2 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2015/2053(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that industrial and handicraft products connected with their origin or rooted in their territory are central to the economy and society in many of Europe’s regions in that they generate non- relocatable activities directly linked to local ways of life, especially in rural areas; stresses that the adoption at European level of a system to protect industrial and handicraft products connected with their origin or rooted in their territory would allow the originality of our industrial and handicraft products to be maintained and prevent product standardisation;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that some of our major trade partners, such as India and China, have already introduced systems to protect geographical indications for non- agricultural products;