GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION PIERRES MARBRIERES OF RHÔNE ALPES

SPECIFICATIONS

SUMMARY OF THE WORKING DOCUMENT

 

 

1. The name of the Geographical Indication

"Marble Stones of Rhône-Alpes"

2. The product (s) concerned

The Marbrières Stones of Rhône-Alpes are limestones formed in the Jurassic era and the Lower Cretaceous era, extracted in quarries located in a geographical area defined in point 3.

As an indication, the average values ​​of the physical and mechanical characteristics of the main Stones Marbrières of Rhône-Alpes are:

• Density value (NF EN 1936): between 2500 kg / m3 and 2810 kg / m3

• Open porosity value (NF EN 1936): between 0.3% and 3.0%;

• Flexural strength under center load (NF EN 12372): between 9.5 MPa and 23 MPa;

• Compressive strength (either NF EN 1926 or NF EN 772-1): between 139 MPa and 250 MPa;

• Wear resistance (NF EN 14157): between 18 mm and 35 mm.

 

The non-exhaustive list of different limestone materials that can claim the protection of the IG "Stones Marbrières de Rhône Alpes" is presented below:

• Chandoré Stone / Champdor

• Pierre de Chomérac

• Drom Stone / Revermont Stone / Chandolin Stone

• Grand Corent Stone / Yellow Valore

• Pierre de Hauteville

• Pierre de Labeaume

• Pierre Rocheret / Pierre-Châtel / Silver Roc

• Pierre de Romanèche / Pierre de Hautecourt

• Ruoms stone

• Saint-Baudille stone

• Pierre de Villebois / Montalieu

The geographical indication covers the following products:

at. Raw products: blocks extracted from quarries for cut stone, construction and decoration;

b. Semi-finished products: slices and products being finished;

c. Finished products, classified by family:

 New and old building (massive cut elements, thin elements, etc ...);

 Roads, urban and landscaping (Pavers of all types, slabs of all types, borders of all types, street furniture, landscape furniture, etc ...);

 Funeral (monuments and funerary articles, columbarium, etc ...);

 Any decorative furniture and real estate product (such as interior furniture etc ...).

Made from natural materials produced by extraction and processing processes except for any reconstituted and / or composite materials or products.

The finished product loses Geographical Indication at the first stage of the process outside the geographical area. Finished product means a product that will not be reworked outside the geographical area.

3. The delimitation of the geographical area or the associated determined place

The geographical area of ​​the IG Pierres Marbrières in Rhône-Alpes covers:

• For extraction operations: the departments of Isère (38) and Ain (01) and the department of Ardèche (07);

• For processing operations: all departments in the Rhône-Alpes region (01, 07, 26, 38, 42, 69, 73 and 74).

The extraction and processing operations of the products covered by the IG Pierres Marbrières de Rhône-Alpes must be carried out in this geographical area.

4. Quality, reputation, traditional know-how or other characteristics of the product concerned that can be attributed essentially to that geographical area or specific place, as well as the elements establishing the link between the product and the geographical area or associated determined place

 

The list below presents the formation dates of each of the Stones Marbrières of Rhône-Alpes:

• Hauteville: Lower Cretaceous - Valanginian - 136 to 140 Ma

• Chandoré: Lower Cretaceous - Valanginian - from 136 to 140 Ma

• Rocheret: Lower Cretaceous - Valanginian - 136 to 140 Ma

• Chomerac: Jurassic - Portlandian (Tithonian) - 145-150 Ma

• Labeaume: Jurassic - Portlandian (Tithonian) - from 145 to 150 Ma

• Ruoms: Jurassic - Portlandian (Tithonian) - from 145 to 150 Ma

• Drom: Jurassic - Portlandian (Tithonian) - from 145 to 150 Ma

• Grand-Corent: Jurassic - Kimmeridgian - from 150 to 155 Ma

• Villebois: Jurassic - Bathonian - from 168 to 166 Ma

• Saint-Baudille: Jurassic - Middle Bajocian - about 170 Ma

The totality of marble limestones of Rhone-Alps comes from marine deposits. These deposits were made in a sea of ​​tropical and shallow type. The hot temperature of the water favored the deposition of limestone (calcium carbonate). This sedimentation is both biodetitic and chemical, hence the presence of oolites. Some of these rocks then very slightly metamorphosed.

With regard to these parameters (richness in calcium carbonate, presence of oolites and a very slight metamorphism) we obtain a hard rock, compact, fairly homogeneous and "taking good polish". These petrographic characteristics are partly the definition of the ancient term "choin" which can be defined by "limestone (or stone) marbrière".

 

5. The identity of the defense and management body (ODG), its statutes, the list of initial operators it represents and the financial arrangements for their participation.

The association RHONAPI is the defense and management organization that manages the Geographical Indication "Pierres Marbrières de Rhône-Alpes".

6. Terms and periodicity of the controls carried out by the bodies mentioned in Article L. 721-9 of the Intellectual Property Code, as well as the financing methods for these controls. The terms include the product control points:

The tests to be carried out and to hold for the IG are:

• Identity tests;

• Employment skills tests;

• Additional tests for CE marking.

Paragraph supplemented by CERTIPAQ's proposal.

7. Reporting or record-keeping obligations to which operators must comply in order to enable verification of compliance with the specifications:

The reporting or record-keeping obligations that operators must meet to enable verification of compliance with the specifications are described in the following diagram:

9. Formalities of notice and exclusion of the operators in case of non-compliance with the specifications:

Paragraph supplemented by CERTIPAQ's proposal.

10. Projected funding from the GDO:

The ODG is financed mainly by operator fees.

11. Specific elements of labeling:

The products marketed under Geographical Indication "Stones Marbrières of Rhône-Alpes" will have to comprise all or part of the following information by way of labeling and / or by documentary way:

 

• "IG Stones Marbrières of Rhône-Alpes" or "Geographical Indication Marbrières Stones of Rhône-Alpes";

• The logo of the IG Pierres Marbrières of Rhône-Alpes;

The logo is in the process of reflection.

• The national logo of the PIA GIs as defined by regulation;

• the registration number of the GI;

• The authorization number of the quarry / processing unit;

• the name of the material sold;

• The name and address of the ODG;

• The name of the certification body and / or its logo.

 

12. Where applicable, the social and environmental commitments made by the operators grouped within the defense and management body: