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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-159/annex-II/division-SUMMARY/division-4/division-4.6",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/159",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 159/2009 of 25 February 2009 approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Chabichou du Poitou (PDO))",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-159",
  "path": "annex/II/division/SUMMARY/division/4/division/4.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.6",
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  "text": "The name comes from the Arabic word ‘chebli’ meaning goat. The cheese was made by the Saracens who were defeated at Poitiers in 732 but remained in the area, confined to a hill nearby. The name ‘Chabichou’ appears in Charles de Cherge’s 1782 ‘Guide du voyageur à Poitiers’. It is associated with the Poitou region and its praises were sung in a sonnet by Emile Bergerat in 1910 and in a 1914 song. The designation was applied for in 1989 and the designation of origin obtained in 1990.\nChabichou du Poitou is produced in the Seuil du Poitou geological area: homogeneous limestone terrain, where goats have been reared for centuries and there is a long tradition of producing and processing this particular cheese.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/159/annex/II/division/SUMMARY/division/4/division/4.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:38.118135+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}