Documents and links

Background documents

Reactions from other Institutions to the Communication on agricultural product quality policy

• Council Conclusions

• European Parliament Report

• Committee of the Regions Report

• European Economic and Social Committee

Commission working documents

 

- on the legislative proposal:

• Impact assessments:

  • on Geographical Indication: Full text [337 KB]  - Summary [32 KB]
  • on Traditional Speciality Guaranteed: Full text [235 KB]  - Summary [22 KB]

 

- on the Communication:

• Impact assessment [653 KB] and annexes:

  • Communicating about products farmed in the EU [191 KB]
  • Marketing standards [251 KB]
  • Geographical indications [696 KB]
  • Traditional Specialities guaranteed [165 KB]
  • Certification schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs [459 KB]
  • Procedural issues and consultation of interested parties [302 KB]
  • Summary [51 KB]

 

- on the Green Paper:

• Internal Commission working documents used to prepare the Green Paper:

  • Food Quality Certification Schemes (FQCS) [90 KB]
  • Traditional specialities guaranteed [66 KB]
  • Geographical indications [80 KB]

Commission report of 1999 on the implementation of the TSG regulation [1000 KB]

 

Useful links

2009 Czech Presidency conference on quality policy:

• Conference website

• Council Presidency conclusions

Food quality certification:

• Food Quality Assurance and Certification Schemes managed within an integrated supply chain 

• 2007 conference - "Food quality certification – adding value to farm produce"

• Background paper on Food Quality Certification Schemes (FQCS) for the Green Paper on Agricultural Product Quality [90 KB]  

Research projects:

• Food quality schemes project run by the Commission's Joint Research Centre

• Syner-GI project

• Dolphins project

• EuroMARC project

• EUROFir project

• TRUEFOOD project

Link to other Commission websites:

• Organic farming - EU policy

• Webpages on the Food quality and safety priority of the 6th Framework Programme

• Summaries of EU legislation: Food

• Digest of Community case-law: GI section