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| Galtier, F.; Belletti, Giovanni; Marescotti, Andrea. |
| The commodity nature of green coffee is the main cause of “the coffee paradox” (decreasing prices at production level and rising prices at consumption level). So, a requirement to reach a less unfair distribution of the added value between the supply chain would be to “decommodify” the coffee market not only at the final consumer level, but also at the production level. Certifications (like Fair Trade, Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Utz Kapeh, or Birdfriend) are often presented as a way to reach this result, but according to some authors these schemes seem to be rather an extension of the standardization wave to new quality attributes (linked to social and/or environmental characteristics of the production process). Geographical indications (GIs) seems to... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Coffee; Geographical Indications; Collective action; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43834 |
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| Charlier, Christophe; Ngo, Mai-Anh. |
| Several recent cases judged by the Court of Justice of the European Communities have raised interesting issues on the possibility for operators of food chains to use national quality signs indicating a territory of origin, different from the European regulatory ones (Protected Geographical Indications). These various attempts from France, Germany and Belgium were all condemned as protectionist policies contradicting the free movement of goods between Member States in the European Market. However, the condemned national policies can be seen as defending the viability of specific kinds of activities (of small enterprises) in specific places (rural areas). These cases as a consequence, form a good illustration of the difficulty that a government faces while... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Free Movement of Goods; Geographical Indications; Collective Trademarks; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44316 |
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