# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 262/2013 of 18 March 2013 approving a minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Melon du Quercy (PGI)), Division 3: Description of the method of production

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

The production chart has been officially changed to highlight the different steps in the production of ‘Melon du Quercy’: production, sorting and packaging, and storage. A distinction is no longer made between the different marketing channels and instead the common obligations of all the operators are highlighted.
The procedure for establishing the annual lists of authorised varieties is specified in order to guarantee the quality of ‘Melon du Quercy’.
In connection with the transcription of provisions from national legislation and in order to provide more detailed information on the production phases, rules related to planting and sowing, irrigation, fertilisation, phytosanitary protection, approval and sorting are added to the specification.
Varietal development and the experience gained over the past 15 years, in particular the hot summers (especially in 2005), make it possible to guarantee that the quality of ‘Melon du Quercy’ will remain unchanged if the melon is harvested after 13.00, in other words when temperatures are higher. The obligation to harvest before 13.00 is therefore abolished.
Similarly, laying out the harvested melons in a single layer was justified in the case of highly shock-sensitive varieties. However, since tests carried out in 2009 did not reveal any loss of quality, the possibility of placing the harvested melons into pallets (packaging in several layers) is introduced.
As regards packaging, the reference to trays is deleted to allow the use of better-quality packaging, such as punnets.
In order to take into account the specificities of marketing on the retail market in a situation where the melons are regularly rearranged on the stalls, the obligation to use cellular trays and paper is deleted for this type of marketing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/262/annex/I/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-262/annex-I/division-3
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