9 Amendments of Joseph DAUL related to 2008/2220(INI)
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that designations of origin constitute a crucial part of the European heritage which needs to be preserved; believes that they offer a guarantee of quality and help consumers choose from the range of goods on offer; considers there is a need to clarify the distinction between trademarks anbetter explain the differences between trademarks and designation of origin and to take measures to enable the existing Community rules preventing registration of a trademark containing or referring to protected designations of origin (PDOs)/protected geographical indications (PGIs) by operators who do not represent the producer organisations of those PDOs/PGIs to be applied in practice;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that designations of origin constitute a crucial part of the European heritage which needs to be preserved; believes that they offer a guarantee of quality and because of its crucial economic power and because it has a key socio-economic impact on many European regions; believes that they offer a guarantee of quality which must be reinforced, particularly by stricter control over the management of designations of origin by the applicant groups representing them; considers that they help consumers choose from the range of goods on offer; considers there is a need to clarify the distinction between trademarks and designation of origin;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that groups applying for PGI must have access to the tools to manage their production volume in order to maintain the quality and reputation of their PGI;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Advocates the establishment of Community rules enabling groups applying for PGI to set the conditions for packaging their PGI and using its name in the sales name of processed products;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Favours simplifying the procedure for registering designations of origin and reducing the time required for obtaining them; believes one means of achieving this would be to delegate responsibility to the competent national bodies;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the degree of protection of designations of origin varies between Member States; advocates legislative and procedural harmonisation in this field, and in particular of the rules on application of ex officio protection;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the international protection of designations of origin should be guaranteed in the world trade negotiations; calls on the Commission to ensstrengthened; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts, particularly at the political level, to bring about an improvement in PGI protection in the course that the issue isof the WTO talks (either by extending the protection under Article 23 onf the agenda for the WTO talks and is recognised as such by all international partnersAgreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to all products, or by establishing a multilateral register of PGIs), and also in the accession negotiations for new member countries joining the WTO and bilateral agreements currently being negotiated;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Hopes that the Commission will continue to promote the concept of PGI with non-member States, particularly by undertaking more technical assistance missions in conjunction with PGI producer groups;