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Activities of Sabrina PIGNEDOLI related to 2022/0115(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products (debate)
2023/09/11
Dossiers: 2022/0115(COD)

Amendments (11)

Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to craft and industrinon- agricultural products listed under the combined nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8724 _________________ 24 Council Regulation (EEC) N0 2685/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff Regulation (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987 p.1)
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘craft products’ means products produced either totally by hand or with the aid of manual tools or by mechanical means, whenever the direct manual contribution is the most important component of the finished product;deleted
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) ‘non-agricultural products’ means products, whether or not semi-finished, or the provision of services, excluding agricultural products and the provision of commercial services, intermediation services in the movement of goods or services ancillary to those operations, public supply of food and beverages or in any case all products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and those listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘industrial products’ means products produced in a standardised way, typically on mass scale and through the use of machines;deleted
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘productionqualifying step’ means any stage of production, processing or preparation, up to the point, where the product is in a form to be placed on the internal market that, according to the specification, confers on the product those specific attributes that establish its link with a given quality, feature or characteristic and the geographical origin referred to in Article 5(b);
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) at least one of the productionqualifying steps of the product takes place in the defined geographical area.
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that the administrative burdens associated with the procedures for registering Geographical Indications are kept to a minimum in order to facilitate the registration of the products referred to in Article 2(1);
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Where a Member State charges a fee, the level of the fees shall be reasonable,avoid placing an excessive burden on businesses in order to foster the competitiveness of the producers of the geographical indications and shall take into account the situation ofs much as possible and shall consider the specific factors affecting micro, small and medium- sized enterprises.
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
Generic terms 1. Generic terms shall not be registered as a geographical indication. 2. To establish whether or not a term has become generic, account shall be taken of all relevant factors, in particular: (a) the existing situation in areas of consumption; (b) the relevant Union or national legal acts.Article 37 deleted
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
39 A name shall not be registered as a geographical indication where, in the light of a trade mark’s reputation and renown, registration of the name proposed as a geographical indication could mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product. A name shall not be registered as a geographical indication where, in the light of a trade mark’s reputation and renown, registration of the name proposed as a geographical indication could mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product.Article 39 deleted
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article, a trade mark the use of which contravenes Article 35, which has been applied for, registered, or established by use in good faith within the territory of the Union, if that possibility is provided for by the legislation concerned, before the date on which the application for registration of the geographical indication is submitted to the Office, may continue to be used and renewed notwithstanding the registration of a geographical indication, provided that no grounds for invalidity or revocation of the trade mark exist under Directive (EU) 2015/243632of the European Parliament and of the Council or Regulation (EU) 2017/1001. In such cases, the use of the geographical indication and that of the relevant trade mark shall be permitted. _________________ 32 Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ L 336, 23.12.2015, p. 1).deleted
2022/11/11
Committee: JURI