Activities of Giovanni LA VIA related to 2009/2105(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow? (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
calls, with reference to the wine sector, for the obligatory provision of information concerning the grape variety and vintage of production for table wines to be made available through labelling;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that the current EU rules on IG should be supplemented to ensure that the role played by organisations designated or recognised by the Member States as responsible for managing, protecting and/or promoting intellectual property rights conferred by registration as a GI is fully recognised and enhanced;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. EmphasiseConsiders that, on the basis of producers’ experience, it has emerged that the management of the product quality through the PDOs and PGIs specifications, and the protection against usurpations are not sufficient for the further development of GI products; calls for an in-depth assessment to be carried out to identify suitable instruments for the management of the volume of production for PDO and PGI producttakes the view that EU legislation should be amended so as to enable Member States to authorise organisations which they designate or recognise as responsible for the management, protection and/or promotion of GIs to adapt the production potential to market demands, on the basis of fair and non-discriminatory rules;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that no additional criteria should be added to the certificregistration process for any of those instruments, but rather the aim should be simplification;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the current European IG protection system should be maintained and that all GIs should be afforded EU protection; takes the view that no parallel protection system should be established at national or regional level;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a(new)
Paragraph 18 a(new)
18a. Considers that the Commission should establish clear guidelines regarding the use of the names of IG products used as ingredients on the labels of processed products, so as to avoid consumers being misled;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is against the idea that geographical indications can be replaced by trademarks, as these are fundamentally different legal instruments; stresses that the differences between trademarks and geographical indications need to be better explained; calls for effective implementation of existing Community rules making it impossible for a trademark containing or referring to PDOs/PGIs to be registered by operators who do not represent the producers' organisations for such PDOs/PGIs;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for greater protection of geographical indications - in third countries, through inclusion e WTO, both by extending protection under Article 23 of the TRIPS agreement to all GIs and by establishing a legally bin dinternational registries and international recognition within the WTO systemg multilateral register for GIs; - in third countries, by negotiating bilateral agreements, in particular with economically significant countries; supports the Commission's aim to include geographical indications within the scope of the "Anti- counterfeiting trade agreement" and in the work of the future "European observatory on counterfeiting and piracy"; considers that the Commission should work more closely with bodies representing GI producers prior to the launch of trade negotiations and during the negotiating process;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3a (new)
Subheading 3a (new)
Integrated production
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22a (new)
Paragraph 22a (new)
22a. Believes it is necessary to promote production systems that are environment- friendly and based on a rationalisation of inputs, as is the case with 'integrated production'; stresses that introducing legislation at European level on integrated production would raise the profile of the efforts being made by the EU's farmers and stockbreeders in the areas of food safety, the environment and animal welfare vis-à-vis third-country imports; believes that there should simultaneously be a promotion and marketing campaign for European integrated production;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. These actions could be carried on GIs and community trademarks by public and /or private (individual or associations);