C 341/12
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
6.9.2022
Publication of a communication of approval of a standard amendment to a product specification for a name in the wine sector referred to in Article 17(2) and (3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (2022/C 341/06)
This communication is published in accordance with Article 17(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (1).
COMMUNICATION OF STANDARD AMENDMENT MODIFYING THE SINGLE DOCUMENT ‘Priorat/Priorato’ PDO-ES-A1560-AM03 Date of communication: 10.6.2022
DESCRIPTION OF AND REASONS FOR THE APPROVED AMENDMENT 1.
Addition of new smaller geographical units DESCRIPTION: A number of new smaller geographical units (locations and vineyards) have been added.
This amendment modifies Section 4.2 of the product specification by adding points b) and c).
However, it does not affect the single document.
It is a standard amendment as it does not correspond to any of the types listed in Article 14(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 of 17 October 2018.
REASONS: In addition to the smaller geographical units currently recognised in the product specification, the ‘Priorat’ PDO Regulatory Board has been working to identify the names of locations in the PDO area that are included in the land register and/or official maps, in order to preserve and promote local place names.
In this context, the Regulatory Board has used current and historical maps and land register documents to draw up and approve a list of locations in the ‘Priorat’ PDO area, with the aim of ensuring that the locations are ‘well defined’ by means of maps and the references of the corresponding cadastral polygons and parcels, in accordance with Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2019/33.
We have also noted how, on an even smaller scale, certain vineyards are also given their own specific names, enabling them to be identified.
For vineyards known by a specific place name or traditional name to be officially identified by that name, the Regulatory Board must have entered them in the Register of Winegrowers.
In accordance with Article 20(2) of the Regulation on the ‘Priorat’ PDO (Catalonian Government Order ARP 188/2006 of 18 April 2006), the Register must include, inter alia: ‘... the name of the vineyard, the place and municipality where the vineyard parcel is located, the production area, the details of the polygon and parcels from the Catalonian Vineyard Register [Registro vitivinícola de Cataluña], the grape variety or varieties grown and whatever information is required to accurately classify and locate the vineyard in question’.
The names designating the places in an area (part of a municipality) have both a technical and a cultural function: technical because they identify the places geographically, and cultural because they convey information about the culture, language or customs of those who named them.
In this context, place names constitute collective heritage that should be safeguarded as part of an area’s linguistic and cultural patrimony.
(1) OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2.