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Complemento regionale per lo Sviluppo – Rurale della Liguria
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SRG 10 – promozione dei prodotti di qualità. | Soggetto beneficiario: Consorzio tutela Basilico Genovese DOP | Autorità di Gestione CSR Liguria: politiche.agricole@regione.liguria.it – www.agriligurianet.it
The regulations that govern and protect Basilico Genovese DOP are issued in a pyramidal fashion, starting from the European Union and moving up to the Protection Consortium, passing through the Italian State.
Each body regulates its own area of competence by adopting the higher-level regulatory context.
The European Union establishes precise rules to protect PDO and PGI products, establishing specific quality regulatory regimes to protect consumer good faith and provide producers with concrete tools to better identify and promote products with specific characteristics, as well as protect them from unfair practices.
European legislation:
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1623/2005 of 4 October 2005 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No. 2400/96 with regard to the registration of certain names in the Register of Protected Designations of Origin and Protected Geographical Indications, including Basilico Genovese (PDO).
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 611/2010 of 12 July 2010 approving minor amendments to the specification for Genoese Basil PDO
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers
Directive 2011/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 of 18 December 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition of the Union symbols for protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed and as regards certain rules on provenance, certain procedural rules and certain additional transitional rules
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
The State operates through the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies, which coordinates and supports certified products and recognizes and verifies the requirements of the Protection Consortia.
The legislation defines specific phases of the procedure at national and European level, categorizes the persons entitled to submit an application, and indicates the documentation to be produced.
The Ministry also manages the national DOP-IGP information portal: Quality, tourism, and agriculture for the promotion of the territory.
National legislation:
Note from the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies dated 15.04.2004 (prot. no. 62570), with which the final version of the Production Specifications for the PDO “Basilico Genovese” was sent to the European Commission, DG Agriculture, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) no. 2081/1992
Legislative Decree 19 November 2004, n. 297 containing Sanctioning Provisions pursuant to Regulation (EEC) n. 2081/92, on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Notice from the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies dated November 29, 2007 (ref. no. 22897), regarding: control plans for Italian protected designations. Suspension or revocation measures following non-compliance with tariff obligations by operators.
Note no. 22965 of 30 November 2007 of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies concerning the separation of agri-food products with protected designation of origin from generic ones
Provision of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies of 21 July 2010 amending the production specifications for the name “Basilico Genovese” registered as a protected designation of origin pursuant to EC Regulation No. 1623 of the Commission of 4 October 2005
MIPAAF Note No. 25742 of 05.10.2012 concerning the use of the ministerial guarantee wording on DOP/IGP/TSG products
DECREE 14 October 2013. National provisions for the implementation of 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 relating to PDO, PGI and TSG
It drafted and is responsible for the Genoese Basil DOP Production Regulations, which establish the rules for the origin, cultivation, packaging, and labeling of Genoese Basil DOP. The Consortium monitors the protection of the certified product from fraud and misleading advertising, in accordance with the Central Inspectorate for the Protection of Quality and the Repression of Fraud in Agri-food Products.
Develops programs to support and promote certified regional products.
The Central Inspectorate for the Protection of Quality and the Suppression of Fraud in Agri-food Products supervises quality products and generally carries out functions of preventing and suppressing fraud in the trade of agri-food products and agricultural inputs, and combats their irregular marketing.
The Ministerial Decree of 12 October 2000 establishes the criteria for collaboration between the Protection Consortia recognised by the Ministry and the ICQRF (ministerial department for fraud repression and quality control).
Made in Quality is the inspection body authorized by the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies to carry out inspections for Genoese Basil DOP, coordinated by Unioncamere Liguria.
The Control Plan filed by Made in Quality with the Ministry guarantees the origin and quality of Genoese basil. It is structured according to the provisions of the production regulations and includes a series of requirements that must be followed by operators registered with the “Genoese Basil” DOP label.
The Certification Body meets the requirements and is authorized to operate in accordance with the UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17065 Standard: Requirements for bodies that certify products, processes and services.