Activities of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2010/0353(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Agricultural product quality schemes (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Assisting producers, by means of the operation of quality schemes, to be rewarded for their efforts to produce a diversity of quality products, can benefit the rural economy. This is particularly the case in less favoured areas, and in particular in the most remote regions, where the farming sector accounts for a significant part of the economy. In this way quality schemes contribute to and complement rural development policy as well as market and income support policies of the common agricultural policy (CAP).
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The European Union has for some time been pursuing the aim of simplifying the regulatory environment of the CAP. This approach should also be applied to agricultural product quality policy Regulations, with the aim of reducing the red-tape burden on producers.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The specific objectives of protecting designations of origin and geographical indications are for farmers and producers to secure fair return for the qualities of product andand characteristics of a given product or of its mode of production, provide clear information on products with specific characteristics linked to geographical origin, enabling consumers to make more informed purchasing choices.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) A Union framework for protection of designations of origin and geographical indications, with their inclusion into a register, permits their development since, by providing a more uniform approach, such a framework ensures fair competition between the producers of products bearing such indications and enhances the credibility of the products in the consumer's eyes. Provision should be made for the development of designations of origin and geographical indications at Union level and the creation of mechanisms for their external protection in the framework of the WTO, within which it is important to secure the recognition, as a factor of value added, of the quality of products and of their model of production.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In view of their specific nature, special provisions as to labelling should be adopted for protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, requiring producers to use the appropriate Union symbols or indications on packaging. The use of such symbols or indications should be made obligatory in the case of Union names, on the one hand, to make this category of products and the guarantees attached to them better known to consumers and, on the other, to permit easier identification of these products on the market so as to facilitate checks. Taking into account the requirements of the World Trade Organization, the use of such symbols or indications should be made vola specific symbol different from the European logo should be authorised only in the case of third-countary for geographical indications and designations of origin originating in a third countryproducts complying with the conditions of registration and the other legal requirements applying to European products with protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) The role of groups should be clarified and recognised. Groups play an essential role in the application process for the registration of names of designations of origin and geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed, including amendments of specifications and cancellation requests. The group can also develop activities related to the surveillance of the enforcement of the protection of the registered names, the compliance of the production with the product specification, the information and promotion of the registered name as well as in general any activity aiming to improve the value of the registered names and effectiveness of the quality schemes. Groups should also play an active part in managing the amounts supplied for purposes of ensuring market stability and product quality. Nevertheless, these activities should not facilitate nor lead to anti-competitive conduct incompatible with Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 2
Article 3 – point 2
(2) ‘group’ means any association, irrespective of its legal form, mainly composed of producers or processors working with the same product or of agents who produce or process that product;
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
6a) 'production stage' means any of the following stages: production, processing or finalisation, packaging being excepted;
Amendment 91 #
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 (production, processing and finalisation) all take place in the same defined geographical area;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. In the case of products originating in third countries marketed under a name entered in the register, the indications referred to in paragraph 3 or the Union symbols associated with them may appear on the labellingit should only be possible to authorise use of a dedicated logo that is different from the Union logo where those products comply with the same conditions of registration and other legal criteria as those required of European products with protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications. Following verification of reciprocity of conditions and respect for the indications referred to in paragraph 3, quality symbols for third- country products may appear on the labelling, provided they are different from the European logo.