Market and income policies

Evaluation of the CAP policy on protected designations of origin (PDO) and protected geographical indications (PGI)

Final report
November 2008

This study has been financed by the Commission of the European Union. The conclusions, recommendations and opinions presented in this report reflect the opinion of the consultant and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Commission.

Judgement on the quality of the evaluation report [pdf]

Full text [pdf, 1,3 MB]

Executive Summary [pdf ]

Short Summary [pdf]

• Table of Contents [pdf]
• Chapter 1: Introduction [pdf]
• Chapter 2:  Description of the regulatory framework and intervention logic model [pdf]
• Chapter 3: Methodology [pdf]
• Chapter 4: Implementation of the scheme [pdf]
• Chapter 5: Usage of the PDO/PGI scheme [pdf]
• Chapter 6: Effectiveness of the scheme [pdf]
• Chapter 7: Conclusions [pdf]
• Chapter 8: Recommendations [pdf]
• Chapter 9: References [pdf]