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Geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products
On 24 October 2023, negotiators from the Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the Commission's proposal for a regulation on geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products. The text still has to be formally adopted by the Parliament and Council. The agreed text would bring together in a single legal document the provisions setting out the procedures for registering geographical indications (GIs) for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products that ...
Indications géographiques pour les vins, spiritueux et produits agricoles
Le 31 mars 2022, la Commission a proposé un règlement visant à établir, dans un acte unique, les règles régissant indications géographiques (IG) pour les vins, spiritueux et produits agricoles, qui relèvent actuellement de trois règlements différents. Au cours de la période de session de mai II, le Parlement prévoit d’examiner le rapport de la commission de l’agriculture et du développement rural (AGRI) et de se prononcer sur le mandat de négociation avec le Conseil.
Revising the EU geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products
This briefing provides an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the above-mentioned proposal, submitted on 31 March 2022 and referred to the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI). Geographical indications (GIs) are names that identify products having characteristics or reputation linked to their geographical origin and notably to the natural or human factors in that place of origin. GIs ...
CAP Amending Regulation (CMO): Amending regulations on the CMO for agricultural products, quality schemes and measures for remote regions
As part of the work on the EU's 2021-2027 budget, the European Commission proposed a set of regulations with the aim of reshaping and modernising the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP). Put forward on 1 June 2018, the 'CAP reform package' was finally adopted in December 2021. One of these regulations, the Amending Regulation, introduces changes to rules governing the common market organisation (CMO) in agricultural products (including the rules on wine), the EU quality schemes (geographical indications ...
CAP amending regulation (CMO)
The 'amending regulation' is part of a set of three legislative proposals presented by the European Commission with the aim of reshaping and modernising the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) for 2021 to 2027. It introduces changes to five regulations, including regarding the single common market organisation (CMO). Based on the work of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) during the previous legislative term, Parliament is expected to debate the framework ...
Excise duty on alcohol - Revision of Council Directive 92/83/EEC on the structures of excise duty applied to alcohol and alcoholic beverages
Council Directive 92/83/EEC harmonises the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages, as agreed in 1992 by the Member States. The directive establishes common definitions of alcoholic products that are subject to duty, as well as exemptions and common reduced rates, particularly for small producers of alcoholic beverages and home-brewers. The European Commission began evaluating whether the rules are still up to date and ensure a level playing-field among producers, as well as ...
La présente étude analyse les thèmes de la régulation du potentiel de production et de la suppression prévue du régime des droits de plantation à la lumière des contraintes définies par l'évolution de la PAC, de la situation actuelle du marché, du rôle sur le marché de différentes régions et de la complexité structurelle du secteur vitivinicole européen. L'étude analyse tout d'abord l'application du régime des droits de plantation dans l'Union européenne, puis examine les effets potentiels de la ...
This study is a contribution to the parliamentary debate in response to the proposal for reform of the common organisation of the market in wine initiated by the Commission. It provides a brief summary of the situation in the wine market in recent years in the 25 Member States of the European Union, assesses the shortcomings of the current CMO mechanisms, analyses the Commission's proposals and puts forward specific proposals for reform of the CMO.