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PIERRE D’ARUDY GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION

‘ARUDY, a soul engraved in stone’ Claude Aussant, Mayor of Arudy

Specifications

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Table of contents

INTRODUCTION ...... 4 I. Name ...... 6 II. Product concerned ...... 6 A. Product description ...... 6 B. Products covered ...... 8 III. Demarcation of the geographical area or associated specific place ...... 8 IV. The quality, reputation, traditional knowledge or other characteristics possessed by the product in question is essentially attributable to its geographical area or specific place ...... 15 A. Specificity of the geographical area ...... 15 1. Natural factors ...... 15 2. Human factors ...... 19 B. Product reputation ...... 29 C. The causal link of Arudy Stone ...... 31 V. Description of the creation, production and transformation process, the production or transformation operations which must take place in the geographical area or associated specific place, and those guaranteeing the characteristics mentioned in point 4 ...... 31 VI. The identity of the Defence and Management Organisation, its statutes, the list of its initial operators and funding methods for their participation ...... 37 VII. The procedures and frequencies for the inspections, performed by the bodies mentioned in Article L721-8 and the arrangements for financing these inspections. These procedures notably include the product inspection points ...... 38 A. Operator certification ...... 38 1. Operator identification, initial evaluation and certification decision ...... 38 2. Managing changes with consequences for the certification...... 39 3. Monitoring procedures for certified operators ...... 40 B. Frequencies of external inspections for certified operators ...... 40 C. Assessment procedures and methods for certified operators: detailed tables of the inspection plan (self-inspection and external inspection) ...... 41 1. Stone extraction ...... 42 2. Stone dressing ...... 43 3. Customer claims management ...... 45 VIII. Reporting or record-keeping requirements that operators must meet to allow verification of compliance with the specifications ...... 46

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IX. Procedures for serving formal notice and excluding operators in the event of non-compliance with the specifications ...... 46 A. General elements ...... 46 B. Points system for external breaches ...... 47 C. Management of breaches ...... 48 D. Reduction, termination, suspension or withdrawal of operators’ certification ...... 49 X. Provisional funding of the Defence and Management Organisation ...... 49 XI. Specific labelling requirements ...... 49 XII. Inspection by the DMO...... 50 A. Inspection procedures ...... 50 B. Inspection frequency ...... 50 XII. Annexes ...... 50 Annex 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 51 Annex 2 ILLUSTRATIONS ...... 54 Annex 3: STATUTES OF THE ASSOCIATION PIERRES NATURELLES NOUVELLE- ...... 55

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INTRODUCTION

1. Arudy Stone ‘ARUDY, a soul engraved in stone.

It is above all a meeting of men, those of yesterday and today. The former worked the stone, and to this day quarry operators and stonemasons are the new generations inheriting and passing on the heritage for a real, viable, promising but fragile economy. To protect our abused Pierre for purely greedy, economic interests, to honour our past and not forget where we come from, to defend our Stone, which has participated and still participates in the wealth of our Commune, in the construction and the ornaments of Béarn and many other cities in and around the world; to defend the stone is to love it!

The Commune of Arudy is proud to participate in the Geographical Indication project and would like to thank all associated professionals, associations, UNICEM and all of the resources and records workers who work, defend and honour the endemic stone of Arudy ...its history and its future.’

Claude AUSSANT, Mayor of Arudy - (15 July 2019)

2. The stone industry in the Project leader: l’Association Pierres Naturelles Nouvelle-Aquitaine (the Nouvelle-Aquitaine natural stone association) seeks recognition as the Defence and Management Organisation (DMO) for the Pierre d’Arudy Geographical Indication. About 15 companies are involved in extracting and processing Pierre d’Arudy within the geographical area concerned. These are SMEs or craftspeople representing around 50 jobs for a turnover of more than EUR 7 000 000, often located in rural areas. Pierre d’Arudy is sold in France and abroad.

Strengths/Weaknesses

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES/CONSTRAINTS

Rare product Access to authorisations to operate quarries

Construction and preservation of built Limited operational capacity/availability of heritage accessible resources

Specific characteristics of Arudy marbled Small structures with strong stresses stone Stone that can be used in building materials Foreign competition, especially on prices

Product origin

The marbled stone industry in the Pyrenees basin consists of a network of small- and medium-sized family undertakings either involved only in extracting, or dressing local stone, or in the combined activity of extracting and dressing.

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Source: Carrière Laplace

3. The draft geographical indication The natural stone undertakings of south-west France and their consumers face the same issues, those of a muddled market that brings together products at odds with one another qualitatively, but sometimes identified under the same geographical name.

These common-law protective rules are not satisfactory in terms of properly protecting undertakings working Arudy stone, as they do not cover the specific nature of these materials and the knowledge pertaining to them or the issue of heritage. It is therefore important to put in place an appropriate tool for this type of product, with which to protect and defend Pierre d’Arudy and the undertakings exploiting it.

Therefore, the strategy of origin through the geographical indication is of interest to ensure and authenticate Pierre d’Arudy: - by giving legitimate operators a legal arsenal protecting them from misselling and counterfeiting; - by enshrining this national heritage and the heritage dimension of these materials; - by stating the origin and strengthening its reputation; - by highlighting its qualities and its specific nature; - by highlighting the knowledge of the undertakings and artisans; - by providing consumers/customers with a guarantee of authenticity; - by structuring the sector around common issues.

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I. Name

The protected Geographical Indication defined by these specifications is:

Pierre d’Arudy

II. Product concerned A. Product description

The term Pierre d’Arudy (Arudy stone) describes a specific limestone rock with many of the characteristics of marble, hence its name ‘marbled stone.’

It is a hard, pure, massive, compact, organogenic marbled limestone and its bioclastic (organogenic) content is that of a calm, deep, aerated, clean environment (without clay); with light despite the depth, with flat polyps, algae and debris from rudists with significant bacterial action, resulting in the formation of elongated vacuoles called stromatactis1.

Arudy stone has particular characteristics, notably related to the sub-reef Urgonian limestones found in the region: - quality of the deposit: homogeneous deposit, much larger, it can be cut into large blocks, making it suitable for solid stone construction; - Its massive nature bestows it with a polish that is different from that of limestones in the broader sense; - ability to take a polish, which then gives it a marble-like appearance; - ornamental stone with highly variable patterns that make it original/its aesthetic appearance is related to the origin of its organic content; - its fine grain (micrite) is linked to deposition in a calm, deeper environment; - frost-resistant stone; - Bulk density: 2 600 to 2 720 kg/m3; - compressive strength: between 140 MPa and 210 MPa; - porosity: less than 1 %; - the Sainte Anne variety can be flamed.

Unlike other marbles/limestones in the region, Arudy stone has not undergone metamorphism. In this case, the distinction between marble and limestone is therefore primarily related to its type of deposit and not to subsequent metamorphism.

In contrast to the organogenic limestone found in many places in the region, Arudy stone is only present in certain specific places.

Arudy stone is a limestone with very fine crystals (micrite) which owes its interest to its very particular geological formation known as a mud mound.

1 Elongated structures between 1 cm and 10 cm in length filled with calcites

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Several quarries show the presence of mud mound constructions, isolated structures testifying to the existence of submarine slopes at the edge of the carbonate platform near the marly deposits of the Mauleon flysch basin. The limestone was laid down in these very pure waters (without clay) at a depth of between 100 and 200 m. Mud mounds have the specific feature of being composed of a bacterial veil that practically occupies the micrite; this veil allows the rock to harden very quickly.

Arudy stone is characterised by its hardness, its massive appearance and its ability to take a polish. Therefore, it is sometimes referred to as Arudy marble or Arudy marbled stone.

Arudy stone is characterised by shades of light grey to dark grey.

The term Pierre d’Arudy (Arudy stone/Arudy Marble) covers a number of materials2:

Sainte Anne marble: A generally grey to dark grey marble with approximately uniformly distributed white spots of varying size and delineation and white veins of calcite (stromatactis) that may vary in fineness or definition (visible separation of white/grey colours). Presence of fossils: solenids, algae and rudist debris. The names Alpha and Granité also refer to Sainte Anne marble.

Paloma marble: Sedimentary rock, organogenic limestone. Homogeneous marble, generally grey to light grey in colour with a cloudy and spotted appearance due to the presence of fossils of microsolenids and more or less clearly defined and crystallised stromatactis structures visible in the coloration of the rock. Presence of small spots and fine stylolites of white calcite.

Henri IV marble: A massive and compact marbled limestone, more or less rich in white fragments of rudist debris, of cyano-bacterial origin in a deep, calm environment with stromatactis, solenoporids (flat corals). This limestone is light grey to dark grey in colour.

Denominations of materials covered by the Pierre d’Arudy GI: - Paloma (marble)/Saint Michel marble (old name) - Sainte Anne  Sainte Anne Alpha  Sainte Anne rubanné (ribboned)  Sainte Anne granité (grained) - Henri IV

Illustration of Pierre d’Arudy materials:

2 According to the rock library of the Technical of natural building materials (CTMNC), the book Roches de France (Rocks of France) and the works of Mr Raymond Cussey.

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Paloma Sainte Anne Henri IV Source: Carrières Laplace

B. Products covered The name Pierre d’Arudy covers the following products:

 raw products: blocks, rip-rap;  semi-finished products: slices;  finished products for funerary, urban planning, building and decorative purposes;  products for solid stone constructions and historical monuments.

III. Demarcation of the geographical area or associated specific place

The geographical area of the Pierre d’Arudy GI comprises: - extraction operations located in the following three communes of the department of Pyrénées Atlantiques (64): Arudy, and Louvie-Juzon; - and processing operations on the products covered by the GI (shaping, surfacing and finishing): departments in which workers of Arudy stone are established: Pyrénées Atlantiques (64), Hautes Pyrénées (65) and part of the (40), mainly the area bordering with the Pyrénées Atlantiques.

List of the 547 communes in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64):

Aast Abère Arbérats-Sillègue Abidos Arbouet-Sussaute Abos Arbus Aste-Béon Aren Athos-Aspis Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan Aubin Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast Argelos Ainhice-Mongelos Auriac Ainhoa Aurions-Idernes Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette Arnéguy Alos Sibas-Abense Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby Amendeuix-Oneix Arrast Larrebieu Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren Amorots-Succos Arraute-Charritte Ance Arricau-Bordes -de-Nay -de-Béarn Angaïs Arrosès Arthez-de-Béarn Arthez-d’Asson Baliracq-Maumusson Anos Banca Artix Arudy Bardos Arzacq-Arraziguet Asasp-Arros Barraute-Camu

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Barzun Castagnède Gère-Bélesten Bassillon-Vauzé Casteide-Cami Géronce Bastanès Casteide-Candau Gestas Casteide-Doat Géus-d’Arzacq Castéra-Loubix Geüs-d’Oloron Goès Bédeille Gomer Castétis Gotein-Libarrenx Béguios Castetnau-Camblong Guéthary Béhasque-Lapiste Guiche Béhorléguy Guinarthe-Parenties Castillon (Canton d’Arthez-de-Béarn) Gurmençon Bénéjacq Castillon (Canton de ) Béost Caubios-Loos Bentayou-Sérée Cescau Bérenx Cette-Eygun -Viellenave Haut-de- Charritte-de-Bas Haux Berrogain- Chéraute Hélette Bescat Bésingrand Herrère Bétracq Higuères-Souye Conchez-de-Béarn L’Hôpital-d’Orion Beyrie-sur-Joyeuse Corbère-Abères L’Hôpital Saint-Blaise Beyrie-en-Béarn Coslédaà-Lube-Boast Hosta Hours Idaux-Mendy Bilhères Billère Domezain-Berraute Irouléguy Biron Eaux-Bonnes Boeil-Bezing Escot Escoubès Bordères Escurès Bordes Eslourenties-Daban Bosdarros Espéchède Jurançon Boueilh-Boueilho-Lasque Espès-Undurein Laà-Mondrans Laàs Bouillon -Cézéracq La Bastide-Clairence Estérençuby Labastide-Monréjeau Labastide-Villefranche Labatmal Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget Labatut Labets-Biscay Labeyrie Lacadée Ance Féas Burosse-Mendousse Fichous-Riumayou Lacarry-Arhan-Charritte-de-Haut Bussunarits-sarrasquette Bustince-Iriberry Gabat Buzy Gan Lagos Laguinge-Restoue Garlède-Mondebat Cambo-les-Bains Lahontan Came Camou-Cihigue Garris Gayon Caro Carrère Ger Lanne-en-Barétous Carresse-Cassaber

