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International Ark Commission Guidelines
Article 1
The selection and approval of products must be based on the following criteria:
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Products
must be of outstanding quality in terms of taste. ‘Taste
quality’, in this context, is defined in the context
of local traditions and uses.
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The
product must be linked to the memory and identity of a
group, and can be a vegetable species, variety, ecotype
or animal population that is well acclimatized over a
medium-long period in a specific territory (defined in
relation to the history of the territory). The primary
material of the foodstuff must be locally sourced unless
it comes from an area outside the region of production,
in which case it must be traditional to use materials
from that specific area. Any complementary materials used
in the production of the product (spices, condiments,
etc.) may be from any source, and their use must be part
of the traditional production process.
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Products
must be linked environmentally, socio-economically and
historically to a specific area.
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Products
must be produced in limited quantities, by farms or by
small-scale processing companies.
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Products
must be threatened with either real or potential extinction. |
Article
2
General rules for Governance of the Ark:
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GM products or GM-based products are forbidden.
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No product using a trademark or commercial name may be
introduced to the Ark.
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The use of the Slow Food logo, name and trademark (or
any variations thereof) is forbidden on Ark and Presidia
products and/or the packaging thereof.
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Ark
products must be produced in accordance with general Slow
Food campaigns and 'manifestos': for example the campaign
in Defense of Raw Milk, that against Transgenic Wine Production,
and that in favor of Sustainable Fishing.
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Article
3
The International Commission has the following responsabilities:
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Defining
the criteria and categories for the Ark.
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Defining
the general rules for the Ark.
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Verifying
compliance with the general rules by national Ark commissions.
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Supporting
the national commissions.
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Recognizing the national commissions and admitting new
members to the International Ark Commission.
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Assisting the creation of new national commissions in
countries where these are not yet present.
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Verifying products and admitting them to the Ark in countries
where there is not national Ark commission. |
Article
4
Eventual
changes in International Ark Commission Duties, and Criteria
need to be proposed by at least two members of the International
Commission, at which time they can be discussed and voted upon
in any meeting at which at least two-thirds of International
Ark Commission members are present.
Article
5
Commissioners
will be asked to leave the International Ark Commisssion in
the following cases:
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They
do not follow the International Ark Guidelines
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They
do not develop their National Commission (if they have
no current national commission)
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Given
due consideration of regional differences, they do not
complete the work of the National Commission, for example,
in the space of a year the country they represent submits
less than three Ark products that have been reviewed and
researched (up to the point that the National Ark is declared
'complete') or they are unable to show work completed
on the Presidia project in said time period.
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Are
no longer part of the International Slow Food Movement
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