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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu) would like to thank the European Commission for the establishment of the High-Level Group (HLG) on wine and for its collaborative approach to addressing challenges in the wine sector...
EFOW, the Brussels-based organisation representing Geographical Indication (GI) wines, has taken part in the European Commission’s public consultation on the list of products that could be subject to retaliatory measures in response to US tariffs on steel and aluminium...
EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, warmly welcomes the renewal of the Wine, Spirits, and Quality Foodstuff Intergroup. ...
EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu) would like to thank the European Commission for the establishment of the High-Level Group (HLG) on wine and for its collaborative approach to addressing challenges in the wine sector...
Brussels, 11 September 2024 - EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, the organisation representing Geographical Indication (GI) wines, presented its' proposals for a more competitive and resilient wine sector during the first meeting of the High-Level Group on Wine Policy set up by the European Commission...
Brussels, 20 March 2024 - During the last Wine Intergroup meeting of the current legislature, EFOW - the European Federation of Origin Wine - represented by its' Vice-President and Treasurer Mr. Maxime Toubart, presented its Manifesto for the June European elections. The Wine Intergroup meeting in the European Parliament took stock of the 2019-2024 legislature and set the stage for the next term.
During the meeting, EFOW regretted that the von...
Brussels, 28 February 2024 – EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu), the Brussels-based organisation promoting and defending Geographical Indication (GI) wines, welcomes today’s vote in the European Parliament’s Plenary on the revision of the EU’s Geographical Indication policy. EFOW supports the political agreement reached on 24 October and invites the Council of Ministers...
EFOW (the European Federation of Origin Wines) and DWV (the German Winegrowers' Association) together with MEPs Paolo De Castro (S&D), Alvaro Amaro (EPP), Irène Tolleret (RE), Adrian Vazquez Lazara (RE) and Claude Gruffat (Greens) organised a seminar in Strasbourg to exchange on the revision of Geographical Indications (GI). On that occasion, Arcadia International experts presented to participants EFOW and DWV's study on sustainability in wine appellations...
On 22 September 2021 the European Commission published for opposition in the EU Official Journal the application for protection of the Traditional Term "Prošek". The European Federation of Origin Wines (EFOW - www.efow.eu) - is preoccupied to see that the European Commission (EC) has decided to go forward with the publication for opposition of this application...
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 wine appellations have been secured. For the last 3 years, EFOW and its members have been actively working on the...