, as
the animals are usually bred outdoors. Traditional products made from Alentejano pork secured a
place in a growing consumer sector,
in high-quality products. These
products now comprise the best in every region. Paio de Estremoz e Borba has a unique and
refined taste, with unique characteristics.

thus restoring interest

4.5. Method of production: Paio de Estremoz e Borba is the product of pieces and strips of bacon,
topside, chaps and leg from Alentejano pigs, with the sausage containing no more than 30 % fat.
After selecting, washing and cutting the pieces, the remaining ingredients are added to produce the
final product. Following preparation and seasoning, the product is left to mature, then moulded,
tied, and smoked with wood from the region (holm oak).

4.6. Link: The breeding of Alentejano pigs has always provided alternative nourishment and
compensates to some extent
for the deficiencies of bad harvests. Many popular fresh meat
dishes and succulent sausages can be made from the meat of these animals. These sausages
served for a long time to nourish farmers, who stopped work at lunchtime to enjoy them. The
fact that they were easily transported and withstood changes in temperature meant that they were
used extensively. Now, as ever, we can claim that pork enjoys great socioeconomic importance;
from the raw substance that is Alentejano pork — the regional sausages of Estremoz and Borba
are made, with their distinct and unbeatable taste.

4.7. Inspection body:

Name:

Certialentejo — Certificação de Produtos Agrícolas, Lda

Address: Av.a General Humberto Delgado, n.o 34 1o esq, P-7000-900 Évora.

4.8. Labelling: Information required: Paio de Estremoz e Borba — geographical

indication and the
certification mark, numbered appropriately according to the name of the product and the name of
the certifying body.

4.9. National requirements: Order No 9080/2000, published in the Diario da República No 102, Series
II, 3 May 2000. It establishes the main production rules and features of Paio de Estremoz e Borba
and states its geographical processing area.

EC No: PT/00164/2000.09.14.

Date of receipt of full application: 23 July 2001.