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of the European Union L series
2026/471 26.2.2026
REGULATION (EU) 2026/471 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 24 February 2026
amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 251/2014 and (EU) 2021/2115 as regards certain
market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products and
Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 as regards certain labelling rules for spirit drinks
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 42, first paragraph,
Article 43(2) and Article 118, first paragraph, thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions(2),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure(3),
Whereas:
(1) While the Union remains the global leader in wine production, consumption and exported value, societal and
demographic changes are having an impact on the amount, quality, and types of wine consumed. Wine consumption
in the Union is at its lowest level in three decades while traditional export markets for Union wines are adversely
affected by a combination of decreasing consumption trends and geopolitical factors, leading to more uncertain
export patterns. In addition, given the wine sector’s vulnerability to climate change, wine production is becoming
unpredictable. The resulting oversupply leads to a decrease in prices, meaning that winegrowers have less income to
invest in their businesses and lower financial reserves for them to fall back on if one of the more frequent and often
localised severe weather events hits their region.
(2) The High-Level Group on Wine Policy (‘HLG’) was established to discuss those challenges and to identify possible
opportunities for the Union wine sector. It reflected on how to better support a sector that is currently facing
structural challenges, for example by managing the production potential, enhancing competitiveness and exploring
new market opportunities. After four meetings, the HLG endorsed ‘policy recommendations for the future of the EU
wine sector’.
(3) In order to provide the best possible support to wine producers facing such challenges, it is appropriate to reflect the
most urgent recommendations of the HLG in the legal framework applicable to wines and aromatised wine
products.
(1) OJ C, C/2025/5161, 28.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5161/oj.
(2) OJ C, C/2025/4418, 29.8.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4418/oj.
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 10 February 2026 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of
16 February 2026.
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(4) In the wine sector, the relationship between production supply, consumer demand and exports on the world market
is currently unstable, resulting in serious market disturbances. In addition, there is a trend towards a continued
decrease in wine consumption in the Union due to changes in consumer habits and lifestyle. The existing scheme of
authorisations for vine plantings is considered essential to maintain the balance between the supply capacity of the
sector, a fair standard of living for producers and reasonable prices for consumers, whilst ensuring diversity of wines
and responding to the specificities of the Union wine sector. The Union wine sector has specific characteristics,
including the long lifecycle of its vineyards, resulting from the fact that production is only possible several years after
planting but then continues for several decades and that it has the potential for considerable fluctuations from one
harvest to the next. The Union wine sector is also characterised by a very high percentage of small, family-run farms,
which results in a diverse range of wines. Such producers need long-term predictability to justify the significant
investment required to plant a vineyard and to guarantee the economic viability of their projects over time, in the
process improving the competitiveness of the Union wine sector on the global market. In order to consolidate the
Union wine sector’s achievements to date and to achieve sustainable balance between quantity and quality in the
sector, through the continued orderly growth of vine planting, the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings
should be extended, subject to reviews every 10 years to evaluate the scheme. If appropriate, proposals should be
presented on the basis of the results of those reviews with a view to improving the competitiveness of the wine
sector.
(5) In view of the current decline in demand for wine, winegrowers who hold valid unused authorisations for new
plantings and authorisations resulting from the conversion of planting rights granted to them before 1 January 2025
should not be penalised for not using these authorisations. That should have the effect of removing the incentive for
planting authorisation holders to plant vineyards where there might be no demand for the wine produced.
Administrative penalties should continue to apply in respect of the non-use of planting authorisations granted after
1 January 2025 in order to discourage speculative applications for such authorisations from winegrowers who have
no intention of planting a vineyard.
(6) With natural disasters, severe meteorological events and plant disease outbreaks becoming more frequent, Member
States should be given the possibility to extend by up to twelve months the validity of planting authorisations
granted for the region affected and due to expire by the end of the marketing year concerned. Holders of such
planting authorisations should have the possibility to renounce their authorisations without incurring administrative
penalties where they inform the competent authorities of the Member State that they do not wish to make use of
their authorisations within the extended deadline. While administrative penalties aim to prevent speculative
applications for planting authorisations, exceptional circumstances can lead to unforeseen practical difficulties for
winegrowers, preventing them from planting new vineyards. In order to avoid additional hardship in such cases, the
competent authorities of the Member States should be allowed to waive the administrative penalties for the non-use
of a planting authorisation upon a justified request from the winegrower concerned.
(7) Concerning the management of the production potential, a longer validity period of replanting authorisations
should be established to give producers more time to explore the possibility of planting varieties which are better
adapted to the market demand or to the changing climatic conditions or of using new vineyard management
techniques. Furthermore, to alleviate pressure on winegrowers, they should not face administrative penalties if they
decide not to use a replanting authorisation.
(8) The last day of the validity of authorisations granted under Articles 64, 66 and 68 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
of the European Parliament and of the Council(4) before the entry into force of this amending Regulation is
dependent on their date of issuance. As an administrative simplification, all those authorisations should remain valid
until the last day of the relevant marketing year.
(4) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common
organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79,
(EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj).
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(9) Abandoned vineyards can harbour pests and diseases and can therefore pose a risk to the surrounding vineyard area.
Member States should therefore be permitted to require the grubbing up of such abandoned vineyards. The
Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts laying down conditions for such grubbing up.
(10) Where, in justified crisis situations, national or Union measures aimed at reducing the supply (concerning
distillation, green harvesting or grubbing up of vineyards) are or have been implemented, Member States should be
given the possibility to limit the issuing of new planting authorisations at regional level in respect of specific areas
with excess supply, in order to avoid increasing the production potential.
(11) In order to better take into account recent trends in the wine sector, Member States should have the flexibility to set
regional limits on the issuing of new planting authorisations for specific areas that are as low as 0 %, with a view to
managing the production potential. Where a Member State decides to set such regional limits for specific areas to
avoid an excessive increase in production potential, it is appropriate to allow that Member State to require that the
authorisations granted for the area concerned by the regional limit be used in that area.
(12) Products with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication have unique characteristics,
linked to their geographical origin as well as traditional know-how. In order to protect the reputation of such
products and to avoid the risk of significant devaluation or improper use by third parties, it is appropriate to allow
Member States to set limitations in granting new planting authorisations, to adopt measures to prevent the
circumvention of rules concerning the safeguard mechanism for new plantings, and to lay down the eligibility and
priority criteria for the granting of authorisations for new plantings in the areas concerned.
(13) In order to avoid aggravating the risk of oversupply in regions where a Member State has opted to limit the granting
of new planting authorisations, the Member State should be able to set eligibility conditions for the granting of new
planting authorisations to avoid excessive yields in the new vineyards planted in the regions concerned.
