14 Amendments of María Isabel SALINAS GARCÍA related to 2008/2220(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it necessary to step up controls and coordination among the various authorities to ensure that imported food products meet European quality, food safety, environmental and social standards, and supports the conclusions of the Agriculture Council of 19 December 2008 concerning the safety of agri- food products;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Does not agree with the concept of simplifying European standards if, under that pretext, the system of European marketing standards is dismantled (as has happened in the fruit and vegetable sector), leading to deregulation in that area; advocates a European system of marketing standards which aims to establish objective and harmonised parameters for quality criteria, thereby eliminating products of unsatisfactory quality from the market, and to facilitate commercial relations between operators on an impartial basis;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Finds the Australian model an excellent example for such a system of labelling of the country of origin, while bearing in mind the specific characteristics of the EU’s various production sectors, in its defining of various different levels such as: 'produced in' (for food products produced locally with local ingredients), 'made in' (for food products which have undergone substantial processing locally), or 'made in country X using local or imported ingredients'; recalls that similar labelling systems are used by other major trading partners such as the US and New Zealand;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Advocates taking measures to simplify the EU rules and, provided that those measures do not lead to the dismantling thereof, and to limit the scope for self- regulation; believes that common marketing standards are necessary and can be established in a more efficient fashion; considers, in this connection, that joint regulation should be promoted as the usual means of adopting EU legislation in the field; calls for municipal authorities, food industry representatives and farmers' representatives to be involved in the process;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that designations of origin constitute a crucial part of the European heritage which needs to be preserved; believes that they offer a guarantee of quality and help consumers choose from the range of goods on offer; considers it vitally important to launch promotional campaigns, with their own budgets, to inform consumers on the benefits of those public sector certification systems; considers there is a need to clarify the distinction between trademarks and designation of origin;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that, where a product with a protected geographical indication (PGI) is used in a compound cooked product and the characteristics of the PGI product are altered, the protecting bodies or competent authorities must be allowed to conduct specific controls aimed at ascertaining whether or not the characteristics of the PDO product have been altered excessively;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the international protection of designations of origin should be guaranteed in the world trade negotiations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the issue is on the agenda for the WTO talks and is recognised as such by all international partners; takes the view that both exporting and non-exporting producers should be covered by that international protection on the part of the EU, which might differ on the basis of the risk of the actual counterfeiting of products, in such a way that products at high risk of counterfeiting and which are exported enjoy international protection at the WTO, while for products running a more moderate risk of counterfeiting, on local level markets, a simplified procedure could be proposed, with recognition by the Member State notified to Brussels (comparable to the level of the current temporary protection) and European legal protection;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that Community and national controls are essential with regard to protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected geographical indications (PGIs), and advocates severe penalties to deter unauthorised use of those instruments, in such a way that Member States are required to automatically apply these in the event of counterfeiting or imitation of protected designations; suggests bringing forward a specific clause in Article 13 of Regulation 510/06 in that respect; favours simplifying the procedures for obtaining PDOs, as well as stringent controls by Member State authorities when certifying that all stages of the production process have taken placed in the geographical area concerned;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Suggests setting up a European OfficeAgency for Product Quality, which would work closely with the European Food Safety Authority and the Commission's units responsible for food quality; that Agency would also adjudicate on the increasing number of requests from third countries in relation to protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI) and traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG) products;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Believes that organic farming offers European farmers a major growth opportunity; notes, however, that the EU regulation on the subject lays down a single standard, even though the certification procedure varies between Member States and is expensive; takes the view that greater standardisation is needed in the typology of control and certification bodies and procedures for ecological products, so that consumers are provided with an assurance of safety and reliability in the form of a new EU logo for ecological agriculture, guaranteeing identical production, control and certification criteria at Community level and helping to resolve problems and further promote the single Community market in ecological products;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Considers it necessary to promote environment-friendly production systems and the rationalisation of inputs, as is the case in integrated production; points out that the introduction of European-level rules on integrated production would be a positive step as this would standardise the current criteria used in the Member States, accompanied by a suitable promotion and marketing campaign for European integrated production designed to publicise the facets of most importance and benefit to the consumer;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Points out that, as things stand, private certification systems do not fulfil the objective of helping producers to communicate the characteristics of their products to consumers, and are in fact becoming an exclusive means of access to the market, increasing red tape for farmers and becoming a business for many food distribution companies; sees a need not to promote the proliferation of such systems, which limit access to the market to a section of the production sector;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls on the Commission to promote the mutual recognition of private certification systems in order to limit that proliferation and exclusion from the market of quality products; sees a need for Community guidelines to be drawn up that contain aspects those systems cannot regulate, such ‘status-enhancing’ references, which should be defined on the basis of objective scales and circumstances;