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Lanneplaà Miossens-Lanusse Larceveau-Arros-Cibits Poursiugues-Boucoue Préchacq-Josbaig Préchacq- Monassut-Audiracq Precilhon Larreule Moncaup Puyoô Larribar-Sorhapuru Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu Laruns Rébénacq Lasse Lasserre Monségur Mont Montagut Lay-Lamidou Saint-Abit Saint-Armou Montaut Saint-Boès Lée Mont-Disse Saint-Castin Lées-Athas Montfort Sainte-Colome Lembeye Saint-Dos Lème Morlaàs Sainte-Engrâce Léren Saint-Esteben Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry Saint-Faust Lespie Saint-Girons-en-Béarn Saint-Gladie-Arrive-Munein Lestelle-Bétharram Saint-Goin Lichans-Sunhar Nabas Saint-Jammes Saint-Jean-de-Luz Licq-Athérey Saint-Jean-le-Vieux Navailles- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port Navarrenx Saint-Jean-Poudge Oyhercun-Oyhercq Nay Saint-Just-Ibarre Noguères Saint-Laurent-Bretagne Lonçon Saint-Martin-d’Arberoue Ogenne-Camptort Saint-Martin-d’Arrossa Ogeu-les-Bains Saint-Médard Oloron-Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel Lourdios-Ichère Oraàs Saint-Palais Saint-Pé-de-Léren Louvie-Juzon Orègue Saint-Pée-sur- Louvie-Soubiron Orin Saint-Pierre-d’Irube Louvigny Orion Saint-Vincent Luc-Armau Salies-de-Béarn Lucarré Salles-Mongiscard Lucq-de-Béarn Os-Marsillon Sames Lurbe-Saint-Christau Ossas-Suhare Samsons-Lion -Lusson Osse-en-Aspe Sare Luxe-Sumberraute Lys Osserain-Rivareyte Ossès Ostabat-Asme Saucède Mascaraàs-Haron Sauguis Saint-Etienne Sault-de-Navailles Ozenx-Montestrucq Maspie-Lalonquère-Juillacq Sauveterre-de-Béarn Mauléon-Licharre Séby Maure Pardies-Piétat Sedze-Maubecq Mazères-Lezons Pau Sedzère Mazerolles Peyrelongue-Abos Séméacq-Blachon Méharin Piets-Plasence-Moustrou Sendets Poey-de-Lescar Serres-Castet Poey-d’Oloron Serres-Morlaàs Serres-Sainte-Marie Ponson-Debat-Pouts Sévignacq-Meyracq Méracq Ponson-Dessus Sévignacq Méritein Mesplède Pontiacq-Viellepinte Siros

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Soumoulou Uhart-Cize Souraïde Uhart-Mixe Sus Urdès Viellenave-d’Arthez Viellenave-de-Navarrenx Tabaille-Usquain Vielleségure Tadousse-Ussau Vignes Tardets-Sorholus Villefranque Taron-Sadirac-Viellenave Viodos-Abense-de-Bas Thèze Uzan Trois-Villes

List of the 474 communes in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées (65):

Adast Bulan Adé Bun Adervielle-Pouchergues Bagnères-de- Burg Agos-Vidalos Buzon Allier Barbazan-Debat Cadéac Barbazan-Dessus Cadeilhan-Trachère Anères Angos Les Angles Calavanté Barry Camalès Camous La Barthe-de- Antin Bartrès Batsère Arbéost Arcizac- Arcizac-ez-Angles Bazus-Aure Castelnau-Magnoac Arcizans-Avant Bazus-Neste Castelnau-Rivière-Basse Arcizans-Dessus Beaudéan Castéra-Lanusse Argelès-Bagnères Bégole Castéra-Lou Argelès- Bénac Aries-Espénan Benqué-Molère Castillon Armenteule Berbérust-Lias Caubous Arné Bernac-Debat Caussade-Rivière Arras-en-Lavedan Bernac-Dessus Bernadets-Debat Arrens-Marsous Bernadets-Dessus Cazaux-Debat -ez-Angles Cazaux-Fréchet-Anéran-Camors Arrodets Betbèze Chelle-Debat Chelle-Spou Artalens-Souin Chèze Artigues Beyrède-Jumet Aspin-Aure Bize Aspin-en-Lavedan Clarac Asté Clarens Collongues Aubarède Boô-Silhen Bordères-Louron Créchets Aulon Bordères-sur-l’Échez Devèze Aureilhan Bordes Aurensan Bouilh-Devant Ens Auriébat Bouilh-Péreuilh Escala Bourg-de-Bigorre Bourréac Avezac-Prat-Lahitte Bours Ayros-Arbouix Escoubès-Pouts Ayzac-Ost

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Espèche Labassère Mérilheu Esquièze-Sère Labastide Estaing Labatut-Riviere Molère Laborde Momères Monfaucon Monléon-Magnoac Lagarde Lagrange Mont Ferrère Arrayou-Lahitte Montastruc Ferrières Lahitte-Toupière Montégut Lalanne Montgaillard Fréchède Lalanne-Trie Montignac Fréchendets Laloubère Montoussé Fréchet-Aure Lamarque-Pontacq Montsérié Fréchou-Fréchet Lamarque-Rustaing Moulédous Laméac Galan Lançon Mun Lanespède Gardères Lanne Lansac Gavarnie Gayan Laran Oléac-Debat Larreule Oléac-Dessus Gazost Larroque Gavarnie-Gèdre Lascazères Organ Générest Génos Lau-Balagnas Gensac Ger Gerde Germ Lézignan Germs-sur-l’Oussouet Gez Ossun-ez-Angles Gez-ez-Angles Lies Lombrès Ourdis-Cotdoussan Lomné Ousté Grézian Ozon Paréac Péré Loures-Barousse Peyret-Saint-André Lubret-Saint-Luc Peyriguère Luby-Betmont Hèches Luc Hères Pierrefitte-Nestalas Poueyferré Luz-Saint-Sauveur Pouy Mansan Ibos Marsac Préchac Marsas Marseillan Mascaras Jacque Rabastens-de-Bigorre Jarret Mauléon-Barousse Jézeau Mauvezin Réjaumont Mazères-de-Neste Ricaud Mazerolles Ris

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Sabalos Trébons Trie-sur-Baïse Sacoué Trouley-Labarthe Saint-Arroman Saint-Créac Saint-Lanne Uz Saint-Lary-Soulan Uzer Saint-Laurent-de-Neste Vic-en-Bigorre Saint-Lézer Sainte-Marie Saint-Martin Viella Saint-Pastous Vielle-Adour Saint-Paul Vielle-Aure Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre Vielle-Louron Saint-Savin Vier-Bordes Saint-Sever-de-Rustan Saléchan Viger Salles Salles-Adour Villefranque Sariac-Magnoac -près-Béarn Villenave-près-Marsac Sarriac-Bigorre Vizos Barèges Sauveterre Ségalas Ségus Séméac Sénac Sère-en-Lavedan Sère-Lanso Séron Sère-Rustaing Sers Soréac Sost Soues Tajan Thèbe Thermes-Magnoac Tibiran-jaunac Tournay Tournous-Darré Tournous-Devant Tramezaïgues

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List of the 196 communes in the department of Landes (40):

Aire-sur-l’Adour Montgaillard Sort-en-Chalosse Montsoué Arthez-d’Armagnac Vicq-d’Auribat Bahus-Soubirans Payros-Cazautets Bélus Pécorade Bordères-et-Lamensans Peyre Gaas Habas Cazères-sur-l’Adour Puyol-Cazalet Saint-Cricq-Chalosse Labatut Duhort-Bachen Saint-Sever Eugénie-les-Bains Sainte-Colombe Misson Le Frêche Mouscardès Grenade-sur-l’Adour Serres-Gaston Serreslous-et-Arribans Larrivière-Saint-Savin Sorbets Ossage Pey Lussagnet Amou Argelos Port-de-Lanne Montégut Pouillon Baigts Saint-Cricq-du-Gave Pujo-le-Plan Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Saint-Lon-les-Mines Saint-Agnet Bergouey Sorde-l’Abbaye Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve Saint-Gein Bénesse-Maremne Saint-Loubouer Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour Josse Sainte-Foy Castaignos-Souslens Castelnau-Chalosse Orx Vielle-Tursan Castel-Sarrazin Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq Saint-Martin-de- Villeneuve-de-Marsan Clermont Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse Gamarde-les-Bains Aurice Biarotte Banos Bas-Mauco Bats Goos Saint-André-de-Seignanx Castelnau-Tursan Saint-Barthélémy Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse Hinx Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx Cazalis Clèdes Arx Laurède Betbezer-d’Armagnac Eyres-Moncube Créon-d’Armagnac Fargues Montfort-en-Chalosse Haut-Mauco Herré Labastide-d’Armagnac Labastide-Chalosse Lagrange Losse Lauret Mauvezin-d’Armagnac Rimbez-et-Baudiets Miramont-Sensacq Saint-Gor Préchacq-les-Bains Saint-Julien-d’Armagnac Saint-Aubin Saint-Justin Monségur Saint-Geours-d’Auribat Montaut Saint-Jean-de-Lier

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IV. The quality, reputation, traditional knowledge or other characteristics possessed by the product in question is essentially attributable to its geographical area or specific place A. Specificity of the geographical area 1. Natural factors a) Ossau Valley3 At the end of the ice age, the river of ice that shaped the for thousands of years retreated to the high mountains. At the entrance to the valley, a large basin at the foot of the mountains gave rise to vegetation and became a sustainable habitat for wildlife.

3 According to the Arudy Museum guide - Maison d’Ossau

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From this basin emerged limestone hills, the petrified remnants of seabeds rich in life, which the rise of the Pyrenees had transformed into small peaks. They had been shaped at the end of the Tertiary by precipitation and powerful torrents of water, then eroded by the Quaternary glaciers and in particular by the last one, the Würm glacier, which abandoned the blocks and the various sediments torn from the mountain in the Arudy basin at the end of its route: the andesite blocks of the Ossau at the summit of Saint Michel hill, the frontal moraines of Bescat, Sévignacq and Sainte-Colome.

These karstic hills with their cavities and rock shelters would become the natural refuges of the first occupants of the basin, the Magdalenian horse and reindeer hunters and subsequently their successors and the first shepherds, who would clear the land to create mountain pastures, to the detriment of the primitive forest.

From these massifs, in the modern era, men would extract the marble with which they would decorate their houses and which would also (and especially) be used in the construction of churches, bridges and works of art in the region.

Source: Museum of Arudy Maison d’Ossau

b) Histoire géologique de la Pierre d’Arudy (A Geological History of Pierre d’Arudy)4 In the Pyrenees, we have oil, gas, ideas... and marble. 110 000 000 years ago – in the Aptian period (Lower Cretaceous), where the Pyrenees stand today, the sea played yo-yo: emergence, the formation of islets and marine incursions followed one another at a rapid pace. The climate became ‘idyllic,’ with islands and lagoons at the heart of the Pyrenees and reefs further out.

Palaeogeographic map of the Albian/General context

4 According to R&D Cussey of Minéraux fossiles dans les Pyrénées (Fossil Minerals in the Pyrenees association)

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Source: Mémoire 3, ELF-Aquitaine, 1980

The Arudy region had a tropical climate. In a shallow, warm sea, curious animals evolved, shaped like long horns: rudists, which (like oysters) colonise the bottom in immense beds and whose remains are found in the quarries of Arudy and in the quarry of Rébénacq. Isolated corals and coral reefs are also found in the region. It was also the beginning of the opening of the North Atlantic that caused great regional instability and tilting movements that created slopes on which unique constructions known as mud mounds were formed by adapted organisms (bacteria and algae). These limestones are exploited as marbled stone in Arudy.

Arudy stone is a limestone with very fine crystals (micrite), which owes its interest to this unique geological formation known as a mud mound. Several quarries show the presence of mud mound constructions, testifying to the existence of submarine slopes at the edge of the carbonate platform near the marly deposits of the Mauleon flysch basin. The mud mounds have not been mapped around Arudy, but the quarries have been established to exploit these mud mounds, recognisable by their topographic form.

Map showing the formation of mud mound Figure of the Isolated Domes of Arudy: deposits in the Arudy Region:

Sources: R. Cussey 2017

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Due to the ongoing upheavals, the quiet platform of the Urgonian, in the region of Arudy, underwent a period of tilting to the north-east of the Mail-Arrouy block. This shift was accentuated until the beginning of the Albian. It promoted slippage on the slope and the formation of mud mounds. Conversely, periods of falling sea levels caused phases of emergence.

Map of the Arudy sector: 1 Urgo-Aptian limestones, 2 Izeste marls, 3 Larroun Clansayesian limestones, 4 Clansayesian black marns with spicules, 5 Borde Dela and Sainte Colome mud mounds.

Source: R. Cussey

Source: Arudy Museum

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2. Human factors The exploitation of marbled stones and marble has had its heydays in the Western Pyrenees. Without going back to the time of the Romans and to stick to the last centuries, the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries were particularly beneficial for the operators of the Pyrenean valleys.

a) The stone, an everyday element in the Valley of Ossau, in connection with agricultural and pastoral activities.