(14) It should be clarified that, when granting vine planting authorisations, Member States should be able to use
objective, non-discriminatory eligibility and priority criteria that result in preference being given to vineyards that
contribute to improving products with geographical indications or their quality.
(15) When Member States decide to make use of the possibility of limiting the issuing of authorisations at regional level,
taking into consideration recommendations presented by recognised professional organisations operating in the
wine sector, it is appropriate to further clarify which kinds of organisations can issue such recommendations.
(16) Replanting authorisations are granted to producers who have grubbed up an area planted with vines and submitted
an application. It should be clarified that a winegrower who receives support for the grubbing up of vines in
accordance with Article 216(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (o), of
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5) is not entitled to a replanting
authorisation for the area in question.
(17) Replanting authorisations must be used on the same holding on which the grubbing up was undertaken, but it is
possible to use them on a different plot of land within the same holding. Given that holdings can consist of plots of
land in different production regions, it is important to give Member States the possibility to ensure that, in areas
eligible for the production of wine with protected designation of origin or protected geographical indications, no
replanting authorisations resulting from the grubbing up of vineyards outside that area are used. It is appropriate
that Member States take such a decision on the basis of a recommendation from a professional organisation that is
representative in the area concerned.
(5) Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for
strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the
European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and
repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/
2021/2115/oj).
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(18) While the replanting of a grubbed up vineyard does not increase the vineyard area, Member States should be given
the possibility to set rules for replanting in order to better manage the territorial distribution of vineyards, for
instance to avoid the relocation of vineyards to regions with a market imbalance or away from slopes and terraces,
where they play an important role in the preservation of the landscape and avoid soil erosion. Member States should
also be given the possibility to set conditions in respect of vines producing specific types of wine and production
methods identified by the Member State as significantly increasing the average yield of the production region, or
conditions to ensure preservation of traditional production methods.
(19) In order to ensure a proportionate approach to the application of the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings
while taking into consideration the serious risks that oversupply represents to the market, it is appropriate to
establish a maximum threshold of hectares of planted vineyards below which Member States are exempted from the
obligation to apply the scheme of planting authorisations.
(20) Recent years have seen an ever-increasing demand on the part of consumers for grapevine products with a reduced
alcohol content produced by de-alcoholisation by using certain techniques allowed in the Union. The production of
partially de-alcoholised wines by the blending, or ‘coupage’, of de-alcoholised wine or partially de-alcoholised wine
with wine or partially de-alcoholised wine should be allowed, since it can enhance the sensory characteristics of the
final product and offers a way of producing partially de-alcoholised wines more sustainably.
(21) High consumer demand for sparkling wine products with a reduced alcohol content or without alcohol represents
an opportunity for the sector. However, the rules for the production of de-alcoholised wines impose certain
technological limitations on the production of sparkling wine products. According to the rules currently in force,
wine products must have attained the characteristics and the minimum actual alcoholic strength of the
corresponding product category before undergoing the de-alcoholisation process. This implies that de-alcoholised
and partially de-alcoholised sparkling wine products can only be produced from sparkling wines of the same
category. However, the de-alcoholisation process entirely removes the carbon dioxide from the initial sparkling wine.
Consequently, to produce a sparkling wine product with reduced or no alcohol content, it is necessary to reintroduce
the carbon dioxide in the partially or totally de-alcoholised wine using a new, separate process. Therefore, producers
should be allowed to produce de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised sparkling wine, semi-sparkling wine, aerated
sparkling wine and aerated semi-sparkling wine directly from a de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised still wine
by means of second fermentation or the addition of carbon dioxide, as appropriate. This would enable the Union
wine sector to benefit from new developments in consumer demand while maintaining its high quality production
standards.
(22) The rules on the labelling of wine products should be amended in order to better inform the consumer of the
characteristics of grapevine products with a reduced alcohol content, while retaining the obligation to provide
information on the use of de-alcoholisation. Consumers are familiar with terms such as ‘0,0 %’ and ‘alcohol-free’.
However, such terms are regulated differently in different Member States. The terms referring to a reduced alcohol
content should comply with the Union rules for labelling the reduced content of certain substances. It is therefore
necessary to harmonise the use of these terms across the Union, thereby enabling the wine sector to benefit from
new consumer demands while ensuring the functioning of the internal market.
(23) Complying with the Union requirement to include the list of ingredients and the nutrition declaration on the labels
of exported wine can be burdensome for exporters, especially where the labelling requirements of the importing
third countries differ from those of the Union. To facilitate exports in such cases, it is appropriate to exempt the wine
to be exported from those Union labelling requirements.
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(24) Providing the list of ingredients and the nutrition declaration of wine products by electronic means is an effective
way for operators to present important information to consumers, while facilitating the functioning of the internal
market and wine exports. This is particularly the case for small producers. However, the absence of harmonised rules
on the identification, on the package or on a label attached to it, of the electronic means providing the list of
ingredients and/or the nutrition declaration, has resulted in the emergence of diverging practices by operators and of
different rules by national authorities, adversely affecting the proper marketing of wines. In order to minimise costs
and the administrative burden for operators, and to ensure a common approach across the Union market, while
taking into account the need to make such information accessible to consumers, the Commission should be
empowered to adopt delegated acts, in cooperation with Member States, to supplement Regulation (EU)
No 1308/2013 by laying down rules on the identification on the package or on the label attached thereto of the
electronic means providing consumers with the list of ingredients and the nutrition declaration in a harmonised way,
including through a language-free system.
(25) To reduce the burden on operators, and the uncertainty that they face, it is appropriate to clarify that compulsory
particulars should be required to be displayed on any given packaging only once.
(26) In order to ensure that the form and layout of the electronic means is able to meet new needs arising from the fast
and constant progress of digitalisation and to enable those electronic means to include other relevant information
for consumers required by Union or national law and allowed to be presented electronically, thereby reducing the
administrative burden on operators, the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts to supplement
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 by laying down rules on the presentation of information on electronic labels.
(27) Experience has shown that when a term referring to a holding in the wine sector has been reserved at Union level,
and is subject to certain conditions, its use in trademarks or commercial names can be misleading for consumers.
Therefore, the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts to supplement Regulation (EU)
No 1308/2013 by laying down rules on the relationship between terms referring to a holding and trademarks and
commercial names.
