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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1207/annex-II/division-CONSOLIDATED/division-5/division-5.1/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1207/annex-II/division-CONSOLIDATED/division-5/division-5.1/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/1207",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1207/2013 of 22 November 2013 approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Fourme d’Ambert (PDO))",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1207",
  "path": "annex/II/division/CONSOLIDATED/division/5/division/5.1/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Natural factors",
  "text": "The geographical area for ‘Fourme d’Ambert’ is situated in a mountainous region and comprises the following:\nthe area formed by the ‘Hautes Chaumes du Forez’ at the top of the Forez mountains, straddling the departments of Loire and Puy de Dôme. The ‘Hautes Chaumes’ — vast bare stretches on granite bedrock surrounded by mainly coniferous forest slopes — are an area of heavy rainfall (annual average precipitation of more than 1 000 mm) subject to continental and oceanic influence (annual average temperatures below 10 °C),\nan area essentially consisting of crystalline and volcanic plateaus interspersed with valleys, which, because of its altitude and steep slopes also has mountainous characteristics, in contrast to the low-altitude and flat Limagne area, which has a clay-limestone substrate and a drier climate.\nThe geographical area’s altitude and rainy climate particularly favour the growth of grass.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1207/annex/II/division/CONSOLIDATED/division/5/division/5.1/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:13.218603+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."
}