Publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 2007-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, designation of origin, labelling, leaf vegetable, location of production, product designation, product quality

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on
the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and
foodstuffs

(2007/C 135/11)

This publication confers the right to object to the application pursuant to Article 7 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 510/2006 (1). Statements of objection must reach the Commission within six months from the date
of this publication.

SUMMARY

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 510/2006

‘FELDSALAT VON DER INSEL REICHENAU’

EC No DE/PGI/005/0318/27.10.2003

PDO ( ) PGI ( X )

This summary sets out the main elements of the product specification for information purposes.

1.

Responsible department in the Member State:

Name:

Bundesministerium der Justiz

Address: D-11015 Berlin

Tel:

Fax:

(49-30) 20 25 70

(49-30) 20 25 95 25

e-mail:

poststelle@bmj.bund.de

2.

Group:

Name:

Address:

Tel:

Fax:

Reichenau-Gemüse eG

Marktstraße 1
D-78479 Insel Reichenau

(49-7534) 920 00

(49-7534) 92 0020

e-mail:

info@reichenaugemuese.de

Composition: Producers/processors ( X ) Other ( )

3.

Type of product:

Class 1.6: Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed

4.

Specification

(Summary of requirements under Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006)

4.1 Name:

‘Feldsalat von der Insel Reichenau’

4.2 Descr iption: Feldsalat von der Insel Reichenau is lamb's lettuce which comes from the island of

Reichenau in Lake Constance.

Small-leaved lamb's lettuce in bunches, free of roots and yellow cotyledons, frost-hardy, deep green
colour, nutty taste, crunchy.

4.3 Geographical area: The island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, Germany.

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

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4.4 Proof of or igin: All packages are labelled with batch numbers as part of the IMS certification for
Reichenau Gemüse e.G. This batch number identifies the production holding. All holdings are located
on the island of Reichenau and only cultivate land on the island. Land management is documented
using the hydrographic chart. This traceability system irrefutably links the product with the geogra-
phical area.

4.5 Method of production: Feldsalat von der Insel Reichenau is produced in accordance with the Rich-
tlinien für den integrierten und kontrollierten Anbau von Gemüse in Baden-Württemberg zur Verwen-
dung des Qualitätszeichens Baden-Württemberg ‘Gesicherte Qualität mit Herkunftsangabe’ (Guidelines
on the integrated and controlled cultivation of vegetables in Baden-Württemberg for the purposes of
using the Baden-Württemberg origin and quality label), and exclusively on organic substrate. The soil is
carefully cultivated and kept healthy. Weeds are controlled largely by hoeing, steaming or flaming, i.e.
they are mechanically controlled. The soil is analysed each year to optimise fertiliser use. Beneficial
insects are used in the glasshouses to combat pests. The island of Reichenau's cultivation methods
mean that lamb's lettuce is harvested under glass from October to March, and outdoors in October and
April to June. Lamb's lettuce is either sown from seed or planted as seedlings. On the island of Reich-
enau lamb's lettuce is picked solely by hand. This is a key difference from other major growing regions
where it is harvested mechanically. The lamb's lettuce is then loosely placed in 1 kg bunches and
washed. It is also sold in 1 kg bunches.

4.6 Link:

— Natural link: The island of Reichenau is virtually made for growing vegetables. Originally a wild
plant that is frost-hardy, also able to grow in semi-shade and very undemanding in terms of soil,
nutrients and water requirements, lamb's lettuce is exceptionally well-suited to growing conditions
on the island with its shorter, cooler winter days. Its specific growing requirements allow cultivation
even in foggy periods, which can often last for weeks in winter in this region.

— Reputation: Quite apart from the climate and soil conditions, the special know-how of producers
also improves the quality of the lamb's lettuce and thus helps promote its image even outside the
region. A trade and consumer survey carried out in 2000 shows that consumers associate the
island of Reichenau with horticulture (the island is also called the ‘Gemüseinsel’ — vegetable island),
and have particularly positive opinions of the freshness, appearance and origins of the products.
Feldsalat von der Insel Reichenau is a product of traditional horticulture going back to the monas-
tery culture on the island of Reichenau. Abbot Walafrid Strabo launched the island of Reichenau's
market-garden tradition in AD 840 with the description of his garden ‘De cultura hortorum’,
known as ‘Hortulus’. The cultivation of lamb's lettuce can first be traced back to 1901; by 1938 it
was one of the main vegetables grown on the island of Reichenau (see H. Glönkler, ‘Vom Weinbau
zum Gemüsebau’ (‘from winegrowing to vegetables’), 1991, pp. 61 & 122). Today lamb's lettuce is
grown on around 30 ha, much of it under glass.

4.7 Inspection body:

Name:

Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe, Referat 34

Address: D-76247 Karlsruhe

Tel:

Fax:

(49-721) 926 37 06

(49-721) 37 05 46

e-mail:

abteilung3@rpk.bwl.de

4.8 Labelling: Feldsalat von der Insel Reichenau g.g.A.