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PRESS RELEASE | CAP reform: EU wine appellations welcome the political compromise

Brussels, 25 June 2021 – EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, welcomes the political compromise reached by the European institutions on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during this week’s “super” trialogue. Major improvements for the development of...

PRESS RELEASE | Airbus-Boeing dispute – EFOW applauds the tariff moratorium agreed today by Presidents Biden and von der Leyen

Brussels, 5 March 2021. EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu),  welcomes the announcement by President von der Leyen, and the USTR office to suspend for an initial period of four months the retaliatory tariffs affecting the EU wine sector while seeking a definitive solution to...

PRESS RELEASE | Airbus-Boeing dispute – EFOW supports the European Parliament call for a moratorium on sanctions on both sides of the Atlantic

Brussels, 20 January 2021. EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu), welcomes the letter sent by Mr Norbert Lins, the Chairman of the AGRI Committee of the European Parliament, on behalf of all his colleagues to Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade, Mr. Valdis...

PRESS RELEASE | EU GIs welcome the European Commission’s initiatives to strengthen the EU Geographical Indication system

EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, and oriGIn EU, the European antenna of the global alliance of geographical Indications (GIs), take the initiative to reiterate their appreciation for the recent initiatives taken by the European Commission to reinforce the EU GI system and call on EU...

PRESS RELEASE | CAP Reform: EFOW welcomes the mandates of the European Parliament and the Council

EFOW welcomes the positive results for wine appellations of the vote in the European Parliament and the negotiations in the Council on the CAP reform. EFOW members hope that the trilogues will lead to an ambitious CAP for the sector...

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...

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...

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...