23.3.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 107/75
— the logo of the designation ‘Carota Novella di Ispica PGI’ followed by the words ‘intended for category IV’; — the name, company name and address of the producer firm and packaging firm; — the commercial category to which it belongs.
‘Carota Novella di Ispica PGI’ placed on the market ready to eat (category IV) must, in addition to the information required by law, carry on the label the European PGI symbol and the ‘Carota Novella di Ispica PGI’ logo, the size of which may not be smaller than any other information on the packaging.
It is forbidden to add any description that is not expressly provided for.
However, references to brand names may be used, on condition that they have no laudatory purport and are not such as to mislead the consumer.
The ‘Carota Novella di Ispica’ logo is made up of a graphic image representing a carrot, topped by an irregular triangle pointing downwards.
The graphic image sits to the left of the wording ‘Carota Novella di Ispica’.
The initial capital N of the word ‘Novella’ intersects the carrot image about halfway up, with the words ‘di Ispica’ placed beneath ‘Novella’, all the text being green in colour.
The ends of the characters are rounded.
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Concise definition of the geographical area The ‘Carota Novella di Ispica’ production area includes municipalities in the following provinces up to an altitude of 550 m above sea level: Province of Ragusa: municipalities of Acate, Chiaramonte Gulfi, Comiso, Ispica, Modica, Pozzallo, Ragusa, Santa Croce Camerina, Scicli and Vittoria; Province of Siracusa: municipalities of Noto, Pachino, Portopalo di Capo Passero and Rosolini; Province of Catania: municipality of Caltagirone; Province of Caltanissetta: municipality of Niscemi.
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Link with the geographical area Recognition of the ‘Carota Novella di Ispica’ protected geographical indication is justified on the grounds of its early harvesting.
‘Carota Novella di Ispica’ growing is characterised by favourable soil and climate conditions.
The Ispica carrot is a ‘new carrot’ which reaches commercial maturity from as early as the beginning of February (1 February) up to early June (15 June).
It is thus a novel, typically Sicilian product very closely linked to the territory in which it is grown.
It should be added that ‘Carota Novella di Ispica’ is sold on the market during the winter-spring period, taking advantage of the organoleptic properties that are typical of the fresh product, such as crunchiness, intense flavour and herbaceous aroma.
The ‘Carota Novella di Ispica’ growing area is characterised by high average winter temperatures, long hours of sunlight and fertile soil.
The quality parameters and the specific growing cycle are thus intimately linked to interacting physical and biochemical characteristics which make the Iblea area (SE Sicily) an essential harmonic system capable of maximising and characterising such properties.