Planting rights: the first proposals of the Commission
Facing the discontent of EU producers and under the pressure of wine producing Member States and the European Parliament, the Commission proposed at the third meeting of the High Level…
The High Level Group on planting rights confirms the disastrous consequences of the liberalisation
Brussels, 6 July 2012. The High Level Group (HLG) on planting rights met today in Brussels. It examined the consequences of the disappearance of the planting rights regime as from…
Planting rights: a European blog to inform, raise awareness and mobilise
Brussels, 27 June 2012. EFOW (European Federation of Origin Wines), with the help of a blogger passionate about wine, has launched a multilingual blog (English, French, Italian and Spanish) on…
Liberalisation of planting rights: the European Court of Auditors cautions the Commission
On 12 June the European Court of Auditors (ECA) held a press conference in Brussels to report on its opinion regarding EU major areas of spending in the wine sector…
Planting Rights : Meeting of the High Level Group Firmness and Vigilance are needed
Brussels, April 20, 2012 – Further to the position adopted by 15 Member States and the European Parliament, Commissioner CIOLOS announced on the occasion of Green Week in Berlin, in…
Planting rights: Commissioner Ciolos set up a High Level Group
The European Commissioner for agriculture Dacian Ciolos announced, on 19th January 2012, in Berlin, the setting-up of a High Level Group on the wine sector, and in particular the future…
Planting rights: Slovenia is against the liberalisation
Brussels, 10 February 2011. In a letter addressed to the President of the AREV, the Slovenian Minister announced that he joined the camp of Member States against the liberalization of…
Planting rights: Greece is against the liberalisation
Brussels, 30 November 2011. Today a 13th Member State has taken position against the liberalisation of planting rights, which will take place on January 1st 2016. To obtain the qualified…
Planting Rights : First Show of Strength in Brussels
On March 19th, 9 Agriculture Ministers and more than 350 members of the national and European Parliament and of the wine sector met at the European Parliament in Brussels to…
The CAP reform enacts liberalisation of planting rights
Brussels, 12 October 2011. The European Commission published today its legislative proposal on the reform of the CAP post-2014. The text includes the disappearance of the planting rights regime for…