Agriculture committee takes cautious approach to reforming the wine sector

Cautious, carefully-managed reform is needed to restore the vitality of the EU wine sector, says a report adopted by the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament on the 24 January 2007. It recommends retaining distillation measures for now, empowering Member States to restrict grubbing-up of vines, and liberalising planting rights only gradually. It also advocates strict labelling rules and maintaining current regulations on acceptable winemaking practices.

European Commission: DG Agriculture and Rural Development: Wine sector: Reform of the wine sector http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/capreform/wine/index_en.htm

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