PDO / PGI QUALITY PRODUCTS
The PDO/ PGI products in question are the best examples for the potential of successful commercial enhancement of products whose names are registered under the protection schemes of EU:
They have specific characteristics associated
The Community logos for PDO and PGI are symbols that are understood throughout the Community as designating products meeting specific conditions of production linked to their geographical origin or to their tradition and subject to inspection
These protection schemes support the Community’s cultural heritage, support the diversity of agricultural production and the maintenance of the countryside
PDO PRODUCTS
Protected Designation of Origin
Covers agricultural products and foodstuffs which are produced, processed and prepared in a given geographical area using recognized know-how.
PGI PRODUCTS
Protected Geographical Indication
Covers agricultural products and foodstuffs closely linked to the geographical area. At least one of the stages of production, processing or preparation takes place in the area
PDO products represent excellence in European food production and are both the result of a unique combination of human and environmental factors characteristic of a certain geographical area.For this reason the European union dictates precise regulations for their safeguarding, providing for the institution of specific quality norms that protect consumers and provide producers with concrete instruments to better identify and promote products with specific characteristics and protect them from illegal.Regulation (EU) No. 1151/2012 (article 5) describes the meaning of the PDO and PGI acronyms.
The PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) mark identifies a product originating in a specific place, region or country, whose quality or characteristics are essentially or exclusively due to a particular geographical environment practices with its inherent natural (raw materials, environmental characteristics, location) and human (traditional and artisanal production) factors the production, processing and preparation steps of which all take place in the defined geographical area and in line with the strict production regulations established.
PG
I products covers agricultural products and foodstuffs closely linked to the geographical area. At least one of the stages of production, processing or preparation takes place in the area.
- EU system of PEU system of PDO/PGI
- The EU schemes encourage diverse agricultural production, protect product names from misuse and imitation and help consumers by giving them information concerning the specific character of the products
- Protected Designation of Origin - PDO: covers agricultural products and foodstuffs which are produced, processed and prepared in a given geographical area using recognized know-how.
- Protected Geographical Indication - PGI: covers agricultural products and foodstuffs closely linked to the geographical area. At least one of the stages of production, processing or preparation takes place in the area.
- The quality and diversity of the Union’s agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture production is one of its important strengths, giving a competitive advantage to producers and making a major contribution to EU’s living cultural and gastronomic heritage. Consumers demand for diversified quality products generates a demand for agricultural products or foodstuffs with identifiable specific characteristics, in particular those linked to their geographical origin. EU has established operating quality schemes for producers which reward them for their efforts to produce a diverse range of quality products and can benefit the rural economy. In this way quality schemes are able to contribute to and complement rural development policy as well as market and income support policies of the common agricultural policy (CAP). In particular, they may contribute to areas in which the farming sector is of greater economic importance and, especially, to disadvantaged areas.
