ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II SINGLE DOCUMENT Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin ‘ MIRABELLES DE LORRAINE ’ EC No: FR-PGI-0117-0194-10.12.2007 PGI (X) PDO ( ) 1. Name ‘Mirabelles de Lorraine’ 2. Member state or third country France 3. Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff 3.1. Type of product Class 1.6. Fruit and vegetables 3.2. Description of the product to which the name in (1) applies A round fruit, yellow or golden when ripe, with an unattached stone, small (diameter >22 mm), with an average sugar content of 16° Brix for the fruit for direct consumption and 15° Brix for the fruit for processing, colour 4 on the AREFE colour scale, produced from clones of the ‘Mirabelles de Nancy’ and ‘Mirabelles de Metz’ varieties registered in 1961 under nos 91 291 and 91 290 ( Rosaceae family, species Prunus Insistitia ) in the official catalogue of species. ‘Mirabelles de Lorraine’ are presented fresh or deep-frozen (whole with stone in, or whole or in halves with stone removed). 3.3. Raw materials (for processed products only) — 3.4. Feed (for products of animal origin only) — 3.5. Specific steps in production that must take place in the identified geographical area For the fresh fruit, all production, sorting, sizing and packaging operations are carried out in the geographical area. For the deep-frozen fruit, only the production, sorting, sizing, stoning and deep-freezing stages take place in the geographical area. Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. Because of the delicacy of the fruit and the risk of squashing during transport, the fresh fruit is packaged in the geographical area. Packaging is taken to mean wrapping of individual fruits, placing in pallets and deep-freezing. 3.6. Specific rules concerning labelling ‘Mirabelles de Lorraine’ Name and address of the certifying group The term ‘PGI’ and/or the Community logo 4. Concise definition of the geographical area The geographical area of the ‘Mirabelle de Lorraine’ includes all municipalities in the Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle and Vosges départements . The protected geographical indication ‘Mirabelles de Lorraine’ may be used only for fruit from orchards in this area. 5. Link with the geographical area 5.1. Specificity of the geographical area The Lorraine region is ideal for growing mirabelles. It is characterised by clay-limestone (magnesium-potassium) soils. The Lorraine mirabelle orchards are planted on soil with 45 % of fine elements of less than 20 microns (clay plus fine silt). 5.2. Specificity of the product ‘Mirabelles de Lorraine’ are the product of two local varieties, ‘Mirabelles de Nancy’ and ‘Mirabelles de Metz’. The specificity of ‘Mirabelles de Lorraine’’ is linked to the method of training: for the best possible development of the fruit, the planting density in the orchards may not exceed 400 trees per hectare, the fruit is picked at the best stage of ripeness and within a short period (around six weeks from the beginning of August to mid-September). The aim is to produce a yellow, sweet fruit unlike the green, sour mirabelles found in other regions. 5.3. Causal link between the geographical area and the quality or characteristics of the product (for PDO) or a specific quality, the reputation or other characteristic of the product (for PGI) The link with the geographical origin derives from the product's reputation. This, in turn, is based on the prominence of the ‘Mirabelle de Lorraine’ in local gastronomy and reflected in literature, in particular through historical references from the 16 th century. Also, traditional festivals that are still held today testify to the recognition enjoyed by the product among consumers. Lorraine is responsible for 70 to 80 % of France's production of fresh mirabelles. The traditional forms of processing, to produce jam, baked goods and canned fruit, account for a significant part of the activity in the sector. The myriad of local recipes calling for mirabelles testifies to their use in these traditional forms, apart from being eaten fresh. Reference to publication of the specification http://www.inao.gouv.fr/repository/editeur/pdf/CDC-IGP/CDC-mirabelle-de-Lorraine.pdf