In the Ossau Valley, as in other Pyrenees valleys, many places reveal a human presence in low, medium or high mountain areas. This region has a tradition of pastoralism, as is the case throughout Basses Pyrénées.

‘Since seasonal transhumance is obligatory in the Pyrenees, this relatively itinerant life brought shepherds of proto-history into the Landes and the Arcachon region, explaining a certain cultural unity in the Pyrenean, Landes and Girondins groups,’ according to Dr Blot, a researcher.

Man intervenes, and assembles stones. Dolmens and stone circles send messages. This is the case of the grouping of circles above the Bénou plateau at Bielle-Bilhières. The natural caves and caverns would become the first footholds of temporary habitation in the mountains. The rock became a refuge.

In the Ossau Valley, stone also served to separate men and pastures. Pastureland was effectively bordered by stones. The stone would also be used as a writing surface by shepherds. The marble of the Ossau Valley, easier to engrave than granite, would be favoured by the shepherds. These engravings are found in huts or their immediate surroundings. Others were found at more than five hundred metres above sea level, at and above sites where shepherds only occasionally went. This practice of shepherds engraving the stone persisted until after the Second World War.

Source: Memories of Stones - The engraved rocks of the Ossau Valley, an Exhibition by Jean-Pierre Dugène

b) The arrival of stonecutters in Arudy There is evidence of quarrying at the Arudy quarries as early as the eighteenth century: the extraction of some blocks to be used for chimneys. Then, around 1 825, some masons, extractors and stonecutters appeared. The municipal councils of Louvie-Juzon and Arudy regulated the operation of quarries.

The Arudy basin is full of marbled stones and marbles of all kinds: Sainte-Anne rubané, Sainte-Anne Alpha, close-grained grey marbles with black or white veins, Saint-Michel marble and its lilac variety, Paloma

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Source: Arripe René, Ossau 1900, The Canton of Arudy

On 12 July 1835, the Mayor of Arudy sent the following report to the Sub-Prefect: ‘There are quarries in various communes in our canton, from which we extract blocks of marble for different works, and a gypsum quarry, all of which are exploited in the open air without any accident having occurred.’

Name of the communes in which there were quarries and where marble was extracted at that time: - Arudy - Mifaget - Buzy - Louvie-Juzon - Rébénacq - Izeste - Bescat

Although there are quarries, there is neither a building nor a saw. The material, Sainte Anne, was intended for furnishing (about 40 m3 per year). The markets were local, namely: Pau, Gan, Rébénacq and Bayonne.

A number of quarrying applications followed. The municipal councils of the various communes were seized ‘of applications from a number of residents who want to extract stones to deliver them to the trade’5.

The stone was extracted for the following purposes: - household furniture (sinks, chimneys, etc.), religious artefacts (crosses, fonts, etc.) or funerary items (tombstones, slabs, crosses, etc.); - construction (coping stones, pillars, stair treads, door and window surrounds, etc.); - various agricultural or other uses (fountains and springs, animal food and water troughs, grains and gutters, etc.).

In the quarries, work was divided between several specialised workers: first the puller ‘pulled’ the blocks of stone from the mountain using a sledgehammer, wedges and levers. The striker thinned the blocks with punches and a pound hammer. Then the stonecutter used a burin and a wooden mallet to make the edges, which they then finished with a chisel, picking the stone with a pick, a train or a bush hammer and finishing off with a flat chisel. The stone was then ready to be sold but it could also be polished. After polishing, the stone was buffed with a very fine abrasive fabric, made up of oxalic salts held with a cloth and a sheet of lead.

5 Extract from the archives of municipal councils in the canton.

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Another specialist in the quarries was the block transporter with his cart drawn by two or three pairs of oxen (Blondes des Pyrénées).

Source: Arripe René, Ossau 1900, The Canton of Arudy

Stone cutting activity benefited from the government and departmental policy of improving and developing the road network, which meant engineering works and in particular the replacement of dilapidated wooden bridges with stone bridges. It also benefited from the performance of major works in Pau and in the valley (the spa establishment at Eaux Bonnes, then at Eaux Chaudes with the construction of hotels and numerous dwellings).

Consequently, more and more quarries opened in Arudy, Louvie-Juzon etc. In 1849, the Municipal Council of Arudy accepted an application to prospect for marble in the mountains of the Ossau Valley.

Source: Arripe René, Ossau 1900, The Canton of Arudy

In the 1880s, major works meant significant activity at the quarries: construction of the viaduct downstream of the Pont Germe, the railway, church building at Rébénacq (1878), Sacré-Coeur Pau (1881), Notre Dame d’Oloron (1885), Arudy (1892), a new boulevard in Pau (1894), etc.

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c) An activity that is becoming industrialised At the turn of the twentieth century, all of the conditions were met for the creation of a marble industry in Arudy. The materials were there in abundance. There was no lack of manpower and it was qualified. The driving forces were there. Water was not a problem, the river Gave was on hand and a canal linked the important buildings. The town was served by a railway line. Capital arrived.

Arudy in particular saw the establishment of a real industry in marble and cut stone. At the same time, there were still ‘traditional’ operations that continued to work in the old way.

‘In mechanically equipped quarries, the blocks are no longer torn out, as the local quarry masters still do, but sawn from the mass. This is a crucial point: it means that large rough-hewn blocks can be produced and marketed. These, as well as the slices, are sent by the railway to a number of regions in France’6. Very soon, new outlets were found abroad: Belgium and Germany.

In 1902, a factory was founded under the name Grande marbrerie et carrières des Pyrénées (Great marble factory and quarries of the Pyrenees). This subsequently became the Société des carrières de granit et des marbres des Pyrénées (Pyrenees granite and marble quarries company), with its headquarters in Arudy. The investments were considerable in terms of equipment: diamond wheel, chassis, overhead crane, polishers, cutters, etc. This company would work the marbles of Arudy, Izeste and Louvie-Juzon and those of the quarries of Bielle and Gère-Belesten. It would go on to employ between 150 and 200 workers and consisted of water-driven and electric factories, a sawmill, a large marble mill, a turning machine, mechanical workshops for moulding and cutting the stone and even a flour mill, in which electric light was installed in 1906. In 1905, the Neez industrial company was founded. This processed the stone and made finished products.

The communes authorised a number of prospection digs and surveys to search for marbles and ores within the geographical area and several leases were granted for quarrying.

The société des carrières de granit et des marbres des Pyrénées fairly soon encountered management difficulties. In 1912, this company became the Société Marbrière et des Carrières Réunies d’Arudy (The Arudy marble and united quarries company). Business resumed. The town hall of Arudy asked the Compagnie du Midi (Southern railway company) to carry out work at the station to improve the dispatch of goods.

6 The book Clos-Cot

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Source: Arudy Library Archives. Source: Arripe René, Ossau 1900, The Canton of Arudy

Source: Arripe René, Ossau 1900, The Canton of Arudy

d) The 1914-1918 war The men left, activity slowed down and quarries closed. The Arudy Pont-Neuf marble works plant had to close. It would reopen a few months later with about 60 workers. Factories and quarries still in operation were threatened by the lack of means of transport.

The war changed the production of quarries. They provided thousands of tonnes of broken stones, rubble or earth that were transported by rail to shipyards designated on travel warrants issued by the Military Engineers. They also had to meet bridge and road building needs in the region.

In 1912, following a competition, Arudy stone was chosen for the pedestal of the monument to the memory of children of the Basses-Pyrénées who died for the Fatherland, erected in the Place du Palais de Justice (today the Place de la Libération) in Pau.

The Société Marbrerie et Carrières Réunies was dissolved and replaced by the Maitres Carriers du Comptoir d’Exploitation et de Vente des Marbres et Granits des Pyrénées (the Master quarrymen of the Pyrenees marble and granite operations and sales point).

When the war was over, the quarrymen of Arudy regrouped. In 1919, the Société Comptoir d’Exploitation et de Vente de marbres et Granits des Pyrénées was founded, with its headquarters in Arudy. New quarry leases were granted.

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e) After the war, work resumed on the process of mechanisation that had begun at the turn of the century The Comptoir d’Exploitation et de Vente de marbres et Granits des Pyrénées regained momentum. It communicated with a vast campaign of prospectuses, flyers sent out to marble workers, specialised traders, public works and building contractors, and skilled craftspeople. The most significant effort was directed at mayors and concerned commemorative monuments. This action proved highly successful. Most of the war memorials in the region came out of the quarries of Arudy, Izeste and Louvie-Juzon.

The markets for Arudy stone grew: regional, whole of France and then foreign countries like Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, North Africa and the United States of America in such great buildings as the Empire State Building.

Source: Album of funerary monuments adopted by the Comptoir d’Exploitation et de Vente de marbres et Granits des Pyrénées (Arudy) (undated: early twentieth century)

In 1925, the Société Marbrerie et Carrières Réunies à Arudy was dissolved and replaced by an SARL (Limited Liability Company) called the Grande Marbrerie des Pyrénées (Pyrenees great marble works). The factory rapidly became one of the most important centres in the regional industry.

Industrial practices always rub shoulders with traditional practices, especially in the case of funerary products and construction. Soon after 1930, industrialisation was almost complete for all operations. Lorries gradually replaced wagons and carts for the transport of blocks and worked items. Activity slowed again because of the war.

f) The post-war years After the Second World War, the marble basin continued to be equipped with modern equipment. In 1962, around 250 people were making a living from the marble industry in the Ossau Valley. About 15 quarries were being exploited there. Stone quarries occupied a very important place in Arudy7. They provided comfortable living for a number of families. However, the quarries used ever fewer people because the workers were being replaced by machinery.

7 They are located all over the region, mainly at the foot of the frontal moraine of the old Ossau glacier, and above the Gave gorge.

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Source: Geographical and Industrial Review of France: Images of Basses Pyrénées, 1947.

The new working conditions made it possible to resume activity after the war, but the way that the stone was used changed: statuary lost its importance and central heating put an end to fireplaces. However, the market for funerary items was maintained and grew. There were also plenty of possibilities in the building trade, which accounted for 80 % of production: pavements and tiles, window sills, staircases, shop-front cladding, building façades, etc.

Large amounts of Arudy stone were used in the monumental architecture of Lourdes. ‘Towards the end of the 1950s, recalls Joseph Laplace, who was then a very small boy, about 20 Arudy marble workers worked hard for the Marian City.’ At the end of the 1960s, there were still 10 or so companies in Arudy involved in the exploitation and machining of marble. Today, only Carrière Laplace has been able to maintain the activity of extracting Arudy stone.

The marble industry in the Ossau Valley

Source: J. Loubergé, 1968

The future, however, will be more complicated. The Pyrenees marble industry will face a number of adaptation problems: some from technical improvements and their financing, the others being market problems, especially low cost foreign competition.

g) The Arudy marble sector today The knowledge of the quarrymen and the processors has been passed down from generation to generation. Arudy stone continues to decorate the door and window frames of Pau and other towns in the region. It is used for roads. Polished, it is used for kitchens, stairs, flooring and wall coverings. Arudy stone is frost-resistant. Its grey colour, with white veining enhanced with black, is quite rare. This has contributed to the renown of this stone, which shows no sign of waning.

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The grey stone of Arudy has acquired an additional title of nobility: it was from this rock that, in 2004, the new altar was hewn that today stands in the Massabielle grotto in Lourdes, at the foot of the ogival niche in which stands the statue of the Virgin Mary.

‘The peculiarity of Arudy rock is that it can be used as a stone or as a marble. A calcareous stone, it naturally has a matt appearance on the outside, but once it is polished it shines a thousand shines’ Jean- Michel Lardit of the Lardit Company in Arudy.

It is found locally everywhere on the walls of Oloron, Pau, etc. It was also used to build part of the former World Trade Center in New York, among other buildings.

We want to talk about Arudy stone, ‘that grey limestone that made the wealth, and the reputation, of our village,’ Mayor Claude Aussant proudly reiterates.

Today, this activity still concerns a handful of professionals, mainly grouped around Carrières Laplace and some marble workers. It is also estimated that in the department and in the Hautes-Pyrénées, 10 or so companies work with Arudy stone.

But this sector has, like others in the sector, been jostled for some years by new trends. Substitute varieties of stone, of various origins and lower quality, distort the market at the expense of this noble material that emerged from the Pyrenees in the Tertiary era. On construction sites, nobody makes the distinction. There is no way of verifying the provenance and quality of the marble. It therefore appeared necessary to protect the origin and quality of this historic material.

h) Organisation of the company and its workforce The life of the stonecutter was tough. On the building sites, they worked closely together or separately but complementing each other: the ‘extractors,’ in other words the ‘pullers,’ the stonecutters, the clearers (men or women), the apprentices and the boss or master quarryman. The first tore out the blocks, the second shaped or squared them and the third had the heavy task of clearing the quarry of the debris. The master quarryman directed, distributed and controlled the work and would often get his hands dirty too.

