On Monday 23 February, the EU Council will adopt the regulation providing for measures to support the European wine sector, following the green light from the European Parliament (see EUROPE 13805/9).
Member States will be able to support actions such as grubbing up surplus vines.
In a statement entered in the Council minutes, the Commission undertakes to present, in 2026, to the relevant expert group or committee:
- a draft implementing act amending Regulation (EU) 2018/274 related to the possibility to extend the application of the simplified procedure for granting replanting authorisations;
- a draft amendment to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33, to define the Union system for identification on the package or the label of grapevine products of the electronic means;
- a draft amendment to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 to include, in the definition of ‘coupage’ (blending), the possibility to blend dealcoholised or partially dealcoholised wines with still wines to produce partially dealcoholised wines;
- a draft delegated act laying down the conditions for the grubbing up of abandoned vineyards.
The text will then be published in the Official Journal of the EU. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)