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DRAFT 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

AGRI-PR-774316

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

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The draft report amends the Commission proposal on EU wine market rules and support, covering crisis measures, labelling, and promotion. It adds voluntary grubbing-up and distillation as crisis measures, extends promotion duration, harmonises electronic labelling, and increases EU co-financing rates. It also introduces rules on replanting authorisations, low-alcohol terms, and budget flexibility for wine support.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes amendments to the Commission proposal, adding crisis measures, extending promotion, harmonising labelling, and increasing EU co-financing rates.

Key points

  1. Member States may extend planting authorisations by up to 12 months in force majeure cases.
  2. Replanting authorisations are valid for eight years from the end of the wine year; unused ones incur no penalty.
  3. Member States may limit new plantings to 0% in certain regions and require authorisations for PDO/PGI wines only.
  4. Operators who grubbed up in the previous year cannot apply for new planting authorisations for five years.
  5. The term 'low-alcohol' replaces 'alcohol-light' for wines with at least 30% less alcohol.
  6. Electronic labels must use the ISO 7001 PI PF 001 symbol near the energy value; old labels can be used until stocks run out.
  7. Wine exports are exempt from certain labelling particulars, following third-country rules.
  8. Crisis measures include green harvesting, grubbing-up, and distillation, with no double funding for the same hectares.
  9. Promotion operations can last up to five years, extendable by five more, and may target distinct markets within a third country.
  10. EU co-financing can reach 80% for restructuring and conversion for climate goals, and 80% for promotion, up from 50%.
  11. Support for actions against flavescence dorée can reach 100% of eligible costs.
  12. Unused wine sector funds may be carried over to the next year for crisis measures, with Commission approval.

Who is affected

  • Wine producers and Member States: new rules on planting authorisations, crisis measures, and labelling.
  • Producers of aromatised wine products: electronic labelling and presentation rules apply.
  • Exporters of wine: exempt from certain labelling requirements in third countries.

Figures and deadlines

  • 80% maximum EU financial assistance for investments and restructuring for climate objectives.
  • Five years maximum duration for promotion operations, extendable by five more.
  • 0.5% by volume threshold for 'low-alcohol' term.
  • 30% minimum reduction in alcohol strength for 'low-alcohol'.
  • 100% EU financial assistance for flavescence dorée actions.
  • 80% EU financial assistance for promotion, up from 50%.
  • Three-year period for ineligibility for productivity support after crisis measures.
  • Five-year period for no new planting authorisations after grubbing-up.

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