16 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2010/0353(COD)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) With a view to the coherent development of optional quality terms describing specific product characteristics and attributes, provision should be made to confer the Commission the power to reserve an additional term, amend the product coverage or the conditions of use of, or cancel an optional quality term by means of delegated acts. In particular, the Commission, together with the Member States, should in the short term introduce an optional labelling scheme or a logo for ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin specifically identifying agricultural ethyl alcohol that, firstly, has been produced from source raw materials grown in the EU and that, secondly, has greenhouse gas reduction potential of over 60%.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) ‘production steps’ means the production, processing or preparation of a product. A production step is a step in the value chain that according to generally accepted standards is considered to be essential. Packaging is not one of the production steps.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iii
(iii) the production steps of which all take place in the sama single defined geographical area;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Names that have become generic may not be registered as protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications. In establishing whether or not a name has become generic, the translation of the name into each of the official languages of the Union shall be taken into account.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) a description of the method of obtaining the product and the authentic and unvarying local methods and, where applicable, information concerning packaging, if the applicant group so determines and gives reasons why the packaging must take place in the defined geographical area to safeguard quality or ensure the origin or ensure control. As a product-specific restriction on the free movement of goods and the free movement of services, justification and detailed reasons shall be provided for specifying that packaging must take place in the area;
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) gives details from which it can be concluded that the name for which registration is requested or its translation into an official language of the Union is generic.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) shows that the requirements laid down in Article 7(1)(e) are not complied with.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Designations of origin and geographical indications pertaining to products of third countries that are protected in the Union under an international agreement to which the Union is a contracting party may be entered in the register. They shall be entered in the register if the international agreement provides for this. Unless specifically identified in the said agreement as protected designations of origin under this Regulation, such names shall be entered in the register as protected geographical indications.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ orand the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. A name mayshall not be registered if it refers only to claims of a general nature used for a set of products,would jeopardise the existence of an entirely or partly identical name or the existence of products which have been legally on the market for at least five years preceding the date orf to those provided for by particular Union legislationhe publication provided for in point (a) of Article 47(2).
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 13, this Regulation shall not affect the use of terms that are generic in the Unionone or more Member States, even if the generic term is part of a name that is protected under a quality scheme.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the existing situation in the Member States and in areas of consumption;
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 and in particular the provisions of Chapter VI of Title II thereof, Member States may charge a reasonable fee to cover their costs of managing the quality schemes, including those incurred in processing applications, statements of opposition, applications for amendments and requests for cancellations provided for in this Regulation.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Within twofour months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, a statement of opposition may be lodged to the Commission by the authorities of a Member State or of a third country, or a natural or legal person having a legitimate interest and established in a third country.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
2a. The justification for a statement of opposition lodged within the deadline set out in Article 48(1) may be submitted within two months of the expiry of the deadline set out in Article 48(1). The Commission shall forward the statement of opposition and its justification immediately to the authority or individual who lodged the application.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission may, at the request of one of the parties involved, extend the consultation deadline at any point during these three months by a further three months if it considers that such an extension will contribute to an agreement or if one of the parties involved is from a third country.