The document discusses the EU's system for protecting geographical indications (GIs). It outlines the economic benefits of GIs for farmers and consumers. GIs help farmers by ensuring reputation and value stays local, preventing relocation of production, and providing small producers access to markets. Consumers benefit from quality labels that guarantee authenticity and tradition. The EU GI system has led to increased production, exports, prices, and employment for many regional specialties. There are over 1900 registered wine GIs, 325 spirit drink GIs, and 970 foodstuff GIs in the EU.
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1. The EU experience with geographical indications DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission Workshop on Geographical Indications Kiev, 25 – 26 August 2011
14. GIs comparative advantages Number of farms 5,000 << 8,400 Annual Working Unit/farm 1,7 << 2,5 Total AWU 8,500 << 21,000 Income/AWU equal Nitrogen loss/kg ha -1 309 >> 239 “ Bulk” model Friesland (Netherlands) “ Quality” model Parmigiano Reggiano (Italy) Source : “High quality products and regional specialties: a promising trajectory for endogenous and sustainable development”, Prof. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, OECD, Siena, Italy, 10-12 July 2002 1.57 billion kg of milk
29. Mexico Chile CAN Mercosur ACP/EPAs SA W. Balkans EUROMED Ukraine CH GCC India EU Bilateral agreements covering GIs CA Malaysia Georgia Moldova Korea China Canada USA Australia Armenia Azerbajan Norway Iceland Concluded Ongoing Future Singapore SADC EPA Vietnam Japan Canada
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31. Thank you for your attention! Markus KLINGLER DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission markus.klingler @ec.europa.eu Communication: http://www.ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/policy/communication_en.htm Quality web-pages: http:// www.ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/index_en.htm
Editor's Notes
Rural Development programming; Setting up of producer groups; Marketing support; Individual farmers; Incentives for participation in Quality Schemes; Agri-environmental and animal welfare programs; Rare breeds. Direct payments (some support for quality schemes) Information & Promotion campaigns External GI policy (facilitate international GI registration)
On added value: Sucessful GIs obtain a higher price Price premium (eg. FR GI wines 230 %) Price exported cheeses; 7,5 vs 4,7 €/kg for GI/non GI
N.B.: handicrafts, mineral waters not covered N.B.: on line information on registration; DOOR (only foodstuffs) http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door Foodstuffs: 970 ( 505 PDO and 465 PGI ): The Piacentinu Ennese (PDO), a sheep's cheese from Italy, very recently (15 Feb 2011) became the one thousandth name to be registered under the Commission's agricultural product and foodstuff quality labels. Since their creation in 1992, the EU schemes have registered quality agricultural products and foodstuffs from across the EU and beyond. In recent years there has been a boost in applications due to enlargements of the EU and a growing interest from non-EU producers including from India, China, Thailand and Vietnam, among others.
Vineyards Cellars Wine shops Agritourism Restaurants Hotels Museums ( of vine and wines or etnografic) Infrastructure
3 sets of legislation and procedures:
Direct application: Advantages: Registration assures high level of protection in the whole EU Producer groups may apply directly to the European Commission (or via national government) Registration is free of charge Bilateral Agreements - process System check : screening of legislations Exchange of lists ( with cutting off date ) and individual examination of GIs Public consultation ( publication OJ ) Conclusion : protection of listed GIs Regular update mechanism ( Joint Committee ) During these last three years, we have coordinated and streamlined the approaches and built up a rational process to enter into bilateral negotiation. Notably, in depth interservice discussion with LS, TRADE and MARKT led to put in place a method allowing for registration in the EU, in the framework of bilateral negotiations. This was meant also for avoiding MFN risk at the WTO As regards implementation possibilities, internal discussion are still ongoing. The preferred option, whenever possible, would be to register the 3Cs GIs in the EU register ( 510/2006 regulation). Having a single GI register would ease management and increase transparency. However, for various reasons there are cases where achieving sui generis protection within the bilateral agreement itself is the best avenue for achieving an agreement.
How third countries may obtain protection of their agri products in the EU? Direct applications of non-EU applicants for registration Negotiations of bilateral agreements on GI-protection Korea FTA (63), Andean Community (4), Central America (8) Trademark system
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