GRUYERE

The certification mark, as used by persons authorized by the certifier, certifies that the cheese originates in the Gruyère region of Switzerland and France. 1). In Switzerland this region includes the cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchatel, Jura, and the districts of Courtelary, La Neuveville, Moutier as well as the communes of Ferenbalm, Guggisberg, Mühleberg, Münchenwiler, Rüschegg and Wahlern of the canton of Bern. 2). In France this region includes the departments of Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône, Savoie and Haute-Savoie as well as the cantons of Amberieu-en-Bugey, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Belley, Brénod, Ceyzériat, Champagne-en-Valromey, Coligny, Collonges, Ferney-Voltaire, Gex, Hauteville-Lompnes, Izernore, Lagnieu, Lhuis, Nantua, Oyonnax-Nord, Poncin, Pont- d'Ain, Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, Seyssel, Treffort- Cuisiat, Virieu-le-Grand, Péronnas, Oyonnax-Sud, Viriat, Oyonnax, Bourg-en-Bresse in the department of Ain, the cantons of Fontaine-Française, Saint-Jean- de-Losne, Seurre in the department of Côte-d'Or, the cantons of Saint-Laurent-du-Pont and Touvet in the department of Isère, the cantons of Bourbonne-les- Bains, Bourmont, Clefmont, Fayl-la-Forêt, Laferté- sur-Amance, Langres, Longeau-Percey, Val-de- Meuse, Neuilly-l'Evêque, Nogent, Prauthoy, Terre- Natale in the department of Haute-Marne, the cantons of Beaurepaire-en-Bresse, Cuiseaux, Pierre-de-Bresse, Saint-Germain-du-bois in the department of Saône-et- Loire, the cantons of Bains-les-Bains, Darney, Lamarche, Monthureux-sur- Saône, Plombières-les- Bains, Xertigny in the department of Vosges, the cantons of Delle, Fontaine, Giromagny, Rougemont- le-Château, Valdoie, Châtenois -les-Forges, Danjoutin, Beaucort, Grandvillars, Offemont, Belfor in the department of Territoire de Belfort.