Le bois du Jura – de la tradition à l'appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) | Wood from Jura – from tradition to a label of origin (AOC)

Within the context of a very competitive market characterised by prices that hardly cover the costs of production the creation of a label of origin (AOC) for the resinous wood of the Jura region seem to offer a promising way profiling a well-known product of high quality. According to an increasing number of scientific studies carried out within the framework of an Interreg project, the Swiss association for an AOC «wood from Jura»and its French counterpart have submitted an application for the recognition of an AOC label for the basic transformed products of resinous wood from this region. In return for an adaptation planned in Swiss forest legislation, an AOC could be granted on both sides of the national borders around 2010.