Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 1992-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, approximation of laws, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production, preparation for market

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Amended  proposal  for a 

COUNCIt REGULATION (EEC) 

on the protection of geographical  indications and 

designations of origin for agricultural  products 

and  foodstuffs 

(presented by the Commission pursuant  to Article  149(3) 
of  the EEC-Treaty) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

At  the  part-session  of  19 November  1991,  the  European  Parliament 

delivered  an  opinion1  on  the proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  on  the 

protection  of  geographical  indications  and  designations  of  origin  for 

agricultural  products  and  foodstuffs  presented  by  the  Commission  in 

document  SEC(90) 2415  final2. 

This  amended  proposal  takes  account  of  the  amendments  proposed  by 

Parliament, which  the Commission has endorsed. 

1 OJ No C 

2 OJ No C 30, 6.2.1991, p. 9. 

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AMENDED  PROPOSAL  FOR A 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

on  the protection of geographical  indications and 

designations of origin  for agricultural  products 

and  foodstuffs 

In response  to  the opinion  delivered  by  the  European  Parliament  at  the 

part-session  of  19 November  1991  on  the  proposal  for  a  Regulation, 

presented  by  the  Commission  to  the Council  on  25 January  1991, on  the 

protection  of  geographical  indications  and  designations  of  origin  for 

agricultural  products and  foodstuffs, and pursuant  to Article  149(3) of 

the Treaty  establishing  the European  Economic Community,  the  Commission 

has decided  to amend  the abovementioned proposal  as follows: 

1.  In  the  seventeenth  recital  "the  geographical  indications  or 

designations  of  origin  issued"  is  replaced  by  "the  geographical 

indications or  designations of origin  protected". 

2.  In Article  4(1) "With the exception of products with generic names, 

whose  links  with  their  region  of  origin  have  been  lost,"  is 

inserted  at  the beginning of  the first  sentence. 

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3.  In Article 4(2)(a) the following  is added: 

"9.  proof  that  the production or  processing  and  preparation of 

the  product 

took  place  within 

the  geographical 

area 

concerned." 

4.  Article 4(2)(b)(3)  is replaced  by  the  following: 

"3.  the definition of  the geographical  area  to be protected,  in 

respect  of  both  production of  raw materials  and  the  processing 

and preparation of  the product;" 

5.  In Article  4(2)(b)(6)  "production,"  is  replaced  by  "production  of 

the raw materials and the". 

6.  In Article 5(5) "The Member  States shall  check"  is replaced  by  "The 

Member  States shall, within  three months, check". 

7.  In  Article  5(6)  "The  Member  State  shall  forward"  is  replaced  by 

"The Member  State shall, without  delay,  forward". 

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