# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2012 of 24 February 2012 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Alföldi kamillavirágzat (PDO)), Division 4.4: Proof of origin:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The origin of the ‘Alföldi kamillavirágzat’ is established by organoleptic and technical tests, as well as by the implementation of a tracing system.
The entire process of producing the ‘Alföldi kamillavirágzat’ must be implemented under strict manufacturing and inspection conditions, with the quality-assurance system extending to inspection of the documented source of gathering, consequently, the journey of the product from gathering to delivery of the finished product is identifiable and verifiable.
The Purchasing Standard on the quality rules for wild medicinal plants and their basic materials established by the group sets out the quality standards for gathering:
Many individual gatherers pick the flowers in the camomile fields during the camomile flower’s short harvesting season of a few weeks. There are purchasing points in the region, where the gatherers hand over the freshly picked plants. The buyers transport the loose raw goods of appropriate quality to processing plants in the region without delay within 4 to 8 hours. The accompanying transport certificate includes a delivery letter and a declaration, on which the transporter states the name of the area where the goods have been gathered.
Proof of purchase is issued upon the quantity and quality acceptance of the raw basic material picked by individual gatherers, indicating the name of the place where the goods were gathered and substantiated by the gatherer’s signature. If the basic material arrives at the processing plant in dried form, a certificate of origin and area of gathering must in any event be requested.
To ensure traceability during the drying process the logbook must document the amount and place of gathering of the product, as well as the location of gathering and the purchase points. A production report must be drafted on drying in every case.
An average quality sample taken from the batches packaged in 10 kg cardboard boxes in the course of official sampling represents the quality of the entire batch. If the product meets the requirements of the European Pharmacopœia and the up-to-date version of the Hungarian Pharmacopœia and the α-bisabolol content of the essential oil constituent required by the product specification is established, the cardboard boxes receive a ‘green’ label, while the product receives a qualification document by indicating quantity and quality. The qualification document number is a specific identification of the ‘Alföldi kamillavirágzat’ and refers exclusively to the product tested. If the product does not meet the requirements, it may not be placed on the market as ‘Alföldi kamillavirágzat’.
During the process of putting the camomile into sachets and bags, a bagging logbook must be kept for every single operation. The distribution permit number appears alongside the amounts used and measured. The permit number and the manufacturing number specified in the bagging logbooks appear on the commercial packaging of the end products. These data can be used to trace the date of manufacture, as well as the identification number, amount and origin of the batch used.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/165/annex/II/division/SUMMARY/division/4/division/4.4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-165/annex-II/division-SUMMARY/division-4/division-4.4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.