(28) Member States have the possibility to adopt marketing rules to regulate the supply in the wine sector to improve and
stabilise the operation of the common wine market. In the current context of the structural decrease in consumption
and recurrent situations of oversupply in certain regions and market segments, it is appropriate to clarify that such
rules can include the setting of maximum grape yields and the management of wine stocks. Moreover, producer
groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as well as recognised
producer organisations, can play an important role in adapting supply to market trends and in strengthening the
position of winegrowers in the supply chain. Therefore, Member States should also be able to adopt marketing rules
in the wine sector, taking into account proposals adopted by recognised interbranch organisations, by producer
groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications or by recognised producer
organisations when they are representative in the concerned production area or areas.
(29) The special commercial value of wines covered by a protected designation of origin or protected geographical
indication derives from their reputation based on the quality value that consumers attribute to their characteristics.
To prevent their quality credentials from being undermined by detrimental price action, interbranch organisations
and producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications should,
where they are representative in the related geographical area for the different professional categories operating in
the wine sector, be able to issue price guidance concerning the sales of the relevant grapes, musts or wines. However,
such guidance should be non-mandatory, in order to prevent excessive restriction of price competition within the
same geographical indication. Moreover, as an additional safeguard, the relevant national competition authority
should be allowed to decide in individual cases to modify or discontinue price guidance indicators if necessary to
prevent competition being excluded or the jeopardising of the objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
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(30) Member States can currently be authorised to make national payments to wine producers for the voluntary or
mandatory distillation of wine. Given the cost-effectiveness of removing surplus production from the market before
wine is produced, it is appropriate, in justified cases of crisis, to allow Member States to be authorised to make
national payments for voluntary green harvesting and voluntary grubbing up of productive vineyards, subject to
certain conditions. In order to avoid distortion of competition, it is necessary to lay down the main criteria to be
used for determining the maximum national payment per unit of product or per hectare. To that same end, this
Regulation should also set limits for the overall amount of national payments authorised in a Member State in any
given year for distillation and green harvesting. For grubbing up, given the structural nature of the measure and its
higher costs, it is not appropriate to set an overall maximum amount of national payments. However, Member States
should justify in their notification to the Commission the limit for national payments on a case-by-case basis based
on their specific market circumstances and those of the wine regions in which the measure would be implemented.
(31) In order to avoid distortion of competition and to assure the efficacy and proportionality of the crisis measures for
which national payments are to be authorised, the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts to
supplement Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 by laying down rules on the general conditions of eligibility and the
priority criteria to be set by Member States in respect to the allocation of such national payments, for determining
the market situations under which such measures are justified, on the calculation of national payments and on their
coherence with other support measures for the wine sector within the common agricultural policy (CAP).
(32) Aromatised wine products are a natural outlet for grapevine products. However, Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of
the European Parliament and of the Council(6) does not allow the use of the sales denominations reserved for
aromatised wine products for beverages which do not reach the minimum actual alcohol content laid down in that
Regulation for each product category. In view of the increasing consumer demand for innovative alcoholic beverages
with a lower actual alcoholic strength by volume, it should be possible to place on the market beverages obtained
from de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised wines produced in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
that have sales denominations that are reserved for aromatised wine products.
(33) In order to ensure that consumers are correctly informed of the nature of aromatised wine products with a reduced
alcohol content, it is appropriate to lay down rules in line with those laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
for the labelling of de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised wines, so that aromatised wine products obtained from
de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised wines are described in their presentation and labelling by the same terms
as grapevine products with the corresponding alcohol content. It is also appropriate to align the language
requirements applicable to aromatised wine products with those already applicable to grapevine products.
(34) The issues highlighted for grapevine products in relation to the identification of the electronic means containing the
nutrition declaration and the list of ingredients are valid also for aromatised wine products. Therefore, the
Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts to supplement Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 by laying
down rules on the identification on the package or on the label attached thereto of the electronic means for
aromatised wine products.
(35) In order to meet new consumer demands and the need for product innovation, rules on the production and labelling
of the aromatised wine product categories ‘Glühwein’, ‘Viiniglögi/Vinglögg/Karštas vynas’ and ‘Pelin’ should be amended
to allow for them to be produced using rosé wine and for this to be indicated in the labelling. At the same time, the
use of the term ‘rosé’ in the presentation and labelling of Glühwein and Pelin produced by combining red and white
wine or any of those with rosé wine should be prohibited. For the same reasons, it is also appropriate to allow
alcoholic beverages produced with the same requirements as those laid down for Glühwein, but having as their main
ingredient fruit wine rather than grapevine products, to use the sales denomination ‘Glühwein’ in their presentation
and labelling.
(6) Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the definition, description,
presentation and labelling of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014,
p. 14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/251/oj).
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(36) For the purposes of implementing the restructuring and conversion of vineyards type of intervention, it is
appropriate to clarify in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (a)(i), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 that it is also
possible for varietal conversion to pursue the objective of increasing the climate resilience of vines.
(37) Wine tourism is an increasingly important commercial activity for many wine operators. In order to support the
development of direct sales to tourists in producing regions, it is appropriate to clarify that it is also possible for
wine tourism to be the object of investments in marketing structures and tools.
(38) In the current difficult and quickly evolving market situation and with a view to improving the sustainability of
vineyards and the knowledge exchange, the availability of advisory services to winegrowers and other operators in
the wine sector becomes paramount. Therefore, the types of advisory services listed in Article 58(1), first
subparagraph, point (f), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should be amended to include important additional advisory
services, such as marketing through direct sales, environmental sustainability and diversification from wine
production.
(39) Moreover, with a view to increasing the effectiveness of support for the development of wine tourism in different
wine regions, it is appropriate to explicitly allow as beneficiaries of the type of intervention referred to in
Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (i), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 organisations referred to in Articles 152,
156 and 157 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that are active in the wine sector, producer groups managing
protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications in accordance with Regulation (EU)
2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council(7), as well as other professional organisations operating
in the wine sector established as beneficiaries by Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans.
(40) In order to strike a balance between the need for Member States to ensure efficient restructuring of vineyards and the
need to avoid an increase in production that could lead to oversupply, Member States should be allowed to set
up conditions for implementing the restructuring and conversion of vineyards, as referred to in Article 58(1),
first subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. These conditions should aim to avoid increasing yield,
and therefore production, for the vineyards subject to this type of intervention.
