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4 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2013/2098(INI)

Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas successful and comprehensive rural development programmes can have a concrete positive impact on employment rates and the competitiveness of businesses in rural areas, and thus reduce the risk of unemployment or that as a result of low rural incomes inhabitants live in abject poverty;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas regional quality branding can contribute to the development of territorial economies by broadening the concept of quality through the use of schemes for the delivery of sets of high-quality goods and services which are inextricably interlinked and which embody the specific characteristics of each territory, and in particular its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc.); whereas, as a result, these sets of goods and services come to be seen as unique, generating revenue at territorial level and opening up new opportunities on local and international markets;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas official European quality labels already exist (Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indictation, Traditional Specialty Guaranteed) and the number of both European and Third country products carrying them continues to increase;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to develop an approach tocontinue to develop its three official recoquality labels (Protected Designiation of regOrigin, Protected Geographical Indication, Traditional quSpeciality branding based on an objective assessment of the governanGuaranteed) which are already established and increasingly recognised by consumers, and to concentrate resources ofn the territorial development process, focusing in particular on the steps taken to incorporate the social, economic and environmental dimensions,se clearly defined labels rather than creating new ones, to enable them to contribute to both the dieversity of thelopment of rural areas economic andally, social actors involved in promoting regional quality branding and the quality of the set of specific goods and services which they can offerly and environmentally, and the development of quality EU products to the greatest extent possible;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI