World Food Policy
Table 1: Comparison between the GI systems in Southeast Asia
Thailand Vietnam Cambodia Lao PDR
Year of IP
Law 2003 2005 2009 2011
Competent
authority MoC
DIP MoST
NOIP MoC
DIP MoST
DIP
GI applicant Private entity,
group of
producers,
public
authorities Local public
authorities
(can delegate to
the producers,
collective
organizations) Association Association
External
control Certification
bodies
or public
authorities—
operational Public
authorities
(Little
operational) Certification
bodies
(operational) Certification
bodies (not
operational)
National
Standardization
Council
(member of
IAF) Bureau of
Accreditation
(member of
IAF) Department of
Accreditation
(not a member
of IAF) National
Accreditation
Board (not
operational,
not a member
of IAF)
2+2 -
Accreditation
body
GI national
logo
N° of
registered GIs
In process
76+14
52+6
Source: Authors’ survey.
Discussion
are not yet fully operational, we con-
sider that several options are still open
1.6 Choosing the “right”
for drafting a credible certification sys-
certification model
tem that is not prohibitively costly for
xisting laws and regulations in the producers and remains manageable
Southeast Asia already provide by local institutions. As certification is
for a GI control system. As they costly, to be sustainable it must be off-
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