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Enhancing quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Enhancing quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Enhancing quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Enhancing quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
EU Regulation 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs supports farmers and consumers by strengthening, adapting and developing schemes that identify Europe’s quality products and foodstuffs.
ACT
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
SUMMARY
EU Regulation 1151/2012 seeks to enhance Europe’s quality policy for agricultural products by increasing the coherence of various quality schemes. It includes measures to support agricultural and processing activities as well as the farming systems associated with high-quality products, in line with EU rural development policy objectives. However, the Regulation does not apply to spirit drinks, aromatised wines or grapevine products.
The Regulation’s main elements are:
REFERENCES
Act |
Date of entry into force |
Deadline for transposition in Member States |
Official Journal |
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 |
04.01.2013Certain provisions apply from 4.01.2016. |
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OJ L 343 of 14.12.2012 |
RELATED ACTS
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, plant reproductive material, plant protection products and amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, 1829/2003, 1831/2003, 1/2005, 396/2005, 834/2007, 1099/2009, 1069/2009, 1107/2009, Regulations (EU) No 1151/2012, [….]/2013, and Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC, 2008/120/EC and 2009/128/EC(Official controls Regulation) . [COM(2013)265 final of 6.5.2013 - not published in the Official Journal].
Last updated: 05.02.2014