Transcript Farming requirements

CZECH PRESIDENCY HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE
OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT QUALITY POLICY
Prague, 13 March 2009
CONCLUSIONS OF WORKSHOP A:
Farming requirements and Marketing standards
Subtopic 1:
Farming requirements
 Further
improvements of the communication on
farming requirements within the EU are necessary.
 Product
safety and food
precondition of food quality.
 The
hygiene
is
a
basic
currently available information on farming
requirements and standards are comprehensive,
however producers within the EU do not always receive
full recognition and wider benefits for the added value of
the production.
Subtopic 1:
Farming requirements
 The development of obligatory EU logo
indicating compliance with the EU farming
requirements has been discussed as an option,
however the possible benefit of introducing a
new logo seems to be relatively small.
Subtopic 1:
Farming requirements
 The
complex issue of mandatory indication of
the place of origin for food needs to be further
elaborated to address basic questions of the
stakeholders interests (non – misleading of the
consumers/non – creating obstacles for the free
movement of goods/competitiveness).
Subtopic 2:
Marketing standards
 The maintaining of current system of specifying
product identities in marketing standards in the EU
legislation would be preferable, as a guarantee of a
certain level of stable environment for producers,
retailers and consumers; however, further possible
simplification is welcomed
Subtopic 2:
Marketing standards
 Self-regulation in the field of marketing standards,
would not fully guarantee the necessary level of
implementation and control of adherence to marketing
standards.
 The retail sale of products that meet hygiene and
safety requirements but not marketing standards should
be allowed under specific conditions, which need to be
further elaborated.
Subtopic 2:
Marketing standards
Compulsory quality and size classification as an
option should be further considered, especially in
a connection with the transparency of such a
system; a careful elaboration of respective
definitions to be respected and understood on
the market is necessary.
Subtopic 2:
Marketing standards
 A uniform definition of general reserved terms
at the EU level would be beneficial especially for
unifying labelling and facilitating movement of
respective products on the market.
 Examples
product”.
“mountain
product”,
“traditional