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Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) PGI
Jambon de Bayonne
Parameters
- Scheme
- PGI
- Country
- France
- Status
- Registered
- Registered
- 07/10/1998
- File number
- PGI-FR-0031
- Class
- 1.2. Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
eAmbrosia, the EU geographical indications register, entry EUGI00000013432. Retrieved 2026-09-04. Register entry
Jambon de Bayonne is protected across the European Union as a protected geographical indication. What that means in practice is that a document exists - the product specification - which fixes the area it may be made in, the raw material it may be made from and the method that may be used, and that a name outside those bounds may not be used on a label.
A protected geographical indication requires that at least one stage of production, processing or preparation happens in the defined area, which is a lower bar than a designation of origin.
Customs classification
16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS
Legal instrument
Official Journal L 270, 07.10.1998
Publications
| Reference | Date |
|---|---|
| Official Journal C 22, 22.01.1997 | 1997-01-22 |
| Official Journal L 270, 07.10.1998 | 1998-10-07 |
| Official Journal C18 20.1.2020 | 2020-01-20 |
| Official Journal L 166, 28.5.2020 | 2020-05-28 |
Product classes this name belongs to
What this page does not have
The register records that a specification exists and where it was published. It does not publish the specification text through its API, so this site does not reproduce salting times, ageing minimums or any other production parameter for this product. Those are in the filed document, reachable through the publications above.
Buying jambon sec
Not the protected designation
Nothing sold on Amazon carries the name Jambon de Bayonne. What is linked below is jambon sec, the product class this designation is a variety of. It is not Jambon de Bayonne and it is not covered by the specification filed under PGI-FR-0031. Everything above this line describes a legal claim; the product below makes no part of it.
The French dry ham. Jambon de Bayonne is the protected name most often seen outside France, and its specification covers the salt as well as the pig: the salt has to come from the Adour basin, which is the kind of clause that makes a designation of origin different from a quality mark.
What to read on the label. Bayonne is the protected name. Jambon sec is the category.
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Listing
- Lowest new, checked 2026-09-04
- $213.11
- Brand
- Fabrique Delices
- ASIN
- B0GZ83V6R5
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