C 72/22
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
14.2.2022
In the interests of consumer protection, in order to guarantee the authenticity of pre-packaged and portioned “Taleggio” PDO cheese when placed on the market, portioning and subsequent packaging must take place in the defined geographical area referred to in Article 3.
It should be noted that the protection association identifies producer members with numbers from 1 to 299, and cheese maturer members with numbers from 301 to 499.’
Packaging The amendment concerns Article 4(2)(h) of the specification and point 3.5 of the single document.
Current version: ‘ [...] the packaging company.
Packaging must take place only in the area of origin, so that the area can be identified during the marketing stage.’
This has been replaced by: ‘Article 8 - Packaging and labelling When released for consumption, the packaging of all “Taleggio” PDO cheese, whole and/or in portions, must bear the name “Taleggio”.
It must also bear the logo shown below in Figure 2, which has a red inner border, a white intermediate border and a green outer border.
The acronym CTT is in black at the centre and the number assigned by the protection association to the company holding the trade mark may be put below this.
The logo may also be printed in a single colour.
Figure 2 This logo must be followed by a reference to the regulation relating to the registration of the “Taleggio” PDO, namely “Regulation (EC) No 1107/96”.
The above logo has been registered in accordance with the law.
In the interests of consumer protection, in order to guarantee the authenticity of pre-packaged and portioned “Taleggio” PDO cheese when placed on the market, portioning and subsequent packaging must take place in the defined geographical area referred to in Article 3.
It should be noted that the protection association identifies producer members with numbers from 1 to 299, and cheese maturer members with numbers from 301 to 499.’
Reason: The first part, relating to the mark, has been redrafted for greater clarity.
As regards portioning, the rules in the current specification, which were authorised when the PDO was registered, are to remain unchanged.
In the interests of consumer protection, in order to guarantee the authenticity of pre-packaged and portioned ‘Taleggio’ PDO cheese when placed on the market, portioning and subsequent packaging must take place in the defined geographical area.
This is to guarantee that the ‘Taleggio’ PDO is genuine, as portioning and subsequent packaging would mean the markings stamped on a whole cheese identifying it as ‘Taleggio’ PDO would no longer be visible.