Publication of the amended single document following the approval of a minor amendment pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 2023/C 70/09
Date: 2023-02-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Catalonia, Spain, consumer information, designation of origin, fresh meat, frozen product, labelling, poultrymeat, product designation, quality control of agricultural products








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27.2.2023   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/13






Publication of the amended single document following the approval of a minor amendment pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
(2023/C 70/09)
The European Commission has approved this minor amendment in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 (1).
The application for approval of this minor amendment can be consulted in the Commission’s eAmbrosia database.
SINGLE DOCUMENT

‘POLLO Y CAPÓN DEL PRAT’


EU No: PGI-ES-0095-AM01 – 20.9.2021


PDO ( ) PGI (X )

1.   Name

‘Pollo y Capón del Prat’
2.   Member state or Third Country

Spain
3.   Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

3.1.   Type of product

Class 1.1. Fresh meat
3.2.   Description of product to which the name in (1) applies

The product covered by the PGI ‘Pollo y Capón del Prat’ is fresh meat from chickens and capons of the Prat breed, all capons having been surgically castrated.
The chickens and capons are distinguished by their blue legs, pearly white skin and elongated breast and by the delicate sweetness of their meat, with no excess fat.
The hatching eggs are pink in colour and well formed, weighing at least 55 grams.
The chicks are golden beige in colour and weigh at least 32 grams.
The minimum slaughter age is 77 days for chickens and 182 days for capons.
The protected geographical indication covers fresh, chilled or frozen Category A carcasses, whole or cut.
3.3.   Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

The feed given to the birds meets their nutritional requirements at each stage of development. From the age of 30 days, the feed must contain a minimum of 18 % crude protein expressed as natural matter (based on a moisture content of 12 %).
The minimum ingredients are:






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65 % cereals










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25 % oilseeds and derivatives.




Antioxidants, emulsifiers, thickeners, gelling agents and animal fats except milk derivatives are prohibited.
3.4.   Specific steps in production that must take place in the defined geographical area

The production farms are located in the geographical area demarcated for the PGI.
3.5.   Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product to which the registered name refers

Processing, including the operations of slaughtering, cutting, grading of the cuts and freezing before ‘Pollo y Capón del Prat’ is dispatched, does not have to be carried out in the area described in point 4.
The transport time between the farm and the processing plants (slaughterhouses and packaging plants) must not exceed 2,5 hours in order to minimise stress to the birds and ensure the quality of the final product. The processing plants must ensure proper traceability of the birds and meat covered by the PGI.
The carcasses covered by the PGI are presented in the following forms:






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traditional, eviscerated










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ready to cook










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quartered, halved or cut into any other legally authorised form (including minced meat).




The sell-by date for chilled, non-frozen meat is 7 days after slaughter.
3.6.   Specific rules concerning labelling of the product to which the registered name refers

The words ‘protected geographical indication (PGI)’ and the name of the PGI must appear on the labels.
Products intended for consumption must bear numbering approved by the PGI’s regulatory board.
4.   Concise definition of the geographical area

The area covered by this indication comprises the municipalities of Castelldefels, Cornellà de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat, Gavà, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Climent de Llobregat, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Viladecans and Santa Coloma de Cervelló.
5.   Link with the geographical area

The link between the product covered by the PGI and the demarcated area is based on the reputation of the chickens and capons of the Prat breed produced there, and specifically in the municipality of El Prat de Llobregat, which is the main production centre for the PGI. Thus, the breed of birds used is fully identified with the municipality of El Prat de Llobregat, after which the breed is named. Conversely, the inhabitants of the municipality owe their nickname to the breed, as they are known colloquially as pota blava, meaning ‘blue legs’, and pota blava is the name by which these birds are popularly known because they have slate blue legs.
The specific character of this protected geographical indication comes from the breed used, which is inextricably linked to the PGI area. The Prat breed, which is the only breed covered by the PGI, is indigenous to the district of Baix Llobregat, where the PGI production area is located. It is one of the most typical breeds of bird, highly valued for its qualities as a producer of eggs of a good size and pink colour, and particularly because of the delicate sweetness of its meat.
Beyond the origins of the breed used, its enduring presence in the farmhouses of the municipality of El Prat made it possible to preserve a breed which had been dominant during the first half of the 20th century but declined, along with traditional poultry farming, when hybrid breeds appeared. It is thanks to the great tenacity of the farmers and breeders of El Prat, who have continued to rear the chickens and capons of this breed and to market them and their eggs, that the fame and reputation of these birds have endured. The fact that the pota blava has become an icon of the area and is without doubt the main attraction of the Fira Avícola de la Raça Prat fair, which was held for the first time in 1941 and has been an annual event since 1975, is proof of this fame and significance.
That is why, in order to protect and preserve this production, the generic quality designation Pollastre i Capó de la Raça Prat was created in 1987 and subsequently entered as a PGI in the Community register in 1996. (Pollastre i capó means ‘chicken and capon’ in Catalan, since, due to the specific linguistic situation in Catalonia, this product may be referred to in either of the two languages used in the demarcated geographical area – Spanish and Catalan.)

Reference to publication of the product specification

The updated product specification can be found at http://agricultura.gencat.cat/web/.content/al_alimentacio/al02_qualitat_alimentaria/normativa-dop-igp/plecs-vigor/pliego-condiciones-igp-pollastre-capo-Prat_modificacion-menor-caratula-COM-1_es.pdf while the amendment application is being processed and will be published on http://agricultura.gencat.cat/ca/ambits/alimentacio/segells-qualitat-diferenciada/distintius-origen/dop-igp/normativa-dop-igp/plecs-condicions/en-vigor/ once the application has been approved.


(1)  OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 17.