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REPORT (COM(2025)0137 – C100058/2025 – 2025/0071(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) No 251/2014 as regards certain market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products

A-10-2025-0220

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development · Rapporteur: Esther Herranz García

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amending EU wine market rules and support measures. It adjusts rules on planting authorisations, labelling of de-alcoholised wines, crisis measures, and support for the wine sector.

Committee position. The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development proposes to amend the Commission proposal, introducing changes to planting authorisations, labelling, crisis measures, and support rates, as detailed in the amendments.

Key points

  1. Allows winegrowers with unused planting authorisations granted before 1 January 2025 to waive them without penalty if they inform authorities by 31 December 2026.
  2. Lets Member States limit new planting authorisations at regional level, down to 0%, for areas with oversupply or where crisis measures were implemented, and prioritise plantings in regions with land unsuitable for other crops.
  3. Allows Member States to set replanting rules to manage territorial distribution, avoid relocation to imbalanced regions, and prevent excessive yield increases, with exceptions for heroic vineyards.
  4. Permits planting of Vitis Labrusca and crosses with Vitis vinifera for wine production, and requires classification rules to include previously excluded varieties.
  5. Harmonises terms for reduced-alcohol wines: 'alcohol-free' for ≤0.5% vol, '0,0%' for ≤0.05% vol, and 'reduced alcohol' for ≥30% below minimum strength.
  6. Allows production of de-alcoholised sparkling wines from still wines via second fermentation or CO2 addition, and permits blending of de-alcoholised wines.
  7. Requires electronic labelling of ingredients and nutrition to use ISO 7001 PI PF 001 symbol, and exempts export-only wines from these labelling requirements.
  8. Extends maximum duration of promotion operations in third countries to five years, renewable for further five-year periods, and allows targeting distinct markets.
  9. Adds voluntary crisis measures (green harvesting, grubbing up, distillation) to sectoral interventions, with EU co-financing up to 100% for grubbing up and disease prevention.
  10. Allows Member States to require destruction of vines in abandoned vineyards for health and safety reasons, with automatic destruction at owner's expense if not complied.
  11. Extends support for wine tourism to interbranch organisations, professional organisations, and producer groups, and encourages investment in tourism infrastructure.
  12. Increases maximum Union financial assistance for investments and restructuring for climate objectives to 80%, and for promotion to 80% of eligible expenditure.

Who is affected

  • Winegrowers and producers holding planting authorisations, who may waive them without penalty or face restrictions on new plantings after grubbing up.
  • Wine producers and exporters, who must comply with new labelling rules for de-alcoholised wines and electronic labelling, with exemptions for export-only products.
  • Member States, which gain flexibility to limit plantings, set replanting conditions, adopt crisis measures, and require destruction of abandoned vineyards.
  • Interbranch organisations, producer organisations, and producer groups, which may be involved in marketing rules, price guidance, and receive support for wine tourism and disease prevention.
  • Owners or tenants of abandoned vineyards, who may be required to destroy vines before 1 May each year or face automatic destruction at their expense.

Figures and deadlines

  • 0,5% by volume for 'alcohol-free' and 0,05% for '0,0%' terms.
  • 30% below minimum alcoholic strength for 'reduced alcohol' term.
  • 31 December 2026 deadline for waiving authorisations granted before 1 January 2025.
  • Three years validity for new planting authorisations, extendable by up to twelve months in force majeure.
  • Eight years validity for replanting authorisations, expiring on 31 July of the last year.
  • Five years maximum duration for promotion operations, extendable every five years.
  • 80% maximum Union financial assistance for investments and restructuring for climate objectives, and for promotion.
  • 100% Union financial assistance for permanent grubbing up and for disease prevention actions.

Legal basis: Article 294(2), Article 42, first subparagraph, and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union