In the 1850s, the population of Arudy transformed and shifted towards the natural stone sector, which broke down as: 90 quarry workers and 30 apprentice quarrymen, 15 of whom were under 15 years of age.

When they returned from the quarries, or on Sundays, the stonecutters and extractors worked in their garden or smallholding or went to the copses or forests of the commune to collect firewood or bundles of kindling.

In 1880, 150 workers worked in the quarries. This new ‘class’ appeared alongside farmers, the petty bourgeoisie, artisans and traders.

In 1885, the company known as the Cercle des Travailleurs d’Arudy (the Arudy Workers’ Circle) was founded, the first stonecutters’ organisation in Arudy. This movement would grow over the years as workers, attracted by the work and the renown of the quarries, came to settle in Arudy.

In 1888, the municipal council decided to grant all the commune’s quarries to an engineer. This decision was undermined by the opposition of all quarries, who rose up in solidarity against the granting of a ‘monopoly.’ This led to renunciation of this agreement that had been concluded. The quarrymen had just demonstrated their strength and let it be known that they were a force to be reckoned with.

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In 1902, the stonecutters formed a trade union, the Association des ouvriers tailleurs de pierres du canton d’Arudy (Association of stonecutters of the canton of Arudy) whose first decision was the rental of a quarry in the commune of Arudy in 1903. In 1906, the master quarrymen set up the Syndicat des Maître- Carriers Tailleurs de Pierres d’Arudy, Izeste and Louvie-Juzon (Union of Master Quarrymen of Arudy, Izeste and Louvie-Juzon).

Source: the Museum of Arudy, Maison d’Ossau, Arudy

The stonecutters now occupy first place in the activity of the village. They even created their own celebration event. This took place simultaneously at Arudy and Louvie-Juzon on Ascension Day. On this day, accompanied by a few musicians, the stonecutters would give their boss a dawn serenade with the Marseillaise and a bouquet of flowers; the boss would reciprocate by giving them a little money. In Louvie-Juzon, there was no dawn serenade and a cake replaced the flowers.

In 1912, the Syndicat des Extracteurs et Manœuvres d’Arudy (the Arudy Union of Extractors and Manoeuvres) was founded, 10 years after the stonecutters’ union. It should be noted that trade unionism in the Ossau Valley began because of the marble quarries.

In 1913, a strike of more than 450 workers was triggered simultaneously at the Marbrerie de la société Marbrière et des Carrières Réunies and at the quarry sites of the three communes, sending shockwaves through the region. The workers maintained their demands and hardened the movement. However, having families to feed, they went to work elsewhere. This strike was to last seven weeks for some and three months for others.

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Source: Museum of Arudy Maison d’Ossau

Source: private collection

In 1914, because of the war, there were departures, closures of workshops and quarries and unemployment for those who remained, before very low-level activity gradually resumed, supporting the employment of 60 workers.

Source: Arripe René, Ossau 1900, The Canton of Arudy

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Arudy has two essential elements: an exceptional workforce with a core of more than 500 stonemasons, eager to do well, and a powerful hydraulic energy source.

Once the war was over and the survivors had returned, the sites were reorganised and activity resumed. Some important events occurred simultaneously: - Messrs Lapeyre and Palisses decided to sell the dependent assets of the Société Marbrière et des Carrières Réunies that they had formed in 1913 and to dissolve said company; - Nine master quarrymen from Arudy, another from Izeste and an eleventh from Louvie-Juzon decided to associate and, on 14 October 1919, founded the Comptoir d’Exploitation et de Vente de Marbres et Granits des Pyrénées.

Arudy had become highly industrialised. In 1920, 175 labourers worked in the various local manufacturing plants: rubber, textiles, etc. Since then, although they are still very numerous, stonecutters have become no more than one element of the working class. They have lost their predominant position in village life. There were no more stonecutter’s celebrations in Arudy after 1928.

Despite plant closures, transformations and changes to the companies, industrial activity not only continued but further developed in the following years, thanks to the expansion of some existing companies and the establishment of new companies.

At the same time, the number of stonecutters decreased. They still retained a certain uniqueness but their nature was weakening. Only about 70 of them remained in 1936, about 20 in 1965 and half a dozen in 1979.

i) Rocks engraved by the shepherds of the Ossau Valley, from the worker to the shepherd

Finally, these are the achievements of some Ossau craftspeople and ‘companions’ from the sixteenth century, who engraved on the stones of the doors or façades of the houses of the Ossau Valley the sign of their membership, the name of the owner or a mark suggesting the latter’s profession, their political or religious convictions ...and by the importance of the work performed, their state of wealth.

‘A shepherd says: “silence is our language.” But the fact of not expressing oneself through speech does not preclude the transmission of a message in writing. The isolation of shepherds in the mountains is conducive to reflection. The stones that favour engraving will permit their thoughts to be transcribed’ Jean-Pierre Dugène.

B. Product reputation The ‘marbles of the Pyrenees’ have enjoyed great prestige from the earliest antiquity. According to several authors in Rome, in the Colosseum, on the forum, the statues executed in this marble were close to those whose material came from the quarries of Ionia and Lazio.

The white or grey marble sarcophagi, still visible at the beginning of the century near the church of Bielle, the columns from this same village that are today in the courtyard of honour of the Maison d’Ossau in Arudy, demonstrate the use of these noble materials in the Gallo-Roman period (second or third century).

The rare twelfth to fifteenth century remains such as the churches of Assouste, Beost, Izeste, or the ruins of the castles of Saint Colome and Castet show marble and cut stone sometimes roughly worked, sometimes quite finely worked.

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But it was the sixteenth century and thereafter that left the most remarkable pieces. These are the works of pilgrims of Saint Jacques, of Benedictine monks of San Juan de La Pena who settled in Bielle in the monastery that they had built, whose stones, after its destruction by the troops of Montgomery in 1569, were reused not only in Bielle and Bilhères but also in several villages in the valley (Izeste, Arudy, Sainte Colome, etc.).

It was from the end of the eighteenth century onwards that particular attention would be accorded to the marble of the Valley of Ossau, very different from the rest. Pyrenees marble would subsequently have been used by François I to build his château at Fontainebleau, by Henri II for his summer residence in St Germain en Laye, by Henri V for the decoration of the Tuileries and Fontainebleau, by Louis XIV for Versailles, Trianon, Meudon, Rambouillet and Les Invalides, by Louis XVI for the Pantheon, by Napoleon, in various achievements and by Louis-Philippe for Versailles and the Paris City Hall.

At the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878, the Sainte Anne quarry at Arudy received a silver medal. This enhanced the renown of the Arudy marbles. At the international exhibition of Pau in 1891, several quarrymen (the Montauban brothers of Arudy, Laplace the elder, Soudères d’Izeste and Bordenave de Rébénacq) all received medals of honour. The Arudy de Peul, Beigbeder, Cazet, Laplace and Houreg quarries won gold medals for the quality of their products.

Arudy stone is still used today, for example: - Berlioz; layout of the forecourt of the Cité des Pyrénées, Quartier Berlioz in Pau; - The new pediment, more than 40 centimetres thick, made of white veined black Arudy stone, was inaugurated by Mayor Patrick Pujol and Canton Councillor Martine Jardiné in Villenave d’Ornon (33).

The celebration of stone in Arudy

From the point of view of Arudy town hall, no one is unaware of the historical and economic significance of this activity for the Arudy basin. The mayor, Claude Aussant, summed it up perfectly: ‘We want to return to our roots.’ The process led by the professionals resulted, in 2017, in a first big celebration organised by the commune, exclusively dedicated to Arudy stone. The initial idea was in any case to bring back a not-so-distant past, ‘when Arudy had 2 500 jobs for... 1 500 inhabitants!’ Following the success of the first event, a second was held over three weeks in 2019.

Source: Aubard Consulting, 2018

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Source: Aubard Consulting, 2018

C. The causal link of Arudy Stone The causal link between Pierre d’Arudy and its region is based on the existence of a specific geological deposit in the Ossau Valley that is unique in France and which has led to the development of specific and shared knowledge since time immemorial, which has shaped a quality product and given it a solid reputation throughout history.

This link is explained by the following elements: - a geographical area that is naturally defined by specific deposits in the Ossau Valley; - a strong link between the local populations and Arudy stone; - human knowledge of Arudy stone and its exploitation passed down over generations and rooted in the region; - a specific quality associated with the deposit; - the reputation of Arudy stone, an undeniable heritage element.

V. Description of the creation, production and transformation process, the production or transformation operations which must take place in the geographical area or associated specific place, and those guaranteeing the characteristics mentioned in point 4

Operations that must be situated within the geographical area defined in point III: - extraction operations located in the following three communes of the department of Pyrénées Atlantiques (64): Arudy, Bescat and Louvie-Juzon; - and processing operations on the products covered by the GI (shaping, surfacing and finishing): departments in which workers of Arudy stone are established: Pyrénées Atlantiques (64), Hautes Pyrénées (65) and part of the Landes (40), mainly the area bordering with the Pyrénées Atlantiques.

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DIAGRAM OF THE ARUDY STONE PRODUCTION CIRCUIT COVERED BY THE GI

ARUDY STONE QUARRY

MECHANICAL EXTRACTION

EXTRACTION OPERATIONS

TRANSPORTATION OF BLOCKS OR THICK SLICES

PRIMARY SAWING

FACTORIES/WORKSHOPS

SITUATED WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

PRIMARY SAWING SURFACING TRIMMING TO SIZE FINISHING PROCESSING OPERATIONS

SEMI-FINISHED AND FINISHED PRODUCTS

PACKAGING (not compulsory) DISPATCH

DIRECT OR RETAIL/WHOLESALE MARKETING

The processing operations may be partial or complete and their order may vary according to the nature of the products to be manufactured.

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PHASE 1: EXTRACTION

There are various techniques for extracting ornamental and construction rocks, depending on the characteristics of the deposit and the nature of the rock.

They all aim to preserve the integrity of the rock as much as possible, and therefore its technical characteristics, to make the best use of it; effectively the aim is to produce blocks for machine and/or manual cutting.

Extraction is achieved using a chainsaw, using a drill/drilling, or by sawing with a diamond wire or cable.

- Chainsaw: these machines are equipped with horizontal or vertical cutting arms supporting a saw chain with diamond-coated or tungsten carbide teeth or beads. They normally advance on rails. - Drill/drilling: extraction of the mass by means of successive drillings. - Sawing with a diamond wire or cable: a circular steel disc with a segmented diamond-coated rim, turning at high speed, saws through the stone.

Once extracted, the masses are transported within the operating site on a flatbed lorry or loader type machine equipped with forks and handling.

Trimming blocks according to the product demands: the masses are trimmed into blocks or slices of different sizes using diamond-disc or diamond wire cutting equipment, a single- or multi-bladed diamond gang saw or a chain guillotine.

PHASE 2: DRESSING Source: Carrière Laplace

The block extracted from the quarry undergoes a number of successive processing operations before it is a finished product ready for sale. These operations are generally mechanised; however, there is no substitute for manual dressing for certain work.

The dressing operations may be performed in whole or in part, in an order that depends on the type of product to be manufactured.

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Sawing the block into slices: to achieve this, we use several techniques:

 Diamond-disc sawing: a steel cutting disc with a segmented diamond-coated rim, turning at high speed, saws through the stone. Process generally used to produce slices over 4 cm thick.  Sawing with a multi-blade gang saw: an ‘armature,’ in other words a number of diamond-coated hardened steel blades stretched across a frame and set in pendular reciprocating motion to cut the stone.  Diamond wire sawing: a flexible wire threaded with diamond-coated beads made up of synthetic diamonds and metallic binders saws through the stone.  Block cutting: using a circular saw

Source: Carrière Laplace

Trimming and formatting the slices

This operation consists of trimming (dividing up a mass of stone to make worked elements from it) the slices into smaller pieces until the desired product format has been obtained. To achieve this, the worker uses diamond-disc cutters of diameters suited to the thickness of the slice.

The technique of splitting can be used to make products with a rough finish, such as rubble stone, facing, etc.

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Source: Carrières Laplace

Surfacing and finishing

The sawn surface of the stone may undergo a treatment intended to give the visible product faces the required surface appearance. For any given stone, the appearance, particularly the way the colour is brought out, will vary slightly according to the surface treatment.

Surface treatments must be compatible with the type of stone, the type of product and its use.

Most of the surface and finishing treatment operations are mechanised due to the weight of the materials and the laboriousness of the tasks.

There is no substitute for manual finishing for certain operations (stone cutting and engraving in particular) to give the finished product a soul.

