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News

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1 June 2023

The European Parliament approves by a large majority its position on the revision of EU GIs system

Quality policy Quality schemes

30 May 2023

MOVING survey on the EU optional quality term “mountain product”

MOVING Quality schemes

10 May 2023

VIDEO – 5th AREPO European event on quality and origin products in the framework of AGROSMARTglobal

AGROSMARTglobal AREPO event EU project GI protection Quality policy

3 May 2023

MOVING mountain clusters

EU project MOVING Quality schemes

2 May 2023

The Region of Castilla y León re-joins AREPO

New member

25 April 2023

EP‘s AGRI Committee approves report on GIs Revision

Quality policy Quality schemes

6 April 2023

5th AREPO EU event on Quality and Origin Products in the framework of AGROSMARTglobal

AGROSMARTglobal AREPO event EU project GI protection Quality policy

14 March 2023

AREPO Practical Guide on “The protection of GIs on the Internet” | AGROSMARTglobal

AGROSMARTglobal AREPO study EU project GI protection

7 March 2023

AREPO MEETS IN CACERES FOR THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 2023

AREPO event

11 February 2023

MOVING 5th Steering Committee

Mountain policy MOVING

14 December 2022

The Grand Est Region joins AREPO

New member

5 December 2022

CoR Plenary approves by unanimity the opinion on the revision of EU GIs system

Quality policy Quality schemes Rural development

1 December 2022

EU Regions give their contribution to the debate on upcoming Food Nutrition Labelling regulation

AREPO event Farm to fork Healthy diet

2 November 2022

AREPO members met in Würzburg for the second General Assembly of 2022

AREPO event

21 October 2022

MOVING’s Steering Committee: partners met in Saignelégier

MOVING Quality schemes Research and Innovation

11 October 2022

NEW ON MOVING BLOG: The EU CAP Network, the platform where MOVING contributions and the new CAP objectives can meet

CAP MOVING

11 October 2022

Revision of EU GIs: the priorities set by De Castro MEP

GI protection Quality policy Quality schemes

7 October 2022

Evaluating Geographical Indications – Guide to tailor evaluation for the development and improvement of Geographical Indications

Quality policy Quality schemes Sustainability

3 August 2022

MOVING Set of Policy Briefs: Iberian Ham PDO – Los Pedroches

MOVING Sustainability

25 July 2022

MOVING Set of Policy Briefs: PDO chestnut flour and chestnut trees in the Renoso massif

Horizon 2020 MOVING Quality schemes

Events

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14.06.23
16.06.23

Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications

10.00 am
Tbilisi, GEORGIA

01.09.23
11.09.23

Foire de Châlons en Champagne

10.00 am
Le Capitole en Champagne, Châlons-en-Champagne, FRANCE

11.10.23
13.10.23

Climate change and new societal expectations: “The agro-ecological transition of geographical indications”

10.00 am
ESA d'Angers, FRANCE

20.10.23
22.10.23

Salon Aux Vignobles ! Chartres

10.00 am
Chartrexpo, Chartres, FRANCE

25.10.23
27.10.23

Agrimax Grand Est

10.00 am
Eurométropole de Metz, Metz, FRANCE

03.11.23
05.11.23

Salon des Vins et de la Gastronomie de Bourges

10.00 am
Les Rives d'Auron, Bourges, FRANCE

17.11.23
19.04.23

Salon Ferme Expo Tours

09.30 am
Parc des expositions de Tours, FRANCE

17.11.23
19.11.23

Salon de la Gastronomie et des Vins de Châteauroux

10.00 am
Hall des Expositions de Belle Isle, Châteauroux, FRANCE

24.11.23
27.11.23

Salon de la Gastronomie et des Vins d’Orléans

10.00 am
CO'Met, Orléans, FRANCE

The Farm to Fork strategy is the European roadmap to address the challenge of designing a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. Since it should set out the regulatory and non-regulatory measures needed to achieve this goal, several actions proposed by the Commission under this framework directly interest the EU quality schemes.

EU Quality Policy

EU Quality Policy aims to protect the names and characteristics of European agricultural products specific to a territory in order to promote their unique characteristics resulting from natural factors and traditional know-how linked to their geographical origin. This policy is the core of AREPO’s activity and its defence is our main mission.

Common Agricultural Policy

After a long negotiation process started in 2018, the last reform of the Common Agricultural Policy is coming to an end and the new CAP will come into force in January 2023, following a two-year transition period. Discover AREPO actions to achieve a right recognition of quality and origin products in the new CAP.

EU Promotion Policy

EU Promotion Policy helps EU agri-food sector professionals to finance information and promotion campaigns for breaking into international markets and making consumers more aware of the efforts made by European farmers to provide quality products. This policy is fundamental for the promotion of EU quality schemes in the internal market and in third countries and AREPO is currently contributing to its review.

Food Labelling

In the framework of the Farm to Fork strategy, the European Commission is considering options for several new food labelling initiatives to empower consumers to make healthy and sustainable food choices.

Organic Agriculture

Organic farming is a well-known and EU regulated food production system that contributes to deliver the ecosystem services needed for reaching EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity targets. As such, it is considered a major pillar of the F2F strategy for a transition towards a European sustainable food system.

Geographical indications for craft and industrial products

There is currently no EU-wide system for protecting the geographical indications of non-agricultural products (such as handicrafts and industrial goods). Driven by a vision of GIs as tools for rural development and territorial planning, AREPO believes that a regulation at EU level is needed.

EU Trade Policy

The benefits of Geographical Indications (GIs) are particularly important from an international trade perspective as they can provide an export promotion mechanism through which the EU can compete on quality rather than price, due to their specificities attributable, at least in part, to their territories of origin and their inherent natural and human factors.

Research and Innovation

Adding value to products of origin through the development of sustainable GIs requires multi-disciplinary research, innovation and education in order to exploit their potential and respond rapidly to current challenges. Research and innovation should support the improvement of those products and use them as case study to extend good practices to other sectors.

EU projects

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MOVING

MOVING (MOuntain Valorization through INterconnectedness and Green growth) is a Horizon 2020 project (2020-2024) coordinated by the University of Córdoba, gathering 23 partner organisations. The project will build capacities and co-develop policy frameworks across Europe. It will establish new or upscaled value chains to contribute to the resilience and sustainability of mountain areas to climate change.

AGROSMARTglobal

AGROSMARTglobal is a 3.5 year EU co-funded project that started in October 2019. It aims to support the digital internationalisation of agri-food cooperatives in the Sudoe and to promote and protect quality and origin products on the international digital market. AREPO is involved in this project as an internal partner with a key role in the activities of GI protection on the Internet.

Strength2food

Strength2Food is a 5-year EU-funded project that started in March 2016. It aims to provide the EU and its Member States with evidence-based recommendations on the implementation of quality policy. AREPO has been invited to participate in the project as an expert member of the Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB).

AGROSMARTcoop

AGROSMARTcoop was a 2.5 year EU co-funded project that ended in December 2018. It aimed to strengthen the economic development of rural areas belonging to the Sudoe through the research of efficient transnational solutions to support the competitiveness of agri-food cooperatives. AREPO was involved in this project as an internal partner with a key role in the results dissemination.

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