Activities of Giovanni LA VIA related to 2010/0353(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Agricultural product quality schemes (debate)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) In respect of names registered without reservation of the name pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, a procedure should be introduced for replacing those names with names that may be registered and automatically entered in the register with reservation of the name.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The measures herein are intended to foster agricultural and processing activities and farming systems associated with high quality products thus contributing to the achievement of rural development policy, with a special focus on areas in which the farming sector is of greater economic importance and, in particular, disadvantaged areas.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) 'production step' means one of the following: production, processing or preparation and labelling;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The current PGIs, all of the steps for the production of which take place in a given territory, as indicated in the specification, and which meet all of the conditions laid down in the definition of DOPs, may be the subject of requests for re-registration as DOPs, on the basis of a simplified procedure laid down in an implementing act adopted by the Commission.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. With a view to ensuring that consumers are properly informed, in respect of protected geographical indication products the place of provenance of the agricultural product shall be specified, at least in cases where the place of provenance is not the same as the place in which processing took place.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
A Member State may, on a transitional basis only, grant protection to a name or accept an amendment to a product specification under this Regulation at national level, with effect from the date on which an application is lodged with the Commission.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Designations of origin and geographical indications pertaining to products of third countries that are protected in the Union under an international agreement to which the Union is a contracting partyChapter IV of Title V of this Regulation may be entered in the register. Unless specifically identified in the said agreement as protected designations of origin under this Regulation, such names shall be entered in the register as protected geographical indications.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling. , together with depictions of the geographical area of origin as referred to in Article 5 and text, graphics or symbols referring to the Member State and/or region is which that geographical area of origin is located.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling. The name or business name or registered trade mark of the producer or at least one of the persons subject to official controls shall also appear on the labelling.
Amendment 131 #
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 in accordance with Chapter IV of Title V of this Regulation, the indications referred to in paragraph 3 or the Union symbols associated with them may appear on the labelling.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any direct or indirect commercial use of a registered name in respect of products not covered by the registration insofar as those products are comparable to the products registered under that name or insofar as using the name exploits the reputation of the protected name, including in cases where they are used as ingredients;
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the product or service is indicated or if the protected name is translated or accompanied by an expression such as ‘style’, ‘type’, ‘method’, ‘as produced in’, ‘imitation’ or similar, in so far as those products or services are comparable to the products registered under that name or in so far as the misuse, imitation or evocation of the name exploits the reputation of the protected name, including when the product is used as an ingredient;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take the appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as referred to in paragraph 1, in particular at the request of a producer group as provided for in point (a) of Article 42that are produced or marketed in that Member State.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of Directive 2008/95/EC. The collective geographical marks referred to in Article 15 of Directive 2008/95/EC shall be allowed to be used on labels, together with the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Names registered in accordance with the requirements laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), and in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, including those registered pursuant to applications referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 55(1) of this Regulation, may continue to be used under the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, until 31 December 2017, unless Member States use the procedure set out in paragraph 2a of this Article.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall, no later than 31 December 2016, submit to the Commission a list of traditional specialities guaranteed registered in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 and complying with this Regulation. Names of those traditional specialities guaranteed may be adjusted in order to comply with Article 18 paragraph 2(b). The Commission shall publish the full list in the Official Journal of the European Union. Within the two months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, a statement of opposition referred to in Articles 48 and 49 may be submitted to the Commission. The Commission, after the opposition procedure, shall, where appropriate, adjust the entries in the register referred to in Article 22. The corresponding specifications shall be the specifications referred to in Article 19.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Mountain product The term 'mountain product' is established. This term may only be used to describe agricultural and agri-food products listed in Annex I to the Treaty of which the raw materials come from mountain areas. In addition, for the term to be applied to processed products, such processing must also take place in mountain areas.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States also designate the competent authorities to put in place the necessary administrative and judicial steps of article 13(3).
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The costs of such verification of compliance with the specifications mayshall be borne by the operators subject to those controls. The Member States may also contribute to the costs.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Indications, abbreviations and symbols referring to the quality schemes may only be used in the labelling ofto identify products produced in conformity with the rules of the quality scheme to which they apply. This applies in particular to the following indications, abbreviations and symbols:
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) define rules that set out the conditions under which the protected PDO or PGI name can be used in the sales denomination of a prepared or a processed food, in accordance with Article 13(1);
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a 1. In the public interest, with the overall objective of ensuring an increasing level of quality of the products covered by this Regulation, and a balance between production and consumption, in order to eliminate speculative behaviour that runs counter to competition rules and is detrimental to quality, Member States may lay down rules at the production level, by way of implementing decisions taken by groups of operators handling the PDO or PGI considered. Such rules must not create obstacles to intra-European and/or international trade or violate relevant competition rules, shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not: (a) allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (b) reduce an excessive proportion of the volume that is produced annually and normally available; (c) prevent the entry of new operators 2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 must be brought to the attention of operators by publication in extenso in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3. Decisions and actions taken by Member States in year n accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be notified to the Commission before 1 March of year n+1.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Operators preparing and storing a traditional speciality, protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication or who places such traditional speciality guaranteed, protected designation of origin and protected geographical indication on the market for the first time shall also be subject to the system of controls as referred to in Chapter I of this Title.