EN
15.11.2022
Official Journal of the European Union
C 433/61
There must be at least two of the skins or tunicae that determine the outer colour of the ‘Cebolla de la Mancha’ and they must be copper or dark bronze in colour.
The inner bulb must be white in colour.
3.3.
Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only) —
3.4.
Specific steps in production that must take place in the defined geographical area ‘Cebolla de La Mancha’ onions must be produced in the geographical area described in point 4.
3.5.
Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product the registered name refers to Packaging plants must be equipped with systems allowing onions covered by the Protected Geographical Indication to be packaged separately from other onions.
3.6.
Specific rules concerning labelling of the product the registered name refers to As well as featuring the name under which the product is sold, onion package labels must include the logo of the ‘Cebolla de La Mancha’ brand with the words ‘Indicación Geográfica Protegida’ [Protected Geographical Indication].
This logo must be made available to all operators that request it and are compliant with the specification.
The labels may optionally include the conformity mark issued by the product certification entity.
4.
Concise definition of the geographical area The area where the Protected Geographical Indication is produced corresponds to the municipalities belonging to the following districts: Almansa, Centro, Hellín, Mancha and Manchuela (province of Albacete); Campo de Calatrava, Campos de Montiel and Mancha (province of Ciudad Real); Mancha Alta, Mancha Baja and Manchuela (province of Cuenca) and La Mancha, La Sagra, Talavera (Talavera municipality only) and Torrijos (province of Toledo).
5.
Link with the geographical area The application for ‘Cebolla de la Mancha’ to be registered as a PGI is based on the characteristics of the onions: of the ‘Recas’ type, spherical in shape, with 5 %-10 % dry matter content, at least two outer skins or tunicae that must be copper or dark bronze in colour, white on the inside, minimum sugar content of 3,5 oBrix, unit weight of between 165 and 1 000 grams, diameter between 50 and 120 mm.
These characteristics are assured by the geographical area in which they are produced and by how the crops are managed.