Review of Geographical Indications schemes in South East Europe

Kovačević, Vlado and Sibinovska, Sonja and Hoti, Veli (2021) Review of Geographical Indications schemes in South East Europe. In: X International Symposium on Agricultural Sciences "AgroReS 2021". University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, pp. 169-182. ISBN 978-99938-93-54-7

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the situation in the field of foodstuff geographical indications (GI) in South and Eastern Europe (SEE), the state of play related to the harmonization of the geographical indication with the EU acquis and to draw recommendations for future development of the geographical indication in South and Eastern Europe. Despite the large number of traditional products, suitable agroecological condition for production, this potential is not used so far. For small farms which is dominating in SEE, path for improved competitiveness is not in the production of high-yield production of average quality products, but rather in the added value products such as a GIs. The methodology used in this paper is mainly descriptive statistical and comparative analyse. According to the results of this paper, the main reasons for the underdevelopment of GIs in SEE are: in the unharmonized legal framework of most countries/territory with the EU, poorly developed system of producer organizations, lack of flexible registration environment for small processing capacities, lack of systemic GI support measures etc. The analysis showed that all countries/territory have established a legal framework related to GIs, but with the exception of Montenegro, these laws are not fully harmonized with the EU. The analysis showed that due to the poor visibility of these products, producers and consumers do not benefit much from previous GIs registered products. There is no single product from SEE registered in the EU. Recommendations for further development of GIs in SEE include: full harmonization of legislation with the EU, introduction and support for the development of producer’s organizations, introduction of flexible conditions for registration of small processing capacities, system support for GI producers and processors, support for registration of national GIs at EU level.

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