(41) To adapt to market trends and harness efficient market opportunities, including by opening up new export markets
and diversifying market outlets, the duration of the support for promotion and communication operations carried
out in third countries should be three years. Member States should be able to decide to extend the duration of an
operation twice for a maximum of three years for each extension, resulting in a maximum period of nine consecutive
years. Additionally, Member States should facilitate the access of small producers, as defined in Commission
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273(8), to support that is available under the promotion and communication type
of intervention, by providing them with a simplified application procedure or by applying objective and
non-discriminatory priority criteria concerning new beneficiaries, new markets and new products. Considering the
diversity of wine market structures in third countries and the lack of a common definition of ‘third country market’
for the purposes of the promotion and communication types of intervention, it is appropriate to set out some key
elements to assist Member States in arriving at their own definition of a third country market for the implementation
of those interventions.
(7) Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on geographical indications for wine,
spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural
products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2019/787 and (EU) 2019/1753 and repealing Regulation (EU)
No 1151/2012 (OJ L, 2024/1143, 23.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1143/oj).
(8) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the vineyard register,
accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication
of notified information, and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as
regards the relevant checks and penalties, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC)
No 607/2009 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560 (OJ
L 58, 28.2.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2018/273/oj).
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(42) Highly contagious pests, such as flavescence dorée, are a major threat to wine production, since they weaken
grapevines by reducing productivity or entirely destroying vine stocks. As a cure is often difficult or impossible once
vine stocks are infected, the only way of responding efficiently to the threat is through prevention and management
interventions. In view of the high phytosanitary risks posed by such pests, and the importance of systematic and
collective action to prevent their spread, it is appropriate to provide specific support for such actions. Consequently,
a new type of intervention in the wine sector should be added to the list of types of intervention set out in
Article 58(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.
(43) Taking into account the severe structural imbalance that exists in certain wine producing regions, it is appropriate to
allow Member States to finance permanent grubbing up of productive vineyards through their CAP Strategic Plans.
Therefore, a new type of intervention in the wine sector should be added to Article 58(1), first subparagraph, of
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Like the permanent grubbing up measure funded by national payments, referred to in
Article 216 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, that new type of intervention, namely ‘permanent grubbing up’
should be subject to specific conditions, such as a prohibition on holding or obtaining a valid planting authorisation
during a certain period or restrictions imposed by Member States in relation to areas excluded from the scope of the
intervention where vineyards play an important environmental, landscape preservation or socio-economic role.
(44) To ensure adequate support for winegrowers in relation to the adaptation to climate change, it is important to
provide Member States with the possibility to increase the maximum Union financial assistance to up to 80 % of the
actual costs of restructuring and conversion of vineyards if the intervention pursues that objective.
(45) To strengthen cooperation in the wine sector, investments referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (b),
of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 carried out by producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU)
No 1308/2013, such as cooperatives, should benefit from the maximum rate of Union financial assistance set
out in Article 59(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, as is already the case for micro, small and medium-sized
enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC(9).
(46) To further support producers in respect of climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as to facilitate
improvements in the sustainability of production systems and the reduction of the environmental impact, it is
appropriate to provide for the possibility for Member States to increase the maximum Union financial assistance for
investments pursuing that objective to up to 80 % of the eligible investment costs.
(47) Moreover, it is necessary to clarify that the Union financial assistance for innovation referred to in Article 58(1), first
subparagraph, point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should not be granted to enterprises in difficulty within the
meaning of Commission Communication ‘Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial
undertakings in difficulty’ as is the case for Union financial assistance for investments referred to in Article 58(1),
first subparagraph, point (b), of that Regulation.
(48) In addition, to ensure that the enlarged scope of the advisory services type of intervention referred to in
Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (f), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 is accompanied by an appropriate set of
financial rules, it is necessary to lay down the maximum percentage of Union financial assistance that can be granted
to that type of intervention.
(49) To further support the information, promotion and communication types of intervention referred to in
Article 58(1), first subparagraph, points (h) and (k), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, it should be possible for Member
States to increase the maximum Union financial assistance for such interventions to up to 60 % of the eligible
expenditure. Furthermore, it should also be possible for Member States to provide a national contribution to the
eligible costs of these types of intervention. Considering that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the
meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC face financial constraints more often when carrying out
communication and promotion campaigns than is the case for large enterprises, Member States should be given the
possibility to provide a higher financial support to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
(9) Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized
enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reco/2003/361/oj).
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(50) To provide sufficient support for the fight against highly infectious pests, it is appropriate to allow the type of
intervention referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (n), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 to benefit from
Union financial assistance covering up to 100 % of the eligible expenditure.
(51) Moreover, it is necessary to lay down the maximum Union financial assistance for permanent grubbing up under the
type of intervention referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (o), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Such
assistance should amount to a percentage of the sum of the direct costs of grubbing up and the estimated loss of
revenue for one year in respect of the area grubbed up. In addition, it should also be possible for Member States to
provide an additional national contribution.
(52) Spirit drinks with a geographical indication are often reliant on complex supply chains involving several operators
performing different production stages. Arrangements that rely on flexible sourcing are very common. The specific
labelling obligation for spirit drinks laid down in Article 37(5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, requiring the
indication of the producer’s name in the same field of vision as the geographical indication, has been shown not to
fit the structure of most of the spirit drinks’ supply chain well. To avoid disruption of established practices and
imposing disproportionate burdens on operators in this sector, especially on small and medium-sized producers, it is
appropriate to remove that obligation.
(53) In order to supplement the relevant rules and to take into account the specific characteristics of the wine sector, the
power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the
conditions for the application of the exemption from the application of the scheme of authorisations for vine
plantings, the conditions for the grubbing up of abandoned vineyards, the rules relating to the criteria for granting
authorisations for new plantings, including the addition of criteria, the co-existence of vines that the producer has
undertaken to grub up with newly planted vines, the grounds for Member State decisions regarding replantings, the
general conditions of eligibility and the priority criteria to be set by Member States in respect to the allocation of the
national payments, elements that determine the existence of a crisis situation, the calculation method for the
national payments and the coherence with other Union support measures for the wine sector; as well as the
identification on the package or on the label attached thereto of the electronic means and the form and layout of the
information provided by electronic means. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate
consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in
accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better
Law-Making(10). In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European
Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts
systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
(54) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely the improvement of certain market rules and sectoral support
measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products, as well as certain labelling rules for spirit drinks,
cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of this
Regulation, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of
subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of
proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve
those objectives.
(55) Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 251/2014, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2024/1143 should therefore be
amended accordingly.
(56) In order to allow time for producers to adapt to the new requirements concerning the designation of grapevine
products with a reduced alcohol content, those new requirements should start to apply 18 months from the date of
entry into force of this amending Regulation. It is also appropriate to provide transitional rules to allow grapevine
products labelled prior to the application of the new requirements to continue to be placed on the market until
stocks are exhausted.
(10) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj.
