Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 665/2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No. 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to conditions of use of the optional quality term ‘mountain product’.

Country/Territory: European Union
Document type: Legislation
Date: 2014
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Official Journal of the European Union L 179, 19 June 2014, pp. 23-25.

Subject: Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword: Mountain area Agricultural commodities Certification Internal trade Consumer protection Grazing Pastoralism
Geographical area: European Union Countries
Entry into force notes: The Regulation enters into force on 26 June 2014.

Abstract: This Regulation specifies the conditions under which the term “mountain product” may be applied to products produced by animals in mountain areas. The term may be applied to products made from animals that are reared for at least the last two thirds of their life in those mountain areas, if the products are processed in such areas. Further the Regulation specifies the conditions under which the term “mountain products” may be used for products of beekeeping and products of animal origin.
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References - Legislation

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Legislation | European Union | 2012

Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Mountain area, Certification, Internal trade, Consumer protection, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX