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Activities of Alyn SMITH related to 2010/0353(COD)

Plenary speeches (2)

Agricultural product quality schemes (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0353(COD)
Agricultural product quality schemes (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0353(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on agricultural product quality schemes PDF (388 KB) DOC (584 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AGRI
Dossiers: 2010/0353(COD)
Documents: PDF(388 KB) DOC(584 KB)

Amendments (7)

Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 3
(3) ‘traditional’ means proven usage on the domestic market for a time period allowing transmission between generations; this time period should be the one generally ascribed to two generations, that is, at least 50 years;. However, exemptions should be made for old products and recipes which have been revived in recent times. In these cases, the period will be the one ascribed to one generation, that is, at least 25 years.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
A scheme for traditional specialities guaranteed is established in order to assist producers of traditional product in marketing and communicating the value adding attributes of their traditional recipes and products to consumers.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31a By 30 September 2012, the Commission shall present an Impact Assessment on the case for a new local-farming and direct-sales labelling scheme to assist producers in marketing their produce locally. That Impact Assessment shall focus on the ability of the farmer to add value to his produce through the new label, and the possibilities of reducing carbon emissions and waste through short production and distribution chains. That Impact Assessment shall, if necessary, be accompanied by appropriate legislative proposals creating that local labelling scheme, which shall be linked to additional proposals on appropriate simplified levels of sanitary rules for these small-scale producers that are participating in the scheme.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Applications for registration of names under the quality schemes referred to in Article 45 may only be submitted by groups or individuals.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Under exceptional conditions, a natural or legal person may be treated as a group.deleted
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In order to avoid any disproportionate requirements, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, define the exceptional conditions referred to in the second subparagraph.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission may, on its own initiative or onat the request of any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest, after a full and impartial inquiry of which the procedure is set out in paragraph 2, by means of implementing acts, cancel the registration of a protected designation of origin or of a protected geographical indication or of a traditional speciality guaranteed in the following cases:
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI