The importance of place: Geographical indications as a tool for local and regional development
The importance of place: Geographical indications as a tool for local and regional development
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地方的重要性：地理标志作为地方和区域发展的工具
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-319-53073-4
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发表时间：
2017
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J. Cleary
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作者：
W. V. Caenegem;J. Cleary
地理标志的保护在全世界范围内都是一个日益重要的问题，因为它为当地生产商提供了一种在市场上区分其产品并逃避价格竞争的工具。在欧盟，地理标志的法律保护可以追溯到 1992 年，旨在防止市场上品牌名称的误用和滥用，促进生产者之间的公平竞争，向消费者提供透明和完整的信息，并支持农村发展动态，特别是在边缘地区。本章在描述地理标志保护可能对经济、社会和环境领域产生的多方面影响后，将分析托斯卡纳（意大利）索拉纳豆 PGI 的案例研究。该案件与一个非常小的生产系统有关，其中一些小农场正在使用受保护的地理标志来销售其产品。案例表明，欧盟给予的保护除了支持农民收入外，还对该地区产生了重要的经济和社会影响，从而支持了边缘地区的农村发展。
The protection of Geographical Indications is an issue of growing importance all over the world, as it offers local producers a tool to differentiate their products on the market and escape price competition. In the European Union the legal protection of Geographical Indications dates back to 1992, and aims at both preventing misuses and abuses of brand names on the market fostering fair competition among producers and transparent and complete information to consumers, and supporting rural development dynamics, especially in marginal areas. In this chapter, after describing the many and multifaceted effects the protection of the Geographical Indications may exert on the economic, social, and environmental spheres, the case study of the Sorana Bean PGI in Tuscany (Italy) will be analyzed. The case is related to a very small production system, where a few small farms are using the protected Geographical Indication to market their product. The case shows that the protection granted by the European Union, besides supporting farmers’ income, exerts important economic and social effects on the territory, thus supporting rural development in a marginal area.