SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

EU Member States accept extension of planting authorisation for vines until 2045

Brussels, 08/02/2021 (Agence Europe)

The Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council was able to note on Monday 8 February that a majority of countries within the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) accepted the extension of the planting authorisation scheme for vines until 2045.

This compromise had been suggested by the European Parliament during the last trilogue on the Regulation of the Common Market Organisation (CMO), one of the components of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Initially, the EU Council had...