Ventismar Union Parliament Bill
Cultural and Inter-regional Protection Bill (CIP)
A bill to protect valued goods and traditions in regions across the Ventismarian Union in order to preserve the cultural heritage and source of said goods.
Protected Goods
- Defines goods as any item or tradition that is at the heart of a community and historically and currently has a presence in the local communities
- Protected goods are only able to be sourced from the originating region in which that good was founded. Examples include: Pure Mapledrin Maple Syrup
- Local governments are tasked with the protection and preservation of the good(s) and are responsible for their existence
Production of Protected Goods Outside Originating Regions
- Protected goods may not be produced out of designated regions. *Note that this bill only protects the brand name not the physical good.
- The same time of good may still be produced however, use of the specific regional brand is prohibited unless given special permission by both the national government and the local government
Enforcement of Protected and Penalties
- The Ventismarian Union, national governments and local governments are given the power and responsibility to enforce protections put into place by this parliament and provided by this bill
- Penalties can range from financial compensation to a temporary ban of the production of the protected goods
- Financial compensation is to be set by the national government and agreed upon by the local government in charge of the protected good in question
Designating a Protected Good
- Designating a good can be done by anyone with a civil servant referee and clarification of a genuine protection referral.
- The application for a protected good should fall upon the local government to accept or reject the proposal
- Should a proposal be accepted, it falls upon a relevant national agency for that good to be ratified and enforced nationally *For example,
should the proposal request a food good be protected then it should fall upon the national food standards agency to be ratified
Signed,
Anthony Hubris,
Democracy Party, VCA