1. ITALIAN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK REFERENCE RULES
AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL WELFARE
APE – ITIS PINIFARINA

2. The institutional framework essentially follows the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards, which in Italy is ruled by the UNI (Ente Nazionale di Unificazione- Unifying National Body). In the field of agriculture the standards listed below are of importance:
Theme
Standard
HACCP
UNI 10854:1999 – Agricultural enterprise – Guidelines for the realisation of a system of self control based on the method HACCP
Management of quality
UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 – Systems of quality management – Requirements
Traceability of the supply chain
UNI 10939:2001 – Traceability systems of food products in the supply chain – General principles of project elaboration and realisation
ISO/DIS Traceability in the feed and food chain -- General principles and basic requirements for system design and implementation
Firm traceability
UNI 11020:2002 – System of traceability for agricultural enterprises – Principles and requirements for realisation
Management of food safety
UNI EN ISO 22000:2005 – Management systems of food safety – Requirements of any organisation active in food supply chains
Management of environment
UNI EN ISO 14001:2004 – Systems of management of environment - Requirements and guidelines
Environmental product declaration (EPD)
Standard of methods:
Series ISO 14020, and in particular
ISO/TR – Labels and environmental declarations of type III
(ISO/FDIS Environmental labels and declarations - Type III environmental declaration - Principles and procedures)
and series ISO (evaluation of life cycle)
standards of merit:“PCR – Product Category Rules”

3. Public administrations have promoted product specifications for food products where they identify collective needs, which are not necessarily fulfilled by mandatory measures and regulations and where private initiatives are insufficient. These public initiatives can be either at national or at regional level and in many cases exploit the opportunities of EU regulation, such as regulation 1760/2000 on labelling of meat products.
The following slide contains the list of these regulations

4. These public initiatives can be either at national or at regional level and in many cases exploit the opportunities of EU regulation, such as regulation 1760/2000 on labelling of meat products. In the scheme below a list is provided with these initiatives.
Administrative level
Legal framework
Organic products
European
Regulation (CE) N. 2092/2006 Council of 24 June 1991
Traditionally Guaranteed Specialities
Regulation (CE) N. 509/2006 Council of 20 March 2006
Protected Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of Origin
Regulation (CE) N. 510/2006 Council 20 marzo 2006 (ex Reg. 2081/92)
Labelling of bovine meat
Regulation (CE) N. 1760/2000 of European Parliament and Council of 17 July 2000 E
Regulation (CE) N. 1825/2000 of Commission of 25 august 2000
Eggs
Regulation (CE) N. 2295/2003 of Commission of 23 december 2003
Labelling of poultry meat
Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies
Decree 29 July Voluntary labelling of poultry products
Environmental Management (Emas)
Regulation (CE) N. 761/2001 of European Parliament and Council of 19 March 2001 concerning the voluntary adhesion to a community system of ecomanagement and audit (EMAS)
Modified by :
Regulation (CE) N. 196/2006 of Commission of 3 February 2006 which teakes into account the EU standard EN ISO 14001:2004
Ecological quality label (Ecolabel)
Regulation (CE) N. 1980/2000 of European Parliament and Council of 17 July 2000 concerning a label of ecoological quality
Traditional products
National
Decree 30 april 1998, n. 173 e ministerial decreee 8 september 1999, n. 350 (traditional products)

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