The
official launch of the Charter and the signing ceremony
The European Charter for
Mountain Quality Food Products was launched on Wednesday 7 December
2005 under the protection of Joseph DAUL ,
Chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee of the European
Parliament and in presence of Jacques BARROT
, Commissioner for Transport and Vice-President of European Commission.
The Charter was signed by 54 governments,
regions, organisations or MEPs from 11 countries
( list of the
signatories ). Among the
signatories presents at the European Parliament were: the Secretary of State of
the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development of Norway, the
Secretary of State of the Ministry of Agriculture of Romania and the
representative of the Cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture from France.
Prominent MEPs led by Catherine GUY-QUINT , Vice-President of AEM, also signed
the Charter along with the producers representatives COPA and COGECA (List of participants ).
Launch of the Charter:
programme and speeches
Frank GASKELL, President of Euromontana (in EN)
Jean-Louis CAZAUBON, member of Euromontana Board, in charge of the launch of the Charter (in FR)
Jacques BARROT, European Commissioner for Transport, Vice President of the European Commission (in FR)
Catherine GUY QUINT, Vice President of AEM (in FR)
Opening session of the signing ceremony
Joseph DAUL, President of the Commission for Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Parliament (in FR)
Nikiforos SIVENAS, DG Agriculture, Director of Horizontal aspects of Rural Development (in FR)
Inge BARTNES, Secretary of State, Ministry of Local
Government and RegionalDevelopment- Norway (in
EN)
Danut APETREI, Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development- Romania (in
EN)
Daniel METAYER, Member of the Cabinet, Ministry of
Agriculture – France (in FR)
Donal CASHMAN, COPA-COGECA, newly elected President of COGECA (in EN)
Lambert Van NISTELROOIJ, President of ARFE, Member of the European Parliament (in EN)
Documents:
Download the newsletter dedicated to the
launch
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Amélie VERNOUX