Pregledni rad
Quality marks: protected denomination of origin (pdo), protected geographical indication (pgi) and traditional speciality guaranteed (tsg) as social and economic impact on the local cheese production
Dubravka Samaržija
; Zavod za mljekarstvo, Agronomski fakultet, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb
Neven Antunac
Sažetak
In July 1993, the European Community Regulation (EEC): Protected
Denomination of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) No. 2081/92 came into force. This Regulation has set up the criteria, which are needed for protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs. The Regulation has been extended (Regulation EEC No. 1804/99) to the products, which specific features are due to a production method or traditional composition without any link with a particular area (TSG). According to the Regulation, countries outside the European Community have also been given an opportunity to formally recognise and to protect their own specific products under the concept of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG). Since then, among EU countries, France, Italy, Spain and Greece have succeeded to protect the highest number of their own traditional cheeses. The total number of PDO and PGI cheeses, registered by the European Committee, are 128 and 10 respectively (Ba r jo l l e and S y l va n de r , 2000). It is worth to stress that PDO/PGI/TSG policy is much more than economic success. This is a strategy that encourages a number of social, environmental and cultural benefits. Law on the protection of geographical indications of products and service (The Official Gazette 78/99) has been already adopted in Croatia. However, nothing has been done to protect cheeses under the Europeans requirements. In that respect, if Croatia really wants to protect their unique cheese varieties against the misuse and imitation, the framework of regulations has to be very close to the proposition adopted by the EU. This report is based on the experience of other countries in the implementation of the concept of the legislation necessity to develop an effective system of cheese protection under EU Regulations 2081/92 and 1804/1999.
Ključne riječi
European Community Regulation; PGO; PGI; TSG; protection of traditional cheeses
Hrčak ID:
1777
URI
Datum izdavanja:
17.10.2002.
Posjeta: 6.499 *