They shall be presented in clear, legible and indelible characters of a large enough size — the words ‘Miel de Sapin des Vosges’ having the largest character size of all on the label — so as to stand out well against the space on which they are printed and to be clearly distinguished from all other written or graphic information.

In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to the risk to honeybees.

3. Calls on the Commission to consider, in the framework of the legislative proposal on agricultural quality policy, changing the rules on origin labelling of honey in order to avoid misleading information to consumers, especially in case of a blend of honeys originating from EU and non-EU countries;

3. Calls on the Commission to consider, in the framework of the legislative proposal on agricultural quality policy, changing the rules on origin labelling of honey in order to avoid misleading information to consumers, especially in case of a blend of honeys originating from EU and non-EU countries;

Whereas measures to promote the marketing of high-quality honey in the European Union and to prevent distortions of competition caused by honey imported from other countries are particularly important, and whereas the Directive on honey (COM(95)0722 - 94/0114(CNS)) proposed as part of the simplification of the vertical Directives on foodstuffs should therefore be adjusted accordingly;

Whereas bee-keeping is a sector linked to maintaining the important and fragile flora of the Aegean islands while at the same time providing the inhabitants with extra income; whereas, therefore, that traditional activity should be supported through the grant of an aid helping to reduce the high production costs; whereas that aid should be granted as part of the initiatives to improve the marketing conditions for honey to be carried out by associations of producers; whereas, in anticipation of such associations being set up, a limited amount of aid should be allocated to all honey producers for a restricted period;