Source: Carrière Laplace

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These surface and finishing treatments notably include the following operations:

Honing: successive abrasive buffers of varying fineness rotating at high speed eliminate roughness and irregularities from the surface. Honed surfaces are not generally shiny. Bush hammering: the surface of the stone is struck squarely with a bush hammer, a tool faced with a number of appropriately spaced points, causing multiple round dents in the surface, thereby roughening it with a combination of pits and rises (depth of 1 mm to 3 mm). Grinding: abrasive grinding wheels remove the holes from the cut and confer flatness and unity to the surface thus treated. This surface appearance differs however from honing and polishing by the persistence of fine scratches in any direction, which give a rough finish to the stone. The appearance of the ground surface depends on the grain of the last grinding wheel used; the presence of marks from a given type of grinding wheel will be different according to the nature of the stone. Crazing: this involves the use of a press, the jaw pressure of which splits the stone. The appearance of the surface is said to be crazed (the cut appears like a rough split with crazing, bumps and hollows of diverse shapes). The technique of crazing can be used to make products with a rough finish, such as lintels for buildings, cobbles, kerbstones, rubble stone, facing, etc. It gives the stone a rugged, raw appearance. Flaming: the thermal shock of a flame passing over the surface causes the surface layer of the stone to craze, rendering the surface flat and rough. This type of appearance is particularly appreciated for road- building products, especially paving. However, it is important to be sure how the material reacts to this surface treatment. Some natural stones may not react to this thermal shock or their original colour may change. Milling: a technique that shapes the stone by cutting into it with a diamond grinding wheel. Polishing: successive abrasive buffers of varying fineness rotating at high speed eliminate the roughness and irregularities from the surface until a shiny reflective finish is achieved. The polishing operation is generally automated. However, certain work needs to be polished manually, which calls for a skilled, meticulous polisher. Polished or honed surfaces have the advantage of being self- cleaning.

In the case of Arudy stone, the polishing operation gives the stone a ‘marble’ appearance, hence we speak of ‘marbled stone.’

Sandblasting: sand is projected onto the stone surface using a sandblaster or by mechanical sandblasting, making it rough without compromising its integrity. Scabbling/striation: striking or picking the crazed surface ‘erases’ the largest lumps and bumps, leaving numerous short, parallel marks separated by small radiating cracks. This treatment is generally applied to building products. Other techniques are possible, but are much less widespread. Particular examples might include: High pressure water jet or water jet cutting: a process that consists in projecting water at very high pressure onto sawn stone to give it a rough appearance, while preserving the colour of the polished finish. This process is essentially used for surface-mounted stone in the context of highways or for cladding façades. Structuring: repetitive relief patterns made by digitally controlled milling of the stone surface to obtain decorative surfaces exploiting the way light falls on these shapes. These shapes and contrasts may then be amplified using additional finishes (honing, polishing, sanding, etc.).

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Brushing/honing: a honing operation performed using flexible abrasive brushes. The aim of this operation is to smooth the upper surfaces of a rough surface. The surface remains rustic but soft to the touch.

Turning: stones are placed on stone lathes to make circular or spherical shapes.

Moulding: may be manual or mechanical. It is performed using tools of different shapes that impart their shape to the stone.

Coring: this process consists in drilling stones and hollowing them out to meet seismic standards or to drain/prevent the accumulation of water.

The stones may also be worked by hand by stonecutters using specific tools.

The decoration of Arudy stone products must be performed in the geographical area. Adjustments made during installation do not affect the Geographical Indication.

PHASE 3: Packaging and transportation of the products

With the exception of special pieces that require specific packaging on account of their size or their fragility, and in the absence of any particular request from the customer, finished products may be packaged on pallets, in Big Bags, in bulk or in crates, or in pallet boxes. Packaging does not need to be done within the geographical area.

Box pallets or crates are often used for shipping. Lorries are used to transport blocks by road. Containers are used for shipping.

VI. The identity of the Defence and Management Organisation, its statutes, the list of its initial operators and funding methods for their participation

The Association Pierres Naturelles Nouvelle-Aquitaine claims recognition as a Defence and Management Organisation.

Its members pay a ‘GI’ fee: Article 4 of the statutes of the Association Pierres Naturelles Nouvelle- Aquitaine:

‘All operators must be members of the association and must pay the subscription.’

List of initial operators: Company Address Postcode Town/city Marbrerie DARGET 10 Place de la Cathédrale 64400 OLORON-SAINTE-MARIE Marbrerie Zone Industrielle 64130 MAULÉON- DUBOURDIEU JF ET FILS CARRIÈRES LAPLACE D918 - Route du Bager - BP 7 64260 ARUDY STÉ INDUSTRIELLE DU Marbrerie - 1 Place de la 64290 GAN NEEZ Quillère - BP 12 SASU A.P.T.P. (Atelier 36 Quartier Pon 64440 LARUNS

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Pyrénéen de Taille de Pierre) Marbrerie Quartier Delapart 64260 ARUDY MONCAYOLA SARL BOUNEOU 1294 Bois de Bas Route de 40240 ESTIGARDE Pouchalan LARRALDE 345 Quai Kamino Patarra 64250 ESPELETTE

The aforementioned initial members are all applicant members, provided that they have been individually certified by the accredited inspection body responsible for checking compliance with the specifications for the Geographical Indication. The list of officially certified operators is sent to the National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) by the DMO and published in its Official Bulletin of Intellectual Property (BOPI), in accordance with Article L721-6(5) of the Intellectual Property Code.

VII. The procedures and frequencies for the inspections, performed by the bodies mentioned in Article L721-8 and the arrangements for financing these inspections. These procedures notably include the product inspection points

A. Operator certification

1. Operator identification, initial evaluation and certification decision

The beneficiaries of the certification are the quarrymen and the dressing workshops. The term ‘operators,’ in accordance with the definition in Article L721-5(3) of the French Intellectual Property Code, is used in this document to refer to both the quarrymen and the dressing workshops without distinction.

Any operator wishing to benefit from the Pierre d’Arudy Geographical Indication is required to identify themselves to the Defence and Management Organisation (DMO) recognised by the National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) for this Geographical Indication (GI), by submitting an identification document (membership contract).

The DMO checks that the identification document (membership contract) is complete and potentially gets back to the operator if additional information needs to be provided. The DMO adds the operator to the register of identified operators and keeps this register up to date in accordance with the law.

The DMO sends the completed membership contract to CERTIPAQ within a maximum of 15 calendar days from the moment of receipt of the completed document by the DMO.

Should examination of the dossier be completed favourably, Certipaq shall have the operator sign a certification contract and start the initial assessment procedure.

Each operator must have been assessed by Certipaq in order to be able to apply for the certification.

The purpose of the operator assessment is to check their capacity to fulfil the requirements of the specifications and their commitment to apply them.

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The assessment compulsorily covers all of the requirements and target values listed in the tables in point VII. C of this document.

This assessment inspection is performed by an auditor commissioned by CERTIPAQ, who writes up a report and completes any breach report forms.

Certipaq sends the report and any breach report forms to the operator being assessed within one month of completion of the inspection. Certipaq keeps the DMO informed of the progress of the inspections and the results thereof.

The operator has one month from the report and breach report forms being issued to address the breaches identified and propose corrective actions (immediate actions for handling non-compliant products [defining the fate of non-compliant products] and/or remedial actions [actions aimed at eliminating the breaches and preventing them from returning, through in-depth analysis of their causes]).

If, within a maximum period of six months from the sending date of the audit report and breach report forms, the operator has not demonstrated that the major breaches have been remedied, Certipaq will not award the certification. If they wish to benefit from the certification, they must reapply and go through a new initial assessment process.

In other cases, the certification decision is documented in the form of a certificate sent to the operator. Certipaq sends a copy of the certification decision to the DMO and the INPI.

The certification is issued for an indefinite period. Certipaq performs periodic monitoring activities in accordance with the procedures described in point C of this document, to ensure that the requirements of the specifications continue to be met satisfactorily in the long term.

2. Managing changes with consequences for the certification

The operator shall inform Certipaq without delay of any changes that might have an impact on their capacity to comply with the requirements of the certification with regard to the Pierre d’Arudy GI, especially in the case of the following changes:  change of ownership or of the legal, commercial and/or organisational status;  organisational and management change (e.g. key personnel such as directors, decision makers or technicians);  changes to the product or the production method;  changes to the contact details of the contact person and the production sites;  significant changes to the quality management system;  any exceptional event (examples: extreme weather, fire, accidental pollution, etc.) liable to affect the conformity of the product.

In the above cases, Certipaq decides on the assessment procedure to be followed (documentary study, additional audit, etc.).

Furthermore, in view of the information provided, Certipaq may decide to suspend the certification immediately or to strengthen the assessment plan, in order to ensure that product conformity is maintained.

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After the initial operator assessment stage, a monitoring plan shall be implemented as described in point B below.

3. Monitoring procedures for certified operators

The general organisational structure implemented to support the Pierre d’Arudy Geographical Indication certification is based on the following two types of inspection:  Self-inspection  External inspection

Self-inspection This is an inspection performed by the operator in respect of their own activity. By performing this self- inspection and indeed recording the results, the operator checks that their practices correspond to the specifications. Operators preserve these records for a minimum of three years.

External inspection This is organised by the certification body, Certipaq. It enables the latter to ensure that the requirements associated with the certification are being complied with.

Certipaq has implemented specific provisions to manage the competences of its officers involved in the certification process.

Monitoring assessments shall be scheduled at the frequencies defined in point B of this document.

Monitoring assessments shall involve an interview, a documentary inspection and a site visit. During the monitoring assessment, the auditor systematically checks that any remedial actions proposed in response to any breaches identified in previous audit have been implemented and are effective. Any minor breach that has not been corrected since the previous evaluation becomes a major breach.

Reports are written up of these assessments as evidence that they have actually been carried out. These reports shall cover all the points to be managed, defined in point VII.C of this document, during the inspections of each operator.

B. Frequencies of external inspections for certified operators

The summary table below indicates the minimum frequencies of external inspections for each operator.

Activity Type of operator Type of PM (scope of the Minimum frequency Manager inspected inspection inspection) PM1 to 4 1 audit per Certipaq Stone extraction Quarryman Audit PM11 site(1)/3 years (External auditor) PM5 to 1 audit per Certipaq Stone processing Dressing workshop Audit PM11 site(2)/1 year (External auditor)

(1) 1 operation site = 1 quarry (2) 1 operation site = 1 dressing workshop

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C. Assessment procedures and methods for certified operators: detailed tables of the inspection plan (self- inspection and external inspection)

Aid to reading the inspection plan

Reference documents: specifications, procedures, Inspection plan interaction instructions, etc. Criteria defined in the Specifications Self-inspection/External inspection Evidential documents: documentary records GI Pierre Arudy

Code Point to be managed Target value Self-monitoring (AC) Minimum Managers Method Reference External inspection (CE) frequency document/Evidential documents PM6

PM = Point to be managed

Definitions:

- Point to be managed: inspection point - Target value: value or threshold that has to be met by the undertaking in order to pass the inspection point and comply with the Specifications - Self-inspection: inspection organised by the operator themselves - External inspection: inspection performed by the certification body

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- Minimum frequency: inspection frequency established for the operator in question 1. Stone extraction

Point to be Self-inspection (AC) Reference Code Target value Minimum frequency Inspection manager Method managed External inspection (CE) documents/evidence -Commitment to comply with all of the certification Current specifications requirements (certification contract signed) (including inspection Documentary -Declaration to the DMO of any amendment concerning   Specifications, inspection plan) available AC Ongoing Quarryman it that affects any of the points in the specifications Visual plan

-Amendment of the identification document   Correspondence or any Compliance with Certification contract other information document (membership contract), where applicable PM1 the certification signed and available addressed to the DMO -Verification that the current specifications and requirements  Identification document inspection plan, certificate and certification contract Information concerning Documentary (membership contract) are being held.   Certificate any change having an CE 1 audit per site/3 years External auditor -Verification that the DMO has been informed of any Visual  impact on the Certification contract amendments or updates to the identification  certification document (membership contract), where applicable. -Cadastral plan -To have an administrative operating permit and a valid Documentary AC Ongoing Quarryman - Quarries situated joint and several land reclamation financial guarantee   Cadastral plan within the Pierre document  Membership contract Establishment of d’Arudy GI geographical -Verification of the operating permit and of the valid  Prefectoral operating PM2 the quarry area: joint and several land reclamation financial guarantee Documentary permit and a valid joint and Arudy, Bescat, Louvie- document  several land reclamation CE 1 audit per site/3 years External auditor Juzon (64) -Verification of site location; verification of consistency Visual financial guarantee document between the membership contract and the cadastral  plan. Performance of identity and suitability for use tests and According to the Documentary  List of stone types petrographic examination as per the sampling defined frequency defined in the  covered by the GI -Determination of the AC Quarryman by the current version of standard NFB 10-601 Natural current version of Visual  Characterisation petrographic profile of Characterisation of Stones - General requirements for use of natural stones standard NFB 10-601  sheet as per standard NF B10- the stone PM3 the stone from the 601 in its valid and current -Identification of the quarry Documentary version characteristics of the -Documentary check of the characterisation of the  CE 1 audit per site/3 years External auditor  Colour chart stone stone from the quarry Visual   Stone identity sheet Identification of GI -Identification of IG blocks extracted according to the  List of stone types Traceability in the blocks practices of the quarryman (with at least the quarry Documentary  covered by the GI PM4 extraction and Consistency of the stock AC name, bed name if necessary, date, block number, Ongoing Quarryman Visual  GI block register squaring off stages account records destination and customer name)   Delivery note or input (Inputs/outputs) -Batch traceability kept up-to-date

