Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (COM(2022) 134 final — 2022/0089 (COD))

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22.11.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 443/116

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012

(COM(2022) 134 final — 2022/0089 (COD))

(2022/C 443/17)

Rapporteur:

Decebal-Ștefăniță PADURE

Referral

European Parliament, 7.4.2022

Council, 12.4.2022

Legal basis

Articles 192 (1) and Article 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Section responsible

Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment

Adopted in section

30.6.2022

Adopted at plenary

13.7.2022

Plenary session No

571

Outcome of vote

(for/against/abstentions)

203/0/1

1. Conclusions and recommendations

1.12. 2. Introduction

2.8. 3. General comments

3.4. 4. Specific comments

4.22. 5. Final remark

5.1. Brussels, 13 July 2022.

The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG

(1) Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 262).

(2) https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/food-safety-and-quality/certification/quality-labels/geographical-indications-register/

(3) https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/c1d86ba1-7b09-11eb-9ac9-01aa75ed71a1

(4) COM(2022) 134 final.

(5) https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/c1d86ba1-7b09-11eb-9ac9-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

(6) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2021:427:FIN

(7) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2021:427:FIN