login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9217
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/winemaking

Commission proposes radical reform of wine market, grubbing-up vinyeards and scrapping market management measures

Brussels, 22/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 22 June, the European Commission published a report recommending a drastic and profound reform of the common organisation of the wine market in the EU. In order to make EU wine producers more competitive, it suggests measures to encourage the grubbing up (uprooting) of 400,000 hectares (ha) of vineyards over five years and scrapping all market management measures, including distilling wine. The Commission will unveil new legislation at the beginning...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS