4 Amendments of Kaja KALLAS related to 2015/2053(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the lack of a unitary system for the protection of geographical indications relating to non-agricultural products creates a highly fragmented situation in Europe, arising from different national and local, sectoral or transversal rules, which have distorting effects, which hamper the harmonious development of the common market, as well as homogeneous protection and effective competition on equal terms, which prevent consumers from receiving accurate, truthful and comparable information that allows them to make better informed decisions and which are an obstacle to consumer protection;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is strongly convinced that extending protection of geographical indications to non-agricultural products could have many and varied positive effects for citizens, consumers, producers and the whole European economic and social fabric, and enable the EU to achieve equal protection for such European products in third countries in the framework of international trade negotiations;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
- protect consumers more effectively and help them to make better informed choices about buying products,, particularly if the existence of such a system is efficiently communicated, and helping consumers to make better informed choices regarding the products they purchase by increasing transparency, and furnishing more information about quality and origin and ensuring traceability;,
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 3
Paragraph 6 – indent 3
- promote and facilitate access to the common market and markets outside the EU for European craft products, which are the fruit of traditional knowledge and skills, that helping to conserve preciousvaluable know-how which characterises entire social and local communities, and which represents a significant element in the historical, cultural, economic and social heritage of Europe;