Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-04-19-Speech-4-543-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:What is 'locally produced' food? (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.22.4-543-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-544-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Zuzana Roithová2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Křesťanská a demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-17--2013-07-03)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; IMCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, we asked you about ‘local produce’ labelling. Although there are binding European regulations protecting regional products, we are clearly lacking a definition of what can be presented as a local product, so that items imported from hundreds of kilometres away cannot be sold at popular famers' markets as local products. However, consumers are not misled only at farmers’ markets, which provide access to regional products from small farmers. I do not like the fact that Czech honey is on sale which originates from Turkey, or traditional Czech salami which originates from Poland. We are therefore asking the Commission to propose, within the framework of its normative agenda, a definition of what can be presented and sold as a local product. This may look like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but it is not. The problem is universal throughout Europe, often affecting border areas, and tackling it through a European agreement on the definition of such labelling is therefore a good idea. The ways of defining what is and what is not a local product may vary. It is farmers, above all, who should say, for example, if they wish to provide information on how far a product has travelled from the field to the customer, or the exact address of the place of production or other details. However, it is also possible to include other proposals for mandatory and at the same time verifiable details, which will help both buyers and inspection bodies quickly to tell where a product has come from. This will be appreciated not only by consumers, who will have certainty that products are from a given locality, but also everyone else, because it will also, among other things, reduce the number of long-haul lorries on Europe’s highways."@en1
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