14.5.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 174/19

‘Consorzio di Tutela Melannurca Campana’ (Melannurca Campana protection association)

Via Verdi 29

81100 Caserta

ITALIA

Tel. +39 08232325144

Email: melannurcaigp@coldiretti.it

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Description of product

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Proof of origin

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Method of production

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Link

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Labelling

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Other (Updated legal references; control body)

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Amendment to product specification of registered PDO or PGI to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, that requires no amendment to the published single document.

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Amendment to product specification of registered PDO or PGI to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, that requires an amendment to the published single document.

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Amendment to product specification of registered PDO or PGI to be qualified as minor in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, for which a single document (or equivalent) has not been published.

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Amendment to product specification of registered TSG to be qualified as minor in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.

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The indication of the weight of both varieties of the fruit is deleted from the product specification. The weight of the fruit directly correlates to the diameter, so this information is superfluous as the minimum diameter of the fruit is already indicated in the specifications. The proposed amendment aims to facilitate operations after harvesting because operators have calibrators, especially those of the first generation, that are not always equipped to determine weight as well as size, which causes them to incur extra costs.

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The third paragraph of the product specification:

is amended as follows:

The cultivation of ‘Melannurca Campana’ PGI is permitted in suitable orchards, provided that the excellent quality characteristics of the product are guaranteed. The amendment of planting distances corresponds to the increase in plant density from 1 200 to 1 666 per hectare. This amendment also aims to apply new environmental and physical knowledge about orchards to the PGI ‘Melannurca Campana’. The right interplay between different cultivation parameters (rootstock, planting distances, plant management, etc.) provides for a better balance between the growing and fruit-bearing stages and makes for more compact plants with multiple benefits with regard to the quality of the fruit and production costs.

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The fourth paragraph of the product specification

is amended as follows:

The amendment of planting distance and plant density per hectare has resulted in an amendment of production per unit of fruit per hectare. This amendment ensures lower fruit production per plant than previously. Higher plant density per hectare has enabled production per hectare to be increased compared with the current specification while considerably decreasing average production per plant (approximately 23 kg/plant compared with approximately 27,5 kg/plant). Lower production per plant not only ensures better ripening of the fruit, but is also one of the strategies that producers of ‘Melannurca Campana’ PGI intend to pursue in order to obtain quality products.

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The phrase ‘Irrigation water should have a salt content no greater than 1,1 ECW’ is removed.

Modern irrigation systems, which consume low amounts of water, overcome the problems caused by irrigation water salinity by using only the amount of water that the plant actually needs; therefore, the risk of high salt concentrations does not arise.

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The following paragraph of Article 7 is deleted:

We believe that the above paragraph concerning users of ‘Melannurca Campagna’ PGI in processed products should be removed from the product specification as it is not applicable to the product specification.

A representation of the product logo, corresponding to the description in the summary sheet and the product specification, shall be included.

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Legal references to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council should be updated.

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References to the inspection body responsible for checking the product specification should be included in the product specification.

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For the Annurca variety

—   shape: the fruit may be flattened and roundish or a short, truncated cone shape, symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical;

—   dimensions: 60 mm in diameter (minimum permitted values); in the case of apples from Franco stock, the fruit may be 55 mm in diameter per fruit (minimum permitted values);

—   peel: moderately thick or thick; colour at the time of harvest should be greenish yellow with red streaks on 50-80 % of the skin and red surface colour on 90-100 % of the skin after the period of reddening on the ground; in the case of apples from Franco stock, moderately thick or thick skin is permitted, colour at the time of harvest should be greenish yellow with red streaks on 40-70 % of the skin and red surface colour on 85-95 % of the skin after reddening on the ground;

—   skin: smooth, waxy, with numerous little lenticels (not very noticeable), moderately russeted, particularly in the stalk cavity;

—   flesh: white, very compact, crunchy, not too sweet and not too sharp, quite juicy, scented and with an excellent taste;

—   resistance to handling: very good;

—   firmness: (measured by 11 mm-pointed tip penetrometer) at the time of harvest no less than 8,5 kg, at the end of storage no less than 5 kg; in the case of Franco stock, firmness at the time of harvest as measured by penetrometer of 9 kg and at the end of storage 5 kg (minimum permitted values);

—   refractometer residue: at the time of harvest, 11,5 °Bx, at the end of storage, 12 °Bx (minimum values);

—   titratable acidity: at the time of harvest no less than 9,0 meq/100 ml of juice; at the end of storage no less than 5,6 meq/100 ml of juice.

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For the Rossa del sud variety:

—   shape: the fruit may be flattened and roundish or a short, truncated cone shape, symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical;

—   dimensions: no less than 60 mm in diameter;

—   peel: moderately thick, yellow in colour with red surface colour on 90-100 % of the skin;

—   skin: smooth, waxy, with numerous little lenticels (not very noticeable), and traces of russeting, particularly in the stalk cavity;

—   flesh: white, compact, crunchy, not too sweet and not too sharp, juicy, scented and with a good taste;

—   resistance to handling: very good;

—   firmness: (measured by 11 mm-pointed tip penetrometer) at the time of harvest no less than 8,5 kg, at the end of storage no less than 5 kg;

—   refractometer residue: at the time of harvest, 12 °Bx, at the end of storage, 12,5 °Bx (minimum values);

—   titratable acidity: at the time of harvest no less than 7,7 meq/100 ml of juice, at the end of storage no less than 5,0 meq/100 ml of juice.

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the mark ‘I.G.P. MELANNURCA CAMPANA’, followed by the name of the variety ‘ANNURCA’ or ‘ROSSA del SUD’;

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the name, business name and address of the producer;

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the quantity of the product contained within the packaging;

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the PGI logo, a stylised apple against a white background, whose lower edge and upper left edge are red while the upper right edge is green.

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only fruits that conform with this specification are used, except for size and refractometer residue, which may be less than provided for in Article 6 but never below 50 mm in diameter and 10,5 °Bx residue;

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the weight relationship between the amount of ‘Melannurca Campana’ PGI used and the amount of derived product is precisely stated;

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the use of ‘Melannurca Campana’ PGI is attested by production certificates issued by the competent bodies;