{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-562/annex-II/division-SINGLE/division-3/division-3.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-562/annex-II/division-SINGLE/division-3/division-3.5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/562",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 562/2013 of 14 June 2013 approving a minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Queijo Serra da Estrela (PDO)]",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-562",
  "path": "annex/II/division/SINGLE/division/3/division/3.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.5",
  "heading": "Specific steps in production that must take place in the defined geographical area",
  "text": "Given that the animals must be of certified genetic or territorial origin, that their diet is governed by strict rules in terms of pasture quality and quantity, that the natural surroundings are crucial for obtaining milk and cheese with the required characteristics, that of all the steps in production are regularly monitored both for product traceability and for the organoleptic qualities of the final product, and that the manufacture and ripening stages are delicate operations both in terms of traceability and the authenticity, hygiene and the sensory properties of the final product, all of the production steps of ‘Queijo Serra da Estrela’ must take place in the geographical area defined in point 4, from the birth of the animals to the packaging of the cheese, whatever commercial presentation is used.",
  "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/2013/562/annex/II/division/SINGLE/division/3/division/3.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:37.072658+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."
}