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(57) The application date of the provisions on a maximum threshold of hectares of planted vineyards which exempt
Member States from the obligation to apply the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings should be postponed by
48 months in order to allow sufficient time to implement it for those Member States whose vineyard area is above
the maximum threshold of hectares at the date of entry into force of this amending Regulation,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 3(5), the following point is added:
‘(c) “Green harvesting” means the total destruction or removal of grape bunches while still in their immature stage,
thereby reducing the yield of the relevant area to zero, and excluding non-harvesting comprising of leaving
commercial grapes on the plants at the end of the normal production cycle.’;
(2) Article 61 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 61
Duration
The scheme of authorisations for vine plantings established in this Chapter shall apply from 1 January 2016, with
a review to be undertaken by the Commission in 2028 and every ten years thereafter to evaluate the operation of the
scheme. The Commission may, if appropriate, make proposals.’;
(3) Article 62 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. Authorisations granted in accordance with Article 64 shall be valid until the last day of the third marketing
year following the marketing year in which they were granted. A producer who has not used an authorisation
granted in accordance with Articles 64 and 68 during its period of validity shall be subject to the administrative
penalties referred to in Article 90a(4).
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, producers who hold a valid authorisation
granted in accordance with Articles 64 and 68 before 1 January 2025 shall not be subject to the administrative
penalties referred to in Article 90a(4) provided that they inform the competent authorities before the date of expiry
of their authorisation, and at the latest by 31 December 2026, that they do not intend to make use of it.
Where a well-determined area is gravely affected by one or both of the cases of force majeure or exceptional
circumstances referred to in Article 3(1), points (a) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, the Member State
concerned may extend the validity of the authorisations granted in accordance with Article 64 of this Regulation
to be used in that area that are due to expire by the end of the marketing year in which one or both of those cases
of force majeure or exceptional circumstances occur by up to twelve months. Planting authorisations may be
extended under this subparagraph only once. The Member State concerned shall inform the holders of every
authorisation concerned that its validity has been extended. Where, by 31 December of the marketing year
following the one in which one or both of the cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances occurred, the
holder of a planting authorisation informs the competent authorities of the Member State that it renounces the
authorisation, the administrative penalties provided for in the first subparagraph shall not apply.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the competent authorities of the Member State concerned may
waive the administrative penalties provided for in Article 90a(4) of this Regulation upon a justified request from
the holder of a planting authorisation granted in accordance with Articles 64 and 68 of this Regulation affected by
a case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
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Authorisations granted in accordance with Article 66 on or after 18 March 2026 and authorisations granted in
accordance with that Article which are valid on that day shall be valid until the last day of the eighth marketing
year following the marketing year in which they were granted. Producers who have not used an authorisation
granted in accordance with Article 66 during its period of validity shall not be subject to the administrative
penalties referred to in Article 90a(4).
Authorisations covered by the transitional provisions of Article 68 shall expire on the last day of the last marketing
year of their validity.’;
(b) the following paragraph is added:
‘6. Member States may require abandoned vineyards to be grubbed up for health and phytosanitary reasons.’;
(4) Article 63 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Member States may:
(a) apply at national level a lower percentage than the percentage set out in paragraph 1;
(b) limit the issuing of authorisations, or not issue authorisations, for new plantings at regional level, for specific
areas eligible for the production of wines with a protected designation of origin, for areas eligible for the
production of wines with a protected geographical indication, or for areas without a geographical indication;
(c) limit the issuing of authorisations, or not issue authorisations, for new plantings at regional level, for specific
areas or for vines producing specific types of wine, where national or Union measures concerning distillation
of wine, green harvesting or grubbing up have been implemented in justified cases of crisis.
Member States that limit the issuing of authorisations for new plantings at regional level in accordance with the
first subparagraph, point (b) or (c), may require such authorisations to be used in the regions concerned.’;
(b) paragraph 3 is amended as follows:
(i) the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
‘3. Any of the limitations referred to in paragraph 2 that are applied shall contribute to the management of the
production potential. They shall be justified on one or more of the following specific grounds:’;
(ii) points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:
‘(a) the need to avoid a demonstrated risk of oversupply of wine products in relation to market prospects for
those products, where the limitations do not exceed what is necessary to satisfy that need;
(b) the need to avoid a demonstrated risk of significant devaluation or improper use by third parties seeking to
profit from the reputation of a particular protected designation of origin or a protected geographical
indication;’;
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(5) Article 64 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the following point is added:
‘(e) in regions where the Member State has decided to limit the granting of new planting authorisations pursuant
to Article 63(2), point (c), the applicant shall comply with the eligibility criteria established for the purpose of
avoiding excessive yields in the new vineyards to be planted.’;
(b) in paragraph 2, point (g) is replaced by the following:
‘(g) projects with the potential to improve products with geographical indications or their quality;’;
(6) in Article 65, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘When applying Article 63(2), a Member State may take into account recommendations presented by recognised
professional organisations operating in the wine sector referred to in Articles 152, 156 and 157 of this Regulation, by
producer groups referred to in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 or by other types of professional
organisations recognised on the basis of that Member State’s legislation, provided that those recommendations are
preceded by an agreement entered into by the relevant representative parties in the reference geographical area.’;
(7) Article 66 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added:
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, producers who have grubbed up an area planted with vines in
accordance with Article 216(1) of this Regulation or Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (o), of Regulation (EU)
2021/2115 shall not be entitled to apply for and to receive a replanting authorisation for that area.’;
(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be used on the same holding on which the
grubbing up was undertaken. Member States may, on the basis of a recommendation from a recognised
professional organisation referred to in Articles 152, 156 and 157 of this Regulation or a producer group referred
to in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, restrict in areas eligible for the production of wines with
protected designation of origin or protected geographical indications the use of replanting authorisations resulting
from the grubbing up of vineyards outside that area.’;
(c) the following paragraph is inserted:
‘3a. A Member State may make its granting of the replanting authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 subject
to one or more of the following conditions:
(a) the authorisation shall be used in the same geographical area, defined by the Member State, in which the
relevant grubbed up vines were located, where maintaining viticulture in that geographical area is justified by
socio-economic or environmental reasons;
(b) only vines producing specific types of wine and production methods not identified by the Member State as
significantly increasing the average yield of the production region, or only production methods traditional to
that region shall be used where the relevant grubbed up area is located in a production region that the Member
State has qualified as affected by a structural market imbalance;
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(c) the authorisation shall not be used in a different production region from the one in which the grubbed up area
is located where the Member State has qualified that different production region as affected by a structural
market imbalance;
(d) Member States may set criteria for the allocation and management of replanting authorisations in order to
avoid increasing vineyard areas and wine production in regions prone to oversupply in which crisis measures
have been applied, as well as in order to take account of market developments, in accordance with their
national or regional sectorial strategies.
