European protection of agricultural products and foodstuffs in the new EU member countries. The example of collaboration between France and Slovenia

anglais. The objective of this article is to present the main results of an advising and assisting program, which took place in years 2001 until 2003, and which involved the Slovenian ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food and two French institutions, French Agency for Standardization and National Institute for Designations of Origin. Authors report their experience in implementation of a system for the registration and certification of special agricultural products and foodstuffs in the Republic of Slovenia, in accordance with the quality policy and legislation of the European union (Council Regulations 2081/92 and 2082/92). They highlight the key success factors for an efficient implementation of the registration system for the special agricultural products and foodstuffs in the new EU members.

slovène. V članku so predstavljeni glavni rezultati programa Phare, ki je potekal v letih 2001 do 2003 med slovenskim Ministrstvom za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano ter dvema francoskima institucijama, in sicer Agencijo za standardizacijo in inštitutom INAO (nacionalni inštitut za poimenovanja porekla). Avtorji poročajo o izkušnjah pri implementaciji sistema registracije in certifi kacije posebnih kmetijskih proizvodov in živil v Republiki Sloveniji skladno s politiko kakovosti in zakonodajo Evropske unije (Uredba Sveta 2081/92 in 2082/92). Posebej so poudarjeni ključni dejavniki za učinkovito implementacijo sistema zaščite posebnih kmetijskih proizvodov in živil ter uspešnost tovrstne zaščite v novih članicah Evropske unije.