9 Amendments of Nicola DANTI related to 2015/2053(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that the Commission Green Paper entitled ‘Making the most out of Europe’s know-how: a possible extension of geographical indication protection of the European Union to non-agricultural products’ follows on from its communication entitled ‘A Single Market for Intellectual Property Rights’ (2011), the ‘Study on geographical indications protection for non-agricultural products in the Internal Market’ and the public hearing held following the publication of that study;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Welcomes the outcome of the public consultation which the Commission held on the Green Paper and which concluded on 28 October 2014;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Points out that, although it has had such a system for food and agricultural products for many years now, the EU currently does not have a unitary system for the protection of geographical indications for non-agricultural products, as a result of which those products are not protected in Member States in which they are not covered by national legislation and, at the same time, products that enjoy national or regional protection in individual Member States are not properly protected at EU level;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
- protect consumers more effectively and help them to make better informed choices about buying products, increasing transparency, and traceability and furnishing more information about the quality and origin and ensuring traceabilityof products and the production methods used, not least on account of the growing consumer interest in such matters;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)
- make it easier to establish uniform, effective oversight procedures, thus giving consumers and producers the chance to protect themselves against counterfeiting, imitation and other illegal practices;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the system must be based on compliance with a clear product specification, as in the case of agrofood products, but without discouraging innovation and the natural evolution of production processes and technology.
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Takes the view that extending the scope of the geographical indication protection system to cover non- agricultural products could help to make the EU’s position in this area still stronger and more cogent, both in bilateral trade negotiations and in multilateral forums, the ultimate aim being to provide a high level of protection for all high-quality European products outside the EU; believes that a comprehensive EU geographical indications system would make it easier to carry out joint promotional campaigns outside the EU, which would help the enterprises concerned and make for a more cohesive single market;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that extending the scope of the geographical indication protection system to cover non-agricultural products should form part of a broader strategy for promoting high-quality EU products, based on a stronger commitment from the EU institutions to treat manufacturing and craft industries as a driving force for growth and the completion of the single market;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Takes the view that, under the new EU legislative framework for procurement, a product quality and origin certification system could be of use to contracting authorities in connection with technical specifications, certification and award criteria, in particular at local and regional level.