The conditions referred to in points (b), (c) and (d) of the second subparagraph shall not apply to replanting
authorisations in areas characterised by the exceptional difficulty of cultivation due to structural and
morphological factors referred to in Part D of Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273(*).
(*) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU)
No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for
vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward
register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information, and supplementing
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks
and penalties, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC)
No 607/2009 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2015/560 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2018/273/oj).’;
(8) Article 67 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 67
De minimis
The scheme of authorisations for vine plantings established in this Chapter shall not apply in Member States where the
vineyard area has not exceeded 10 000 ha in at least three of the previous five marketing years unless the Member
State decides to implement the scheme of authorisations. Where the condition of the area not exceeding 10 000 ha is
no longer fulfilled, the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings shall apply as from the beginning of the marketing
year following that in which the condition ceased to be fulfilled.’;
(9) Article 69 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 69
Delegated powers
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 to supplement this Regulation
by laying down additional rules concerning:
(a) the conditions for the application of the exemption, referred to in Article 62(4);
(b) the conditions for the grubbing up of abandoned vineyards, referred to in Article 62(6);
(c) the rules relating to the criteria, referred to in Article 64(1) and (2);
(d) the co-existence of vines that the producer has undertaken to grub up with newly planted vines pursuant to
Article 66(2);
(e) the grounds for Member State decisions under Article 66(3) and (3a).
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 to amend this Regulation by
adding additional criteria to those listed in Article 64(1) and (2).’;
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(10) Article 119 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 1 is amended as follows:
(i) point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) the designation for the category of the grapevine product in accordance with Part II of Annex VII. For
grapevine product categories defined under Part II, point (1) and points (4) to (9) of Annex VII, where
a de-alcoholisation treatment in accordance with Part I, Section E of Annex VIII, has been applied to the
totality or to part of the product, that designation supplemented by:
(i) the term “alcohol-free” if the actual alcoholic strength of the product does not exceed 0,5 % by
volume; accompanied by the expression “0,0 %”, if the actual alcoholic strength of the product does
not exceed 0,05 % by volume;
(ii) the term “reduced alcohol” if the actual alcoholic strength of the product is above 0,5 % by volume
and is at least 30 % below the minimum actual alcoholic strength of the products in the category
before de-alcoholisation;’;
(ii) the following point is added:
‘(k) for grapevine products where a de-alcoholisation treatment has been applied to the totality or to part of
the product, the term “produced by de-alcoholisation”.’;
(iii) the following subparagraph is added:
‘The obligation to indicate the compulsory particulars on any given packaging applies only once in respect of
that packaging.’;
(b) the following paragraph is added:
‘6. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, first subparagraph, the requirement to indicate the particulars
referred to in points (h) and (i) shall not apply in the case of wine products solely intended for export.’;
(11) in Article 122, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:
(a) in point (c), point (iii) is replaced by the following:
‘(iii) terms referring to a holding, the conditions for their use and their relationship with trademarks and
commercial names.’;
(b) in point (d), the following points are added:
‘(v) the identification on the package or on the label attached thereto of the electronic means referred to in
Article 119(4) and (5), including by means of a common pictogram or symbol instead of words;
(vi) the form and layout of the information provided by electronic means, to simplify its presentation, to adapt it
to future technological progress and to new requirements concerning compulsory information relevant to
consumers as provided for by Union law or national legislation, or to improve consumer accessibility.’;
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(12) in Article 167(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘1. In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in wines, including the grapes, musts and
wines from which they derive, producing Member States may lay down marketing rules to regulate supply, including
the setting of maximum yields and setting rules for the management of stocks. Member States may take into account,
in decreasing order of priority, decisions adopted by interbranch organisations recognised under Articles 157 and 158
of this Regulation, producer groups referred to in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, and producer
organisations recognised under Articles 152 and 154 of this Regulation, where such organisations and groups are
considered to be representative of the wine sector in accordance with Article 164(3) and Article 166a(2) of this
Regulation, in the economic area or areas where the rules are intended to be applied.’;
(13) Article 172b is replaced by the following:
‘Article 172b
Guidance by interbranch organisations and producer groups for the sale of grapes, musts and wines in bulk
with a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication
1. By way of derogation from Article 101(1) TFEU, interbranch organisations recognised under Article 157 of this
Regulation and recognised producer groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 operating in the
wine sector, where such organisations and groups are considered to be representative in accordance with
Article 164(3) and Article 166a(2) of this Regulation in the relevant geographical area, may provide non-mandatory
price guidance indicators concerning the sale of grapes, musts and wines in bulk for the production of wines with
a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication, provided that such guidance does not eliminate
competition in respect of a substantial proportion of the products in question.
2. The national competition authority referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 may decide in
individual cases that, in future, one or more of the price guidance indicators referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article
are to be modified, discontinued or not provided at all if it considers that this is necessary in order to prevent
competition being eliminated in respect of a substantial proportion of the products in question or if it considers that
the objectives set out in Article 39 TFEU are jeopardised.
When acting under the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the national competition authority shall inform the
Commission in writing before or without delay after initiating the first formal measure of the investigation and shall
notify the Commission of the decisions without delay after their adoption.
The decisions referred to in this paragraph shall not apply earlier than the date of their notification to the undertakings
concerned.’;
(14) Article 216 is amended as follows:
(a) the title is replaced by the following:
‘National payments for distillation of wine, green harvesting and grubbing up in justified cases of crisis’;
(b) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States may make national payments to wine producers for the voluntary or mandatory distillation
of wine, voluntary green harvesting and voluntary grubbing up of productive vineyards in justified cases of crisis.
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The payments referred to in the first subparagraph in respect of crisis distillation and green harvesting shall not
exceed the sum of the cost of the operation concerned, of an incentive to engage in such operation and, where
relevant, of the cost of the product, and shall be sufficient to enable the crisis to be addressed.
The payments referred to in the first subparagraph in respect of grubbing up of productive vineyards shall not
exceed the sum of the direct cost of carrying out the grubbing up and financial compensation, which may cover up
to 100 % of the estimated loss of revenue for one year in respect of the grubbed up area.
Those payments shall be proportionate and shall be sufficient to enable the crisis to be addressed.