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Point to be Self-inspection (AC) Reference Code Target value Minimum frequency Inspection manager Method managed External inspection (CE) documents/evidence -Documentary and visual identification check of the GI material accounting listing blocks extracted Documentary  Invoice -Traceability tests sampling the entire volume  CE 1 audit per site/3 years External auditor produced over the last three years Visual -Stock account records (sampling identical to the  traceability test)

2. Stone dressing

Point to be Self-inspection (AC) Reference Code Target value Minimum frequency Inspection manager Method managed External inspection (CE) documents/evidence -Commitment to comply with all of the certification Current specifications requirements (certification contract signed) (including inspection Documentary -Declaration to the DMO of any amendment concerning   Specifications, inspection plan) available AC Ongoing Dressing workshop it that affects any of the points in the specifications Visual plan

-Amendment of the identification document   Correspondence or any Compliance with Operator commitment other information document (membership contract), where applicable PM5 the certification signed and available addressed to the DMO -Verification that the current specifications and requirements  Identification document inspection plan, certificate and certification contract Information concerning Documentary (membership contract) are being held.   Certificate any change having an CE 1 audit per site/1 year External auditor -Verification that the DMO has been informed of any Visual  impact on the Certification contract amendments or updates to the identification  certification document (membership contract), where applicable. - Dressing workshops -Establishment of the dressing workshop in the Documentary AC Ongoing Dressing workshop situated within the geographical area  Pierre d’Arudy GI geographical area - Pyrénées Atlantiques (64), Haute Establishment of Pyrénées (65) and part PM6 the dressing of the Landes (40), -Verification of the declaration of identification of the Documentary  Membership contract  workshops mainly the area CE sites (membership contract) 1 audit per site/1 year External auditor Visual bordering with the -Verification of the locations of the sites  Pyrénées Atlantiques and the areas in which the undertakings are established. (See list of communes).

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Point to be Self-inspection (AC) Reference Code Target value Minimum frequency Inspection manager Method managed External inspection (CE) documents/evidence -Supplies from GI certified undertakings* (Quarries or  Documents dressing workshops*) associated with delivery of Documentary AC -Traceability of batches destined for the GI sector kept Ongoing Dressing workshop the stone (delivery note,  up-to-date invoice, etc.) Origin of the stone -Identification of batches destined for the GI sector  List of received that is undertakings supplying the - Stone received and destined to be operator, or any other destined for the GI -Documentary and visual check of the origin of marketed under equivalent document sector, that originates returned stone and identification of batches destined PM7 the Pierre d’Arudy  Certificates from GI certified for the GI sector GI (rough product,  List of the certified undertakings* (Quarries -Traceability tests: one test per family of finished Documentary semi-finished  undertakings or any other or dressing workshops*) CE products (funerary, urban planning, building, 1 audit per site/1 year External auditor product, finished Visual equivalent document decoration) valued under the GI (selected by the product)   Traceability and auditor) stock account records -Stock account records (sampling identical to the  traceability test) Characterisation sheet according to standard NFB 10-601 - Identification of products destined for the GI sector  Traceability and stock (raw products, semi-finished products, finished Documentary account records  AC products) at each stage Ongoing Dressing workshop  Traceability Visual Identification of -Traceability of batches destined for the GI sector kept Directive/Procedure where Traceability in the  products destined for up-to-date applicable processing stages the GI sector (raw - Documentary and visual check of the characterisation (primary sawing, products, semi-finished and identification of products destined for the GI trimming- PM8 products, finished sector (raw products, semi-finished products, finished formatting the products) products) slices, surfacing Documentary Consistency of the stock - Traceability tests: one test per family of finished  and finishing, CE 1 audit per site/1 year External auditor account records products (funerary, urban planning, building, Visual packaging optional) (Inputs/outputs) decoration) valued under the GI (selected by the  auditor) -Stock account records (sampling identical to the traceability test)

*Case of transfers, business between quarries, dressing workshops, supply of non-certified traders

Point to be Self-inspection (AC) Reference Code Target value Minimum frequency Inspection manager Method managed External inspection (CE) documents/evidence Labelling of Use of labelling or any -Use of labelling or any other documentary support Documentary  Labelling or any other  PM9 packaged and other documentary AC validated by the DMO bearing the required wording Ongoing Dressing workshop documentary media (delivery Visual marketed products support validated by the defined in the specifications  note, invoice, etc.)

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Point to be Self-inspection (AC) Reference Code Target value Minimum frequency Inspection manager Method managed External inspection (CE) documents/evidence or any other DMO, including the  Labelling chapter -Verification of the use of labelling or any other Documentary documentary required wording  of the technical specifications CE documentary media in accordance with the 1 audit per site/1 years External auditor support defined in the Visual requirements of the specifications. specifications.  -Identification of dispatched products Documentary Identification of  AC - Traceability of batches destined for the ‘Pierres Ongoing Dressing workshop products destined for Visual  Traceability and Marbrières de Rhône-Alpes’ GI sector kept up-to-date the ‘Pierres Marbrières  material accounting records de Rhône-Alpes’ GI -Documentary and visual check of the identification of  Traceability Traceability up to sector (raw products, dispatched products destined for the GI sector Directive/Procedure PM10 dispatch semi-finished products, -Traceability tests - one test per family of finished Documentary  Labelling finished products) products (funerary, urban planning, building,  CE 1 audit per site/1 years External auditor  Accompanying Consistency of the stock decoration) valued under the GI (selected by the Visual documents (delivery note, account records auditor)  invoice) (inputs/outputs) -Stock account records (sampling identical to the traceability test)

3. Customer claims management

Point to be Self-inspection (AC) Reference Code Target value Minimum frequency Inspection manager Method managed External inspection (CE) documents/evidence The operator must take Registration of claims and claims processing Documentary AC Each claim All operators* all measures necessary  to examine the claims: - registration of claims;

Management of - compulsory response Classification/registration of customer claims to the customer; claims exclusively linked Quarryman: 1 audit per Correspondence in response PM11 to the - implementation of Inspection of claims management and record keeping site/3 years Documentary to the customer; CE External auditor specifications effective Examination and follow-up of claims handling Dressing workshop:  Recording requirements corrective/remedial 1 audit per site/1 year corrective/remedial actions. actions if necessary;

- registration of the corrective/remedial actions implemented.

*In the case of the quarrymen, compliance with this commitment may be checked at the level of the next link in the certification chain concerned

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VIII. Reporting or record-keeping requirements that operators must meet to allow verification of compliance with the specifications

The declarative requirements are as follows:

 Specifications, inspection plan  Correspondence or any other information document addressed to the DMO  Identification document (membership contract)  Certificate  Certification contract  Cadastral plan  Membership contract  Prefectoral operating permit and a valid joint and several land reclamation financial guarantee document  List of stone types covered by the GI  Characterisation sheet as per standard NF B10-601 in its valid and current version  Colour chart  Identity sheet of the stone covered by the GI  GI block register  Delivery slip  Invoices  Documents associated with delivery of the stone (delivery note, invoice, etc.)  List of undertakings supplying the operator, or any other equivalent document  Certificates  List of the certified undertakings or any other equivalent document  Traceability and stock account records  Administrative information on the undertaking (contact details, NAF code, SIRET No, etc.)  Registration of claims and corrective/remedial action

IX. Procedures for serving formal notice and excluding operators in the event of non-compliance with the specifications A. General elements Any breaches identified in relation to the requirements of the specifications must be systematically remedied or corrected by the operator concerned.

The scoring system used is: - C for compliant - NC for non-compliant (minor or major).

The scoring system for breaches identified is applied by the auditor according to the grids presented below. These grids are not exhaustive, but the main breaches are presented.

The final decision may only be taken once the context (history, responsiveness of the operator etc.) has been taken into account and evaluated by the Certification Committee (or the permanent representative of Certipaq to whom the decision is delegated). The Certification Committee (or the permanent representative of Certipaq whom it delegates the decision to) may, in this context, be led to requalify a discrepancy.

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B. Points system for external breaches

Points to Associated scoring be Breach identified with the operator(s) system managed Minor Major / Erroneous identification in the context of a production launch X / Erroneous identification X / Failure to inform the DMO of any changes concerning the operator and X affecting their production machinery / Non-compliance with the contractual requirements set by the DMO X / Non-compliance with the contractual requirements set by the inspection X body PM1 Failure to make available the specifications and inspection plan or X PM2 excerpts thereof PM5 Failure to make available the certification contract, identification X PM6 document or any other equivalent document Establishment of quarries outside the defined geographical area X Failure to make available the cadastral plan and/or the operating permit PM2 and/or the valid joint and several land reclamation financial guarantee X document Origin and nature of the rock do not comply with the characteristics of X the stone types covered by the GI PM3 Failure to perform the tests required under the current version of X standard NF B10-601 and the petrographic examination Failure to make the stone identity sheet available X One-off lack of identification X Absence of a reliable and consistent identification system X One-off lack of traceability X PM4 Absence of a reliable and consistent traceability system X One-off lack of stock account records X Absence of reliable and consistent stock account records X PM6 Establishment of dressing workshops outside the defined geographical X area Stone received that is destined for the GI sector does not come from PM7 X certified undertakings One-off lack of identification of products destined for the GI sector (raw X products, semi-finished products, finished products) Absence of a reliable and consistent identification system X PM8 One-off lack of traceability X Absence of a reliable and consistent traceability system X One-off lack of stock account records X Absence of reliable and consistent stock account records X Use of labelling not validated by the DMO but compliant with the X PM9 requirements of the specifications Non-compliant labelling X One-off lack of identification of products destined for the GI sector (raw X products, semi-finished products, finished products) Absence of a reliable and consistent identification system X PM10 One-off lack of traceability X Absence of a reliable and consistent traceability system X One-off lack of stock account records X Absence of reliable and consistent stock account records X

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Points to Associated scoring be Breach identified with the operator(s) system managed Minor Major PM11 Customer claims managed poorly and/or late X Absence of customer/consumer claims management X Absence of current documents X Failure of the operator to transmit the documents provided for in the X inspection plan to the inspection body or to the DMO Record, document, procedure or instruction not present X Record, document, procedure or instruction poorly completed or not X presented on the day of the inspection Self-inspection not performed by the operator X PM1 to Absence of any response to a breach, absence of corrective actions in the X PM11 event of a breach, or corrective actions implemented poorly and/or late No downgrading despite breaches being identified X Non-compliance with a decision of the inspection body X Insufficient resources (human, technical, documentary, etc.) made X available for the external audit to be properly performed Inspection refused – access to documents refused X Fraudulent characterisation X

C. Management of breaches

 Writing up a breach report form

The auditor writes up a breach report form for each breach identified.

 Evaluation of the relevance of each response

In response to the breaches identified, the operator must send their proposed corrective actions and the time needed to implement them, within a maximum of one month of sending of the audit report and breach report forms.

Upon receiving the operator’s responses, the auditor shall ensure that the corrective actions and proposed time frame for implementing them are appropriate.

Should they deem a response to be insufficient or incomplete, they may request that additional corrective action be taken, or even that the response be completely reviewed and resubmitted. In this case, the operator shall be granted eight calendar days to submit their new response.

 Monitoring of breaches

The operator must demonstrate that they have implemented each corrective action proposed for any major breach within a maximum of one month counted from the month following the sending of the audit report and breach report forms.

If, within one month of sending of the audit report and breach report forms, Certipaq has not confirmed that the proposed corrective actions have been satisfactorily implemented, thereby eliminating all major points of non-compliance, the certification is suspended.

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If within a maximum of six months of sending the audit report and breach report forms, Certipaq has not been able to confirm that the proposed corrective actions have been satisfactorily implemented, thereby eliminating all major points of non-compliance, the certification is withdrawn.

If the operator wishes to benefit from the certification, they will need to start a new initial certification process.

Verification that the proposed corrective actions have been implemented may take the form of a documentary evaluation, an additional on-site evaluation and/or a new test.

Certipaq sends the DMO information in the event of amendment of the certificate or reduction, termination, suspension or withdrawal of the certification.

Certipaq sends the INPI information in the event of reduction, termination, suspension or withdrawal of the certification.

D. Reduction, termination, suspension or withdrawal of operators’ certification In the event of termination (voluntary request for withdrawal on the part of the operator), suspension or withdrawal, the operator immediately ceases to use all means of communication (labelling, publicity, etc.) that makes reference to the GI and ensures that: - all of the requirements set out by Certipaq, - the requirements applicable to the rules regarding use of the Certipaq mark, - or any other measure required in this context, are fully complied with.

