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: 2010-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, designation of origin, labelling, location of production, pastry-making, preparation for market, product designation, product quality








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24.2.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/17





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
2010/C 46/12
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.
SINGLE DOCUMENT

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 510/2006


‘DRESDNER CHRISTSTOLLEN/DRESDNER STOLLEN/DRESDNER WEIHNACHTSSTOLLEN’


EC No: DE-PGI-0005-0704-17.06.2008


PGI ( X ) PDO ( )

1.   Name:

‘Dresdner Christstollen/Dresdner Stollen/Dresdner Weihnachtsstollen’
2.   Member State or Third Country:

Germany
3.   Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff:

3.1.   Type of product:







Class 2.4.


Pastry, cakes




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

‘Dresdner Stollen’, ‘Dresdner Weihnachtsstollen’ or ‘Dresdner Christstollen’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘Stollen’) are a heavy yeast-raised loaf with a high butter and fruit content manufactured chiefly in the months of August through to January. ‘Stollen’ are formed by hand and cut/torn and rolled/beaten into loaves. They must not be baked in baking tins or moulds. The minimum weight is 500 g.
‘Stollen’ must contain at least the following ingredients: wheat flour (German flour type Nos 405 or 550), whole milk or dried whole-milk powder, granulated sugar, fresh butter or clarified butter, candied orange and/or lemon peel, sultanas, sweet and bitter almonds, lemon zest, table salt, icing sugar, spices.
They must not contain the following ingredients:
artificial flavourings, additives which have been added directly, margarine.
The following ingredients must be included in the following proportions per part of flour:
Fresh butter or corresponding amount of clarified butter: 50 %
Sultanas: 65 %
Candied lemon and/or orange peel: 20 %
Almonds, sweet and bitter: 15 %
On the outside, ‘Stollen’ have an even form, are suitably browned, and evenly buttered and powdered with sugar. The crumb is light and well-aerated with evenly distributed fruit. ‘Stollen’ have a pure, aromatic and well-rounded smell and taste.
3.3.   Raw materials (only for processing products):

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3.4.   Feed (for products of animal origin only):

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3.5.   Specific steps in production that must take place in the identified geographical area:

The entire process for manufacturing ‘Stollen’ has to take place within the geographical area.
3.6.   Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc.:

‘Stollen’ must also be packaged and labelled immediately after production and at the latest before they are transported or sold by the manufacturer in order to protect them (and in particular their buttered and sugared upper surface) from bacterial contamination or other adverse effects.
3.7.   Specific rules concerning labelling:

The labelling involves presenting the words ‘Dresdner Stollen’, ‘Dresdner Weihnachtsstollen’ or ‘Dresdner Christstollen’ as a dominant feature on the visible upper surface of the packaging.
The manufacturer has to present his or her name or the company name on the visible surface of the packaging although the visual effect must be less dominant than the effect produced by the words ‘Dresdner Stollen’, ‘Dresdner Weihnachtsstollen’ or ‘Dresdner Christstollen’.
In addition to the name of the manufacturer, the labelling may also include the name of a person or company acting as a retailer although it must also be clear that the person/company is in fact a retailer. This retailer information may appear only on the narrow side surfaces and/or the bottom of the ‘Stollen’ packaging. It must not be highlighted more than the manufacturer information.
The applicant’s seal of quality (depicted below) displaying the approval number of the specific manufacturer is to be attached to the visible top surface of the packaging.



4.   Concise definition of the geographical area:

The geographical area of origin has grown historically and is restricted to the State capital Dresden and the following municipalities which are defined as belonging to the greater Dresden area:
Moritzburg, Radebeul, Arnsdorf, Ottendorf-Okrilla, Radeburg, Coswig, Pirna, Wachau, Freital, Radeberg, Weinböhla and Heidenau.
5.   Link with the geographical area:

5.1.   Specificity of the geographical area:

The tradition of baking ‘Stollen’ in the geographical area can be traced back to the 15th century. Dresden’s Christmas market, the Dresdner Striezelmarkt (itself mentioned in records for the first time in 1434) referred to ‘Stollen’ as Striezel. In a document dating from 1530 and now in Dresden’s city archives, ‘Stollen’ is referred to as ‘Christstollen’. The ‘butter letter’ sent by Pope Innocent VIII (1432-92) in 1490 has become particularly famous. In that letter, the 1450 ban on baking with butter during Advent (a period of fasting at the time) was lifted by papal decree for Dresden’s bakers. From 1727, ‘Dresdner Stollen’ was served during the Christmas period at the Saxon court of Augustus the Strong who in 1730 had Dresden’s bakers bake a giant ‘Stollen’ weighing 1.8 tonnes for the 24 000 guests at the Zeithainer Lustlager military display. Since then, the bakers and pastry-makers in the geographical area have continually kept alive and supervised the tradition of high-quality ‘Stollen’ making — traditional recipes (some of them going back to the Middle Ages) are passed on within the individual businesses.
5.2.   Specificity of the product:

The specificity of ‘Dresdner Stollen’ is demonstrated by its reputation and quality. Its very special reputation is borne out by the fact that some two million ‘Stollen’ manufactured in the geographical area are sold around the world every year. The accompanying documents to this application, and in particular those from the German Association of Confectioners, Saxony’s Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture and Dresden’s Chamber of Skilled Trades, also bear witness to this reputation. The special quality of ‘Dresdner Stollen’ is a result of the quality standards prescribed by statute for many years now but practised even before then, and now monitored by internal inspection procedures. Due to its high quality, ‘Dresdner Stollen’ is a registered ‘premium product’ and is rated as a category in its own right in independent tests (e.g. for the Stiftung Warentest consumer protection agency). In 1993, an opinion poll concluded that over 60 % of those surveyed considered the name ‘Dresdner Stollen’ to contain a statement about the origin of the product. In 2002, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice found that the name ‘Dresdner Stollen’ denoted the geographical origin of the product.
5.3.   Causal link between the geographical area and a specific quality, the reputation or other characteristic of the product:

The reputation and quality of the ‘Stollen’ produced in the geographical area draw on its early historical roots, the exclusivity it enjoyed early on thanks to the papal ‘butter letter’ and to the uninterrupted, constantly monitored tradition of high-quality ‘Stollen’ baking in the geographical area.

Reference to publication of the specification:

(Article 5(7) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006)
Markenblatt Vol. 22 of 30.5.2008, Part 7c, p. 40330
(http://publikationen.dpma.de/DPMApublikationen/dld_gd_file.do?id=541)


(1)  OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.