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Commissioner for agriculture and rural development (2007) European Policy for quality agricultural products: Factshet

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Commissioner_for_agriculture.pdf

Abstract
The EU gives positive assistance to European producers to help them to maximise the advantage they have in quality terms. When a product acquires a reputation extending beyond its production region, it can find itself in competition with products which pass themselves off as the genuine article and take the same name. This unfair competition not only discourages producers but also misleads consumers. So, in 99 , the EU created systems known as PDO (Protected Designation of Origin), PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) and TSG (Traditional
Speciality Guaranteed) to promote and protect valuable food names. In March 006 these systems were updated and improved.
This fact sheet explains how these quality systems work, how they assist farmers and, above all, how they offer consumers guarantees that they have found the quality product they are looking for.
1. Eu agricultural quality policy
2 . What the Eu means by quality product designations
3 . the protection offered to producers via pdo and pgi
4 . product specifications
5 . the benefits pdo/ pgi offer
6 . How pdos and pgis work on the ground
7. Quality logos – assurance for consumers
8 . the Eu system is open to non - Eu countries
9. traditional speciality guaranteed (tsg)

Keywords: Quality, PDO, PGI, TSG

Relevance to our study:
Complete information for interested parties regarding EU quality systems: PDO, PGI, TSG. Organic agriculture is not mentioned at all

Relevancy on a scale from 1 to 5 = 3

Review status: Finished
Review started on 2009–01–21
Reviewed by Samanta Rosi Bellière?

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