The operator returns Certipaq the certificate that it issued them, within the time frame defined by CERTIPAQ. Should the certificate not be received within this deadline, Certipaq will contact the customer again, specifying that in the absence of a response within the newly defined time frame, Certipaq will take such measures as are necessary, including potentially informing competent official departments.

In the event reduction of the certification, Certipaq issues the operator with a new certificate and asks that they cease all communication regarding the original subject of the certification and return the expired certificate to CERTIPAQ within a defined time frame. The procedures applicable in the event of failure to return the certificate shall be identical to those applicable in the event of termination, suspension or withdrawal.

X. Provisional funding of the Defence and Management Organisation

The DMO is funded by the contributions of its members. XI. Specific labelling requirements

Products marketed under the Pierre d’Arudy Geographical Indication must include some or all of the following information on their labelling and/or in their documentation: - the words ‘IG Pierre d’Arudy’ or ‘Indication Géographique Pierre d’Arudy;’

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- the national logo of the GI PIA as defined by regulation, accompanied by the name and registration number of the GI, in accordance with Article R721-8 of the Intellectual Property Code; - the GI approval number; - the official Pierre d’Arudy GI logo, where appropriate; - the quarry/dressing facility authorisation/certification; number; - the name of the material being sold; - the name and address of the Defence and Management Organisation (DMO); - the name of the certification body and/or its logo.

XII. Inspection by the DMO A. Inspection procedures

Certipaq provides an inspection of the DMO.

This inspection is not part of the operator certification process.

This inspection covers the following elements:

- INPI recognition of the Defence and Management Organisation; - list of operators of the Geographical Indication kept up-to-date; - distribution of the current specifications to operators; - records of the audit reports for each operator; - records of any breaches notified to operators and follow-up of their remedy; - records of formal notices, exclusions of operators and requests for additional inspections; - records of sanctions monitoring; - records of submissions to the INPI - compliance with the rules for the use of the name and logo of the Geographical Indication, where applicable

Once the audit has been performed by the DMO, Certipaq writes up an audit report, covering: the points inspected; the breaches identified, where applicable.

Certipaq sends this audit report to the Defence and Management Organisation and to the INPI in the month following the audit. The INPI decides on any sanctions to be imposed, where applicable.

B. Inspection frequency

The frequency of Certipaq’s inspections of the Defence and Management Organisation is as follows: once per year

XII. Annexes

Annex 1: Bibliography

Annex 2: Illustrations

Annex 3: Statutes of the Association Pierres Naturelles Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Annex 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Works

ARRIPE René, Ossau 1900, Le Canton D’Arudy (The Canton of Arudy), Editions Loubatières, 1990 BRGM Mémento sur l’industrie française des roches ornementales et de construction, Rapport final (BRGM [French geological survey] Memento on the French Ornamental and Construction Rock Industry, Final Report) - BRGM/RP - 62417 - FR October 2014 BRGM Recherche de pierres pour la rénovation des monuments historiques d’Aquitaine (BRGM Search for stone for the renovation of the historic monuments of Aquitaine), February 1994 CAYROL Jean, Vivre dans les Basses-Pyrénées 1900-1930 (Life in the Basses-Pyrénées 1900-1930), Editions Chête/IDP, 1980 CLOS-COT Gérard, Clément Lacamoire, Une passion pour la vie et l’histoire des maîtres carrier et tailleurs de pierre en Vallée d’Ossau (A passion for the life and history of master quarrymen and stonecutters in the Ossau Valley), Editions Cairn, 2014 CLOS-COT Gérard, Louvie-Juzon, 100 ans de cartes postales (100 years of postcards), 2003 COUET-LANNES, Visions L’Eglise d’Arudy (Visions Arudy Church), Editions Librairie des Pyrénées et de Gascogne DUGENE Jean-Pierre, Les inscriptions et décorations de l’habitat rural ossalois (The inscriptions and decorations of the Ossau rural habitat), 1986 FEUFUEUR L. Reconnaissance de quelques pointements des roches éruptives et des calcaires marbres au sud de Pau (Basses-Pyrénées) (Recognition of some outcrops of eruptive rocks and marble limestones south of Pau [Basses-Pyrénées]), 8 October 1959 HERICART DE THURY, Rapport fait à la société d’encouragement pour l’industrie nationale sur l’état actuel des carrières de marbre de France (Report to the society encouraging national industry on the current state of the marble quarries of France), Paris, 1823.

LALANNE Alain, Du Béarn à New York (From Bearn to New York) – Raymond Orteig, Editions MARRIMPOUEY, 2006 Mémorial des Pyrénées – Notice sur l’industrie des Marbres dans les Basses-Pyrénées et sur son importance subordonnée aux voies de communication (Notice on the Marble Industry in Basses- Pyrénées and its subordinate importance to communication routes) 28 December 1845 Pyrenean Museum, Lourdes, Mémoires de Pierres – Les roches gravées par les bergers de la vallée d’Ossau (Memories of Stones – The rocks engraved by the shepherds of the Ossau Valley) Exhibition of Jean-Pierre Dugène - Published with the help of the Midi-Pyrénées Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, 1994 Syndicat des Maîtres Carriers du Canton d’Arudy, Série de prix et mode de mesurage de diverses catégories de taille et cube (Union of Master Quarrymen of Arudy, Series of prices and measurement methods for various categories of size and cube), 1903 Oloron – Sainte Marie, Geological Map

Focus Le Marbre de Louvie-Soubiron en Pyrénées Béarnaises (The Marble of Louvie-Soubiron in the Bearnese Pyrenees)

Journals

Bulletin spécial No 1, ‘Minéraux et fossiles des Pyrénées – La pierre raconte 400 millions d’années en vallée d’Ossau’ (‘Pyrenean Minerals and Fossils – 400 000 000 years written in the stone of the Ossau Valley’), R&D Cussey

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Communauté de communes de la Vallée d’Ossau, portrait de territoire (Community of communes of the Ossau Valley, a portrait of the territory), 2010

Revue géographique et industrielle de France ‘Images de Basses Pyrénées’ (‘Images of Basses Pyrénées’), 1947 Revue géographique des Pyrénées et du Sud-Ouest ‘L’industrie du marbre dans les Pyrénées Occidentales’ (‘The Marble Industry in the Western Pyrenees’), Jean Loubergé, 1968, pp. 411-428

Pierre actual ‘Pau, un centre-ville relooké’ (‘Pau, a revamped city centre’) 2008

Revue Dynamiques, August/September 2008 ‘Les veines du Marbre d’Arudy’ (‘The Veins of Arudy Marble’) p.12

Press articles

Sud Ouest – 19 April 2019 – ‘Arudy: les nouvelles statues de 3 tonnes chacune sont bien arrivées’ (‘Arudy: the new statues, weighing three tonnes each, have arrived’) La République des Pyrénées – 18 April 2019 – ‘Biennales de la pierre à Arudy: artisanat et savoir-faire à l’honneur’ (‘Biennial celebrations of stone in Arudy: crafts and know-how in the spotlight’) La République des Pyrénées – 3 April 2019 – ‘Arudy: les pierres d’Arudy sculptées’ (‘Arudy stone sculpted by Jean-Jacques Abdallah’) France 3 – 30 April 2017 – ‘Le marbre béarnais d’Arudy veut son Indication Géographique Protégée’ (‘Arudy Béarnais Marble wants its Protected Geographical Indication’) La République des Pyrénées – 27 April 2017 – ‘Pau: un monument en hommage aux morts en Indochine’ (‘Pau: a monument in homage to the dead in Indo-China’) Sud Ouest – 21 October 2016 – ‘Pau: le quartier du Hédas se transforme’ (‘Pau: the district of Hédas is being transformed’) La République des Pyrénées – 16 September 2016 – ‘Une IG en gestation pour protéger la pierre d’Arudy’ (‘A GI in the making to protect Arudy stone’) France 3 – 30 October 2015 – ‘Dans les carrières du marbre d’Arudy’ (‘In the Arudy marble quarries’) La République des Pyrénées – 2 March 2015 – ‘Lourdes: le nouveau visage de la grotte prêt pour Pâques’ (‘Lourdes: the new face of the cave ready for Easter’) Press lib.com – 18 February 2015 – ‘Le marbre des Pyrénées bientôt géolocalisé’ (‘Pyrenees marble soon to be geolocated’) Sud Ouest – 16 November 2013 – ‘Talence Inauguration de haut niveau’ (‘Talence High level inauguration) Sud Ouest – 22 October 2013 – ‘La cité des Pyrénées à nouveau en travaux’ (‘The Pyrenean city under construction once more’) La République des Pyrénées – 19 October 2013 – ‘Berlioz; Aménagement du parvis de la Cité des Pyrénées’ (‘Berlioz; layout of the forecourt of the Cité des Pyrénées’) L’Eclair des Pyrénées – 24 August 2013 – ‘Sévignacq-Meyracq; L’espace bien-être des Bains de Secours’ (‘Sévignacq-Meyracq; the wellness area of the Bains de Secours’) Sud Ouest – 10 May 2013 – ‘Cro-Magnon revient à Arudy en septembre’ (‘Cro-Magnon returns to Arudy in September’) Sud Ouest – 11 March 2012 – ‘SALON DE L’HABITAT DE PAU La pierre reste une valeur sûre de la décoration d’intérieur et d’extérieur; Il s’investit dans la pierre’ (‘PAU HOMES FAIR Stone remains a safe bet for interior and exterior decoration; it invests in stone’) La République des Pyrénées – 29 April 2011 ‘Tailleurs de Pierre high tech’ (‘High tech stonecutters’) Sud Ouest – 3 August 2005 – ‘C’est gravé dans le marbre!’ (It’s engraved in marble!) Sud Ouest – 21 April 2004 – ‘Dans le rétro’ (‘A retrospective’) Sud Ouest – 21 April 2004 – ‘Arudy apporte sa pierre’ (‘Arudy contributes its stone’) Sud Ouest – 17 December 2003 – ‘Monument’

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Petite – 1916 – ‘Questions économiques – Le Marbre et le Granit d’Arudy’ (‘Economic Questions – Arudy Marble and Granite’)

Songs:

‘Les tailleurs de pierre de Laurent de Rille’ (‘The stonecutters of Laurent de Rille’)

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Annex 2 ILLUSTRATIONS

Source: Ossau Museum, Arudy Municipal Library 1907

Rue Bordenave d’Abère, Pau Stade du Hameau, Pau Source: Carrières Laplace Source: Carrières Laplace

Atlas – Executed at the 2017 celebration of stone

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Annex 3: STATUTES OF THE ASSOCIATION PIERRES NATURELLES NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE

ASSOCIATION PIERRES NATURELLES NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE STATUTES

CONSTITUTION - NAME Article 1

An Association is hereby established by the members adhering to these Statutes, governed by the Law of 1 July 1901 and the Decree of 16 April 1901, known as:

ASSOCIATION PIERRES NATURELLES NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE

The association is established for an unlimited period.

SCOPE Article 2

The purpose of the association is as follows: 1- general interest missions associated with the defence and management of the geographical stones in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: - creating the draft specifications as well as any draft amendments, submitting them to the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), contributing to their application by operators and participating in the implementation of the inspection plans; - ensuring that the operator inspection operations performed by the conformity evaluation bodies comply with the conditions set out in the technical specifications. informing the INPI of the results of the inspections performed and of the corrective measures applied; - ensuring the representativeness of operators in its rules of composition and operation; - keeping the list of operators up to date and periodically sending it to the conformity evaluation body and to the INPI; - participating in actions to defend, protect and promote the geographical indication, the products and the knowledge, as well as to acquire statistical knowledge of the sector; - drawing up inspection plans jointly with the conformity evaluation body; - giving its opinion on the inspection plans; - being the contact person for the conformity evaluation body; - excluding, where applicable and after serving notice, any operator who fails to comply with the specifications and who has not taken the corrective measures.

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In particular, the Association intends to be recognised by the INPI as the Defence and Management Organisation (DMO) for the Pierre d’Arudy Geographical Indication.

2- other missions such as: - Promoting the Geographical Indications of natural stones from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region; - Joining other organisations whose missions contribute to the purpose of the Association; - defending the moral and material interests of its members within the scope of the geographical indication by any means and in particular by means of legal action, notably on the grounds of the provisions of Articles L115-16 et seq. L121-1 et seq. of the Consumer Code.

HEAD OFFICE Article 3

The administrative and head office of the association is established at 32 allées d’Orléans 33000 .

It may be moved to any other place in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, by decision of its Board of Directors, in full agreement with the Executive of the UNICEM Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Committee.

