The presidents of Alentejo municipalities of Almodovar, Beja and Ourique challenged on Tuesday the terms of the Protected Geographical Indication request (IGP) “Algarve” to the spirit of arbutus produced in this region and you want to include productions of those counties.
In a statement, the mayors explained that it was the PGI application for registration of “Arbutus Algarve” performed by Brandy Producers Association of Arbutus the western Algarve (APAGARBE) to the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DGADR) and whose warning has been published in the Official Gazette.
According to the presidents of the three municipalities, which already had a joint defense, the application to register the PGI proposes, “the arrogant and abusive manner”, adding produced fro in eight parishes of the municipalities of Almodovar, Beja and Ourique, in Alentejo, a case dealt with by APAGARBE “without the knowledge of producers, associations and mayors Alentejo.”
The issue “was never presented to producers, associations Alentejo and mayors “and IGP” decisively conditions “the process currently under way in boosting berry brandy production in Alentejo, lament. Therefore, Mayors call on leaders of APAGARBE to “turn back in its scope” and state that attended “to the last instance” and proceed to the legal proceedings against the IGP registration “Arbutus the Algarve.”
The mayors denounce the “interest” of those responsible for application of the IGP to “ensure sufficient amount of fruit for the production of their members,” that is, the producers of the Alentejo “treat and harvest the fruit” and the Algarve “produce drink. “
” The fruit [fro] created in Alentejo has different characteristics, brandy is produced differently and the final product has another flavor and alcohol content, “states mayors. Furthermore, “in the case of an endogenous product, the name should be associated with the origin of production while respecting the local identity”, they argue, stressing that the arbutus has tradition in the Algarve, “but much more in the Alentejo.”
According to the mayors, the proposal APAGARBE have “raised the defense of popular, producers, parishes and municipalities of the Alentejo,” which “has already led to complaints in the process right of objection course in PGI registration and circulation of public petitions against such register. “
According to the notice published in the Official Gazette, the geographical area of production of” Arbutus do Algarve “is intended to cover parishes 13 Algarve municipalities and also the Alentejo parishes of Gomes Aires, Santa Clara-a-Nova, St. Barnabas and Santa Cruz (Almodovar), S. Teotonio, Savoy and Santa Clara-a-Velha (Beja) and Santana da Serra (Ourique ). The Lusa contacted the president of APAGARBE, José Paulo Nunes, who referred to the coming days an association steering position on the defense of the Alentejo mayors of Almodovar, Beja and Ourique.
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