NOVI PRAVNI OKVIR ZA ŠEME KONTROLE KVALITETA POLjOPRIVREDNIH PROIZVODA I NAMIRNICA U EU

Jovanić Tatjana (Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду), jovanictatjana@gmail.com

Food quality schemes are an important segment of a modern quality control system. Consumers in the EU are increasingly aware of the importance of traditional products and demand quality. In order to keep traditions alive and preserve gastronomic heritage, European institutions realised that producers of quality products should be rewarded by enabling them to communicate to consumers the characteristics of their products. This is in line with the main principles of the EU rural development policy. Regulation 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, is a step towards centralisation of registration at the EU level, delegating to the Commission various powers, including the possibility to propose implementing directives related to the operation of the following schemes: designations of origin, geographical indications, traditional specialities guaranteed, mountain products, local farming and direct sales, island products and optional quality schemes. The Commission shall keep a register and in cooperation with national competent authorities and certification bodies play a key role in the system of registration and oversight of quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.

Ključne reči: Food quality schemes, designations of origin, geographical indications, traditional specialities guaranteed, quality regulation