COMPOSITION – ADMISSION

Article 4

4.1. Members

The association is made up of active members, associate members and honorary members.  Active members are operators as defined in Article L721-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code (any natural or legal person participating in production or processing activities in line with the specifications for the geographical indication), who undertake to define, implement and develop the association’s policies and particularly its general interest missions; All operators must be members of the association and must pay the subscription. Operator members are organised in sections according to their GIs.  Associate members are natural or legal persons with an interest in the association’s objectives, who wish to contribute to its general interest mission to preserve and promote the territories, local traditions and knowledge, as well as the products resulting therefrom. With the exception of the UNICEM Nouvelle-Aquitaine Committee, which is an associate member by right, the other members are co-opted by the General Meeting on the proposal of the Executive;  Honorary members are natural persons who have been of service to the association by dint of their work or position. They are co-opted by the General Meeting on the proposal of the

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Executive.

Operational members have a right to vote.

Associate members and honorary members have a purely advisory role.

In order to be an operational member or associate member of the association, one must:

- comply with these statutes; - pay the annual subscription; - abide by the rules of procedure.

The amount of the annual subscription is set by the Ordinary General Meeting on the proposal of the Board of Directors.

4.2. Terms and conditions of membership Membership applications should be submitted in writing in accordance with the terms set out in the rules of procedure.

To be part of the Association, one must:

1. be a producer and/or manufacturer, etc.; 2. comply with these statutes; 3. pay the annual subscription within the specified time frame; 4. abide by the existing rules of procedure; 5. be established in their own right and guarantee all ethical standards; 6. submit a completed and signed membership application to the Board of Directors of the Association.

The Board of Directors registers operators’ membership applications and implements the necessary resources for their accreditation through the GI division concerned. The cost of accreditation shall be borne by the operator. Should the operator fail to comply with the specifications of the Geographical Indication, the GI division and the Board of Directors shall refuse their membership.

Full members of the association are represented by a named, designated and duly mandated natural person.

LIFE OF THE GI DIVISION

Article 5

Within the division, decisions are taken by majority vote.

At their first meeting, the members of the division elect a chair for a three-year term.

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The division then meets at least twice a year, as convened by their chair and whenever the latter deems it necessary or upon the request of a third of its members.

To deliberate validly, the division must achieve a quorum of at least a quarter of its membership, present or represented.

Operational members and associate members must comply with these statutes, the rules of procedure and valid decisions taken by the General Meeting and the Board of Directors; in particular, they undertake to pay the subscriptions set by the General Meeting on the proposal of the Board of Directors.

Article 5(1).- Pierre d’Arudy GI Division

Activities relating to the missions of the Pierre d’Arudy GI shall be carried out within a Pierre d’Arudy GI division.

The division shall be made up of operators, Article L721-5 of the Intellectual Property Code and in accordance with Article 4 of these statutes.

The division shall ensure balanced representation and representativeness of the various operators participating in the Pierre d’Arudy GI.

The division shall designate two representatives and two deputies to participate as members of the Board of Directors.

The division shall provide steerage for the Pierre d’Arudy GI process, creation of the specifications and any changes to them, contribute to applying the specifications, creating, validating and implementing the inspection and certification plan and managing the list of operators, while at the same time taking into account the interests common to the whole association, to which it reports on work carried out during the General Meeting.

Article 5(2).- Membership relating to the Pierre d’Arudy GI and the DMO division

Members of the Pierre d’Arudy GI and the DMO division shall be operator members, as defined in Article L721-5 of the Intellectual Property Code. They shall undertake to define, implement and develop association policy and, in particular, the general interest missions of the Defence and Management Organisation.

The term ‘operator’ shall be understood to mean any natural or legal person participating in production or processing activities in accordance with the specifications of the Pierre d’Arudy Geographical Indication.

Any person considered to be an ‘operator,’ within the meaning of Article L721-5 of the Intellectual Property Code, is automatically a member of the association with regard to its general interest missions of the Association, provided that they comply with the specifications of the Pierre d’Arudy GI and are authorised by the Inspection/Certification Body. The person will also have to be approved by the Board of Directors/Executive.

Any person regarded as an operator, within the meaning of Article L721-5 of the Intellectual Property Code, is automatically a member of the association as regards the general interest missions of the association and must pay/remain up to date with the association subscriptions.

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LOSS OF MEMBER STATUS Article 6

The following will be disqualified as members of the association and will no longer be entitled to its services and benefits:  any member that has not paid their subscription within the specified time frame, despite being served official notice by registered letter to no effect;  any operator member who has been delisted following a finding by the competent conformity evaluation body indicating effective non-compliance with the specifications of the GI;  any operational member who has had their authorisation as an operator under the GI withdrawn by the competent conformity evaluation body;  any member who has received a criminal or ignominious sentence;  any operational member who has ceased their activity;  any member whose judicial liquidation has been declared;  any member who resigns by registered letter addressed to the Chair of the association; their resignation entitles the association to claim subscription fees for the six months following withdrawal of membership to ensure the continuity of actions in progress at the moment of this withdrawal and the normal operation of the association;  any member who fails to comply with the statutes or any other regulation established by the association, thereby causing the association moral or material damage.

Before any decision to exclude is taken by the Board of Directors, the operational member or associate member concerned is first invited, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to provide the Board of Directors with written explanations.

All exclusions shall be supported by written notification, giving reasons, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The operator concerned is entitled to submit an appeal, including, if necessary, their responses to the objections raised.

RESOURCES Article 7

Association resources include:  the subscriptions of operational and associate members;  subsidies, including public subsidies, gifts and bequests;  receipts acquired in the context of services delivered by the association or following operations, events or publications limited to the corporate purpose of the association;  proceeds from the management of its treasury;  any other resources permitted by law.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Article 8

The association is administered by a Board of Directors elected by the Ordinary General Meeting. The legal persons are represented by their acting legal representative or by any other person endowed

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with an original power. The term of the mandate is three years. Departing members can stand for re- election.

The composition of the Board of Directors is as follows:  at least eight operator members from the GI division  at least two associate members including the Chair of the UNICEM Nouvelle-Aquitaine Committee or their representative

The General Secretary of the Association takes part in meetings and has an advisory role.

The Board of Directors meets at least twice a year as convened by the Chair. It may also meet on the initiative of half of its members and as convened by the Chair.

Notices convening the meetings shall be sent in writing at least 15 days prior to the date of the meeting. These notices shall set out the Agenda.

The Board may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present or represented. Any director may be represented by another director in possession of a written proxy authorisation.

Each member may only hold a maximum of two proxies.

All operational members may only give a proxy to another operational member to represent them before the Board of Directors.

Decisions shall be taken by simple majority of the members present or represented; in the event of tied voting, the Chair shall have the casting vote.

The Board of Directors shall have the broadest powers to govern the association, in particular:  it creates, approves and amends the association’s rules of procedure;  it rules on the admission of new members and on the exclusion of operator members;  it approves the budgets and monitors their implementation;  it approves the accounts of the closed financial year;  where applicable, it names the auditors, the holder and their replacement;  it rules on all programmes, conventions and contracts falling within the scope of the association and generally takes all decisions and measures associated with the purpose of the association;  it hires and dismisses salaried staff;  it defines the specifications for products, submits them to the conformity evaluation body and proposes their approval or recognition to the official authorities concerned;  it concludes agreements with one or more conformity evaluation bodies duly accredited by the official authorities for the certification and monitoring of compliance with the GI specifications;  it designates its representatives for all of the authorities concerned with marks of origin and in particular for the association for the promotion and protection of geographical indications for industrial and craft products;  it may create specialist commissions made up of operational members and any other structures affected by the very purpose of the commission;  it may delegate particular missions to one or other of its members.

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The Board may hear any person likely to be able to add clarity to its deliberations.

EXECUTIVE Article 9

The Board of Directors appoints an Executive from among its members, comprising:  a Chair  a Vice-chair  a Treasurer  a Secretary

The members of the Executive are appointed for a three-year term.

The Chair, Vice-chair and Treasurer must all be operational members of the GIs.

The Treasurer monitors the association’s resources, draws up the association’s annual accounts or has them drawn up under their responsibility and presents a financial report to the General Meeting.

The Executive meets as often as necessary. Decisions of the Executive are taken based on the majority of members present or represented, who each have one vote. In the event of tied voting, the vote of the Chair prevails.

CHAIR Article 10

The Chair is responsible for implementing the decisions of the Board of Directors and the Executive and in particular:

 they convene the Board of Directors, the Executive and General Meetings; they establish their Agendas and chair them;  they implement the decisions taken by the Board of Directors and the Executive;  they present a corporate report to the Annual General Meeting;  they represent the association externally;  they represent the association in court, whether as a plaintiff or a defendant, and in all actions in civil life.

They may not take legal action on behalf of the association without the agreement of the Board of Directors.

If the Chair is unable to attend, they shall be replaced by the Vice-chair.

ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Article 11

The Ordinary General Meeting comprises all members of the association who are up-to-date with payment of their subscriptions.

The General Secretary of the association takes part in General Meetings and has an advisory role.

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Any member who cannot attend may give a written proxy to another member in the same category: operator, associate or honorary member. Each member may only hold a maximum of two proxies.

The Ordinary General Meeting may only validly deliberate when half of its members are present or represented. If this quorum is not reached, the General Meeting shall be reconvened at least eight days later, with the same Agenda. This time, it may validly deliberate regardless of the number of members present. Decisions shall be taken by simple majority of the votes cast.

The General Meeting shall meet when convened by the Board of Directors, no later than six months after the end of the financial year (31 December).

The notices convening the meetings shall include the agenda set by the Chair and shall be sent at least 15 days in advance.

The Chair of the association chairs the General Meeting convened to hear the management report and the financial report.

The General Meeting votes on the subscription fees, on the proposal of the Board of Directors and particularly on the basis of its proposal relating to the performance of missions of general interest to the association, approves the accounts, grants discharge to the directors, deliberates on all points submitted to it by the Board of Directors and elects the members of the Board of Directors.

The General Meeting may hear any person likely to be able to add clarity to its deliberations.

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Article 12

If necessary, or at the request of half of the members plus one, whose fees are up-to-date, the Chair may convene an Extraordinary General Meeting in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 10.

This meeting alone has the power to amend the statutes or to dissolve the association.

The conditions of composition, representation and quorum are identical to those defined for the Ordinary General Meeting. Resolutions are made on the basis of a simple majority vote by the members present or represented.

FINANCIAL YEAR Article 13

The financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December.

ACCOUNTS – AUDITOR Article 14

Accounting records shall be kept according to the accounting standards for associations, including the annual release of a balance sheet, income statement and, where appropriate, one or more annexes.

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The annual accounts for the financial year, and the corporate report, the financial report and, where applicable, the auditor’s report, shall be held available for consultation by all members throughout the 15 days preceding the date of the Ordinary General Meeting convened to approve the accounts for the closed financial year.

Where necessary, the Board of Directors may appoint an auditor and a deputy auditor, who must both be on the list of statutory auditors in France.

The auditor shall carry out their tasks in accordance with the standards and rules of the profession. They shall draw up and present a report to the General Meeting convened to approve the accounts for the closed financial year, that covers their duties and certifies that the accounts are accurate and in order.

GENERAL SECRETARIAT Article 15

A General Secretary is appointed by the Board of Directors.

The General Secretary shall perform administrative tasks for the association; in particular, sending out notices convening meetings, writing up the minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, the Executive and the General Meeting, and in general all written documents concerning the operation of the association.

They are also in charge of developing the association by taking part in meetings, taking operational decisions and supervising its communication policy.

ALLOWANCES Article 16

All elective offices shall be performed voluntarily and free of charge. Only expenditure incurred during the performance of mandated duties shall be reimbursed upon production of receipts, according to a schedule and terms set out in the rules of procedure.

RULES OF PROCEDURE Article 17

The Board of Directors shall determine the rules of procedure and submit them to the next Ordinary General Meeting for approval.

The rules of procedure shall set out the various points and operating rules of the association not provided for in these statutes.

They shall be compulsory for all members in the same way as the statutes.

AMENDMENT OF THE STATUTES Article 18

These statutes may be amended by the Extraordinary General Meeting on the proposal of the Board of Directors.

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DISSOLUTION Article 19

In the event of dissolution, the Extraordinary General Meeting shall appoint one or more liquidators to take charge of the liquidation procedure. Once the liquidation procedure is complete, it shall determine how the net assets are to be distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Law of 1 July 1901 and the Decree of 16 August 1901.

FORMALITIES Article 20

The Chair, acting on behalf of the Executive, shall carry out the declaration and publication formalities as set forth by the Law of 1 July 1901 and the Decree of 16 August 1901.

The Board of Directors may appoint any person of its choosing to carry out the declaration and publication formalities under the terms of the Law of 1 July 1901 and the Decree of 16 August 1901. These statutes were approved at the inaugural meeting of 13 April 2017.

They were drawn up in as many copies as there were interested parties, including one for the declaration and one for the association.

The Chair The Treasurer

Pierre LAPLACE Wilfrid PILON

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