The overall amount of payments available in a Member State in any given year for national payments for
distillation and green harvesting shall not exceed 25 % of the globally available funds per Member State for that
year as laid down in Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.’;
(c) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Member States wishing to make use of the national payments referred to in paragraph 1 shall submit a duly
substantiated notification to the Commission. In those notifications, Member States shall justify the
appropriateness of the measure, its duration and the amounts of support and other detailed arrangements on
the basis of their specific market circumstances and those of the wine regions in which the measure would be
implemented.
The Commission shall decide, without applying the committee procedure referred to in Article 229(2) or (3),
whether the amount, duration and other detailed arrangements of the measure are approved and whether the
payments to wine producers can be made.
Beneficiaries of national payments for grubbing up under this Article shall not be eligible to apply for new
planting authorisations in accordance with Article 64 during the 10 marketing years following the one in which
the grubbing up took place. Any valid authorisation for new plantings held by such beneficiaries shall be revoked
by the Member State when the application for grubbing up is approved.
Member States may exclude from the payments for grubbing up areas where vineyards play an important
environmental, landscape preservation or socioeconomic role.
In the production areas and for the types of wines for which one of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Article has been implemented for three consecutive years, the Member State concerned shall suspend the granting
of new planting authorisations in accordance with Article 64 until the end of the second marketing year following
the last marketing year in which the measure was applied.
Member States may establish eligibility conditions and priority criteria in order to guarantee the effectiveness and
targeting of the measure.’;
(d) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 to supplement this
Article by laying down rules concerning:
(a) the general conditions of eligibility and the priority criteria to be set by Member States in respect to the
allocation of the national payments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article;
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(b) elements that determine the existence of a crisis situation;
(c) the calculation method for the national payments; and
(d) the coherence of such national payments with other Union support measures for the wine sector within the
CAP, including the eligibility of beneficiaries or of the production regions covered by these national payments
to other Union support measures.’;
(15) in Part II of Annex VII, the following subparagraphs are added to the introductory wording:
‘Grapevine products of the categories set out in points (4) and (8) may be obtained by second fermentation of
de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised wines referred to in point (1).
Grapevine products of the categories set out in points (7) and (9) may be obtained by the addition of carbon dioxide to
de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised wines referred to in point (1).’.
Article 2
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 3, the following paragraph is added:
‘5. By way of derogation from the minimum actual alcoholic strength and total alcoholic strength thresholds laid
down in paragraph 2, point (g), paragraph 3, point (g), and paragraph 4, point (f), of this Article, and in Annex II to, this
Regulation for each product category, aromatised wine products may have a lower actual and lower total alcoholic
strength by volume where they are obtained from grapevine products that have undergone in their totality or in part
a de-alcoholisation treatment in accordance with Part I, Section E of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.’;
(2) in Article 5, the following paragraph is inserted:
‘1a. Where aromatised wine products have been obtained from grapevine products that have undergone in their
totality or in part a de-alcoholisation treatment in accordance with Part I, Section E of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU)
No 1308/2013, their sales denominations shall be supplemented by the terms laid down in Article 119(1), point (a)(i)
and (ii), and in Article 119(1), point (k), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 under the conditions laid down therein.’;
(3) in Article 6a, the following paragraph is added:
‘5. In order to take into account the specific characteristics of the aromatised wine sector, the Commission is
empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 33 to supplement this Regulation by laying down rules
on:
(a) the identification on the package, or on the label attached thereto, of the electronic means referred to in
paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, including by means of a common pictogram or symbol instead of words;
(b) the form and layout of the information provided by electronic means, to simplify its presentation, to adapt it to
future technological progress and to new requirements concerning mandatory information relevant to consumers as
provided for by Union law or national legislation, or to improve consumer accessibility.’;
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(4) the following article is inserted:
‘Article 6b
Repetition of mandatory particulars
The obligation to indicate the mandatory particulars on any given packaging applies only once in respect of that
packaging.’;
(5) in Article 8, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. The sales denominations set out in italics in Annex II shall not be translated on the label or in the presentation of
aromatised wine products.
Additional and mandatory particulars referred to in Article 6 and Article 6a as well as the terms referred to in
Article 5(1a) shall, where expressed in words, appear in one or more official languages of the Union.’;
(6) in Part B of Annex II, point (8) is replaced by the following:
‘(8) Glühwein
Aromatised wine-based drink
— which is obtained exclusively from red, white or rosé wine or a combination thereof,
— which is flavoured mainly with cinnamon or cloves, or both, and
— which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 % vol.
Without prejudice to the quantities of water resulting from the application of Annex I, point 2, the addition of
water is forbidden.
Where it has been prepared exclusively from white wine, the sales denomination “Glühwein” shall be supplemented
with the term “white”.
Where it has been prepared exclusively from rosé wine, the sales denomination shall be supplemented with the
term “rosé”. The term “rosé” shall however not be used where the Glühwein is obtained by combining red wine with
white wine or any of those wines with rosé wine.
Where it has been prepared from a combination of red, white or rosé wine, the sales denomination shall be
supplemented with the words “made from …” followed by terms indicating the colour of the wines used in the
production.
By way of derogation from Article 5(1) and (3) of this Regulation and the first and third indents of the first
subparagraph of this point, the sales denomination “Glühwein” may be used in the presentation and labelling of
fermented beverages produced in accordance with the above requirements which have been obtained from fruit
wine, as defined by Member States in accordance with Part II, point 1, fifth subparagraph, point (a), of Annex VII to
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and which have an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 5 % vol. In
that case, the sales denomination of that fermented beverage may use the term “Glühwein” supplemented by the
word “fruit” or the name of the fruit used for the production of such fruit wine.’;
(7) in Part B of Annex II, point (9) is replaced by the following:
‘(9) Viiniglögi/Vinglögg/Karštas vynas
Aromatised wine-based drink
— which is obtained exclusively from red, white or rosé wine,
— which is flavoured mainly with cinnamon or cloves, or both, and
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— which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 % vol.
Where it has been prepared exclusively from white, red or rosé wine, the sales denomination shall be supplemented
with the terms “white”, “red” or “rosé”, respectively.’;
(8) in Part B of Annex II, point (12) is replaced by the following:
‘(12) Pelin
Aromatised wine-based drink
— which is obtained from red, white or rosé wine or from a combination thereof and a specific mixture of herbs,
— which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 8,5 % vol.,
— which has a maximum sugar content expressed as invert sugar of at most 50 grams per litre, and a total acidity
of not less than 3 grams per litre expressed as tartaric acid, and
— to which carbon dioxide may have been added.
Where the product is obtained by combining red wine with white wine or any of these wines with rosé wine, the
term “rosé” may not supplement the sales denomination.
