EU-Mercosur Agreement: 57 Italian Protected Geographical Indication products protected with safeguard clauses
'Ban on imitation' of more than 340 traditional European food products: 'This is,' explains the Farnesina, 'the largest number of geographical indications ever protected in an EU agreement'
by Lorenzo Pace
Key points
For Italy's yes, which was decisive for the passage of the free trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur (the South American bloc comprising Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay),"strengthened guarantees and safeguard clauses were required to protect certain sensitive sectors of the agri-food industry".
It was government representatives, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who said this after the doubts brought to the European Council on 18 and 19 December. And now the Farnesina underlines it, a few hours after the green light from the EU countries' ambassadors in Brussels. The signing is expected on 17 January in Paraguay.
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What the agreement provides for
The agreement provides for the elimination or reduction of tariffs on products and services that account for more than 90% of European exports, including sectors in which Italian offensive trade interests are concentrated, such as automotive, industrial machinery, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
Prohibition of imitating more than 340 EU products
One of the points of the agreement focuses on the 'ban on imitation' of more than 340 traditional EU food products recognised as geographical indications. "This is," the Farnesina explains, "the largest number of geographical indications ever protected in an EU agreement."
The list of protected Italian products
There are just under sixty protected Italian food products, ranging from dairy products to wines. The agreement provides for the protection of the following 57 Italian geographical indications: Balsamic Vinegar of Modena; Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena; Aprutino Pescarese; Asiago; Bresaola della Valtellina; Cantuccini Toscani / Cantucci Toscani; Culatello di Zibello; Fontina; Gorgonzola; Grana Padano; Mela Alto Adige; Sudtiroler Apfel; Mortadella Bologna; Mozzarella di Bufala Campana; Pancetta Piacentina; Parmigiano Reggiano; Pasta di Gragnano Pecorino Romano; Pomodoro S. Marzano dell'Agro Sarnese-Nocerino; Prosciutto di Parma; Prosciutto di San Daniele; Prosciutto Toscano; Provolone Valpadana; Italian Salamini alla cacciatora; Taleggio; Toscano; Zampone Modena; Asti; Barbaresco; Barbera d'Alba; Barbera d'Asti; Bardolino / Bardolino Superiore; Barolo; Brachetto d'Acqui / Acqui; Brunello di Montalcino; Campania; Chianti Chianti Classico; Conegliano; Prosecco Valdobbiadene; Prosecco; Dolcetto d'Alba; Emilia / dell'Emilia; Fiano di Avellino; Franciacorta; Greco di Tufo; Lambrusco di Sorbara; Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro; Marca Trevigiana; Marsala; Montepulciano d'Abruzzo; Prosecco; Sicilia; Soave; Toscana / Toscano; Valpolicella; Veneto; Vernaccia di San Gimignano; Vino Nobile di Montepulciano; Grappa.
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