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EFOW’s Seminar | Opportunities and challenges for Geographical Indication wines in the online market

Hosted by Paolo De Castro MEP and Herbert Dorfmann MEP Tuesday 4 December 2018, 10h30-12h30 | European Parliament – room ASP 3H1 Welcome address by Herbert Dorfmann MEP Brief Introduction by EFOW’s President, Mr. Bernard Farges...

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EFOW takes position in the public consultation on the revision of the Geographical Indications schemes

Brussels, 09 April 2021 – EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, has taken part to the EC public consultation on the revision of the Geographical Indications (GI) schemes. EFOW calls on the European Commission to build upon the compromises emerging from the ongoing CAP reform and to refrain from creating a Single Regulation and...

CAP Supertrilogue: EFOW welcomes major breakthroughs for wine appellations

Brussels, 29 March 2021 – During the supertrilogue – in the framework of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – the co-legislators secured key points for wine appellations. EFOW’s members, the European Federation of Origin Wines, warmly welcome these major developments and hope that the reform will be finalised swiftly. During the supertrilogue...

Open letter to the EU institutions on vine planting authorisations

Recipients: The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Janusz Wojciechowski The Presidency of the Portuguese Council, Minister for Agriculture Maria do Céu Antunes The rapporteur on the Common Organisation of the Markets, Mr Eric Andrieu, Member of the European Parliament   Brussels, 26 January 2021 Dear Madam, dear Sirs,   EFOW – the European Federation of Origin Wines...

2019 European Elections | ORIGIN WINE MANIFESTO

Wine is one of Europe agriculture’s success stories | The European Parliament has played a decisive role in supporting the development of the wine sector | Quality (GI) wine producers need the support of the future European Parliament...

EFOW’s Seminar | Opportunities and challenges for Geographical Indication wines in the online market

Hosted by Paolo De Castro MEP and Herbert Dorfmann MEP Tuesday 4 December 2018, 10h30-12h30 | European Parliament – room ASP 3H1 Welcome address by Herbert Dorfmann MEP Brief Introduction by EFOW’s President, Mr. Bernard Farges...

The challenges of the CAP reform for GI wines | Interview with Bernard Farges, President of EFOW

The European Commission published its legislative proposal on 1 June, work in the Council is ongoing and the European Parliament’s AGRI Committee is expected to present its draft reports on this subject on 21 November. What are EFOW’s priorities? The wine sector, and more particularly Geographical Indication (GI) wines, is doing relatively well and remains...

CAP post-2020 | EFOW is satisfied with the proposals on quality policy, cautious about planting authorisations and wine programmes & against granting the term wine to alcohol-free products

Following the publication of the European Commission proposals on a CAP reform, EFOW is positioning itself on the major challenges for the future of wine appellations...

EFOW welcomes the adoption of the Omnibus Regulation

Brussels, Tuesday 12 December 2017. The European Parliament and the AGRI-FISH Council of Ministers have today ratified the agricultural part of the Omnibus Regulation. EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, warmly welcomes this adoption. The agricultural component of the Omnibus Regulation introduces new, very positive provisions for the wine sector, particularly for wine appellations...

First G7 of Geographical Indications: EFOW joins the call to Governments to do more to fight all kind of usurpations

Brussels, 11 October 2017. EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu), took part to the first G7 of Geographical Indications (GI) which took place in Bergamo (Italy) on 11 October 2017. In presence of the Italian Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Martina, host of the G7 Agriculture meeting which will be held on 14 and...

Press Release

PRESS RELEASE | CAP reform: EFOW calls on wine-producing Member States to extend the vine planting authorisations scheme

Brussels, 15 September 2020 EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, which brings together the Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese wine appellations, launched a solemn appeal to the Ministers of Agriculture of the major wine-producing countries to unite to safeguard the vine planting authorisation mechanism. EFOW members call on them to build a common platform on this issue...

PRESS RELEASE | Wine appellations and COVID-19 – EFOW’s Presidents take stock of the crisis and the measures implemented at the European level

EFOW's presidents welcome the important flexibilities that have been introduced for the wine sector at the national and European levels but consider that the crisis is far from over...

PRESS RELEASE | New Wine Delegated Act: EFOW will continue to be active and vigilant

Commissioner Wojciechowski announced during the June 9th meeting with the political coordinators of the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee (AGRI Committee) and the rapporteur on the CMO Delegated Acts, the preparation of a new Delegated Act before the summer on condition that the AGRI Committee withdraws its objection to the Delegated Act based on article 219 it is currently scrutinising...

PRESS RELEASE | COVID-19: wine appellations call for urgent regulatory and market measures to deal with the crisis

EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, has written to Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski to explain the dramatic situation wine appellations are facing following the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. EFOW's members are urging the European Commission to act swiftly through concrete regulatory and market measures to help operators navigate these troubled waters...

PRESS RELEASE | EFOW hails the renewal of the Wine Intergroup

EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, welcomes the support by the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament for the establishment of a Wine, Quality foodstuffs and Spirits Intergroup...

PRESS RELEASE | EFOW calls for rapid and concrete responses to thwart US taxes

Brussels, 28 November 2019. EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu), welcomes the willingness of European authorities to help European producers who are facing an increase in US taxes following the Airbus case. It also calls the Member States concerned to put in place effective support measures without further delay. EFOW welcomes the adoption...

PRESS RELEASE | European Wine appellations gathered in Brussels defend their tools and specificity

During an EFOW event sponsored by MEPs Mr. Dacian Cioloş (President Renew Europe), Mrs. Anne Sander (Quaestor, EPP) and Mr. Paolo De Castro (AGRI Coordinator, S&D), numerous European wine appellations called for the adoption of an ambitious CAP reform to strengthen the wine appellations which are the backbone of European viticulture...

PRESS RELEASE | Online wine sales: an opportunity and many challenges for GI wines

Brussels, 4 December 2018 EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, organised with the sponsorship of MEPs Paolo De Castro and Herbert Dorfmann a seminar at the European Parliament on the opportunities and challenges facing GI wines in the digital age. In the presence of many professionals, officials and MEPs, the debate highlighted the obstacles that...

PRESS RELEASE | EFOW calls for the continued use of copper in viticulture, notably for the organic sector

Brussels, 22 May 2018 The use of copper compounds as a phytosanitary substance is currently being re-evaluated at the EU level. Sometime in June, the European Commission will make a proposal on the renewal or the prohibition of its homologation for the next 7 years; this proposal will be submitted to the vote of the...

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