Where it has been prepared from a combination of red, white or rosé wine, the sales denomination shall be
supplemented with the words “made from …” followed by terms indicating the colour of the wines used in the
production.’.
Article 3
Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 45, point (d) is replaced by the following:
‘(d) the maximum level of Union financial assistance for the types of intervention referred to in Article 47(2), points (a),
(c), (f), (g), (h) and (i), and for the types of intervention referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, points (c), (d),
(l), (n) and (o), including packaging and transport rates for products withdrawn for free distribution and processing
costs prior to delivery for that purpose;’;
(2) Article 58(1) is amended as follows:
(a) the first subparagraph is amended as follows:
(i) in point (a), point (i) is replaced by the following:
‘(i) varietal conversions, also by means of grafting-on, including for improving quality or environmental
sustainability, for reasons of adaptation to climate change, increasing the climate resilience of vines, or for
the enhancement of genetic diversity;’;
(ii) point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) investments in tangible assets and intangible assets in winegrowing farming systems, excluding operations
relevant to the type of intervention provided for in point (a), in processing facilities and winery
infrastructure, as well as in marketing structures and tools, including marketing through wine tourism;’;
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(iii) point (f) is replaced by the following:
‘(f) advisory services, in particular concerning the conditions of employment, employer obligations and
occupational health and safety, direct sales, environmental sustainability and diversification from wine
production;’;
(iv) point (i) is replaced by the following:
‘(i) actions aimed at enhancing the reputation of Union vineyards by promoting wine tourism in production
regions undertaken by organisations operating in the wine sector referred to in Articles 152, 156 and 157
of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, by producer groups managing protected designations of origin and
protected geographical indications in accordance with Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of
the European Parliament and of the Council(*), or any other professional organisations, wine producer
organisations or associations of wine producer organisations established by Member States in their CAP
Strategic Plans;
(*) Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on
geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities
guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU)
No 1308/2013, (EU) 2019/787 and (EU) 2019/1753 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (OJ L,
2024/1143, 23.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1143/oj).’;
(v) the following points are added:
‘(n) monitoring, diagnostic, training, communication and research to prevent the spread of relevant pests
referred to in Part B of Annex II and Part C of Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2019/2072(*)undertaken by producer organisations recognised under Articles 152 and 154 of Regulation
(EU) No 1308/2013, interbranch organisations recognised by Member States under Articles 157 and 158
of that Regulation, or producer groups managing protected designation of origin and protected
geographical indicators in accordance with Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143;
(o) permanent grubbing up of productive vineyards, meaning the complete elimination of vine stocks on
a relevant area.
(*) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform
conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the
Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation
(EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 (OJ L 319,
10.12.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/2072/oj).’;
(b) the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph:
‘For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (a), Member States may lay down in their CAP Strategic Plans
specific agronomic, viticultural or any other kind of conditions which ensure that varietal conversion, relocation of
the vineyard, replanting of the vineyard or improvement of the vineyard management techniques undertaken under
this type of intervention does not generate an increase in yield in the vineyard to be replanted.’;
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(c) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘The first subparagraph, point (k), shall apply only to wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected
geographical indication or wines with an indication of the wine grape variety. Promotion and communication
operations under the first subparagraph, point (k), shall have a limited duration of three years. Member States may
decide to extend the duration of an operation twice for a maximum of three years for each extension. Each
beneficiary may receive support for different operations carried out in the same market under the types of
intervention referred to in the first subparagraph, point (k), for a maximum period of nine consecutive years.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (k), a Member State may consider the promotion and
communication operations carried out in a third country to be those that cover the entire territory of the third
country, an administrative part of that territory, or a type of market, as defined by that Member State, in the third
country.
Member States that choose in their CAP Strategic Plans the types of intervention referred to in the first
subparagraph, point (k), shall ensure that small producers have access to funding under those types of intervention
by applying relevant measures such as establishing simplified procedures or setting objective and non-discrimi-
natory priority criteria on new beneficiaries, new markets, and new products.’;
(d) the following subparagraph is added:
‘For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (o), producers who have grubbed up productive vineyards under
this Article shall not be entitled to apply for new planting authorisations under Article 64 of Regulation (EU)
No 1308/2013 during the 10 marketing years following the one in which the grubbing up took place. Where such
producers hold valid authorisations for new plantings, such authorisations shall be revoked by the Member State
when the application for support of grubbing up is approved. Member States may exclude from the scope of this
type of intervention areas where vineyards play an important environmental, landscape preservation or
socio-economic role.’;
(3) Article 59 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added:
‘By way of derogation from the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph, the Union financial assistance may
cover up to 80 % of the actual costs of restructuring and conversion of vineyards if the intervention is linked to the
objective of contributing to climate change adaptation set out in Article 57, point (b).’;
(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The Union financial assistance for investments referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (b), shall
not exceed:
(a) 50 % of eligible investment costs in less developed regions;
(b) 40 % of eligible investments costs in regions other than less developed regions;
(c) 75 % of eligible investment costs in the outermost regions;
(d) 65 % of eligible investment costs in the smaller Aegean islands.
The Union financial assistance at the maximum rate set out in the first subparagraph shall only be granted to micro,
small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC(*)and to
producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. However, it may be granted to all
enterprises in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands.
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For enterprises, other than producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, which are not
covered by Article 2(1) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC, with fewer than 750 employees or with an
annual turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum levels of Union financial assistance set out in the first
subparagraph of this paragraph shall be halved.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Union financial assistance for investments
referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (b), may be increased to up to 80 % of eligible investment costs
for investments linked to the objective of contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the
improvement of the sustainability of production systems and the reduction of the environmental impact of the
Union wine sector set out in Article 57, point (b).
No Union financial assistance shall be granted to enterprises in difficulty within the meaning of the Commission
Communication entitled “Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in
difficulty”(**).
(*) Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and
medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reco/2003/361/oj).
(**) OJ C 249, 31.7.2014, p. 1.’;
(c) in paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is added:
‘The Union financial assistance for permanent grubbing up referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (o),
shall not exceed 70 % of the sum of the direct costs of carrying out the grubbing up and of the estimated loss of
revenue for one year in respect of the grubbed up area. In addition, Member States may provide a national
contribution to the intervention of up to 30 % of the sum of the direct costs of carrying out the grubbing up and the
estimated loss of revenue for one year in respect of the grubbed up area.’;
(d) in paragraph 4, the following subparagraph is added:
‘However, the Union financial assistance for investments referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (m),
may be increased to up to 80 % of eligible investment costs for investments linked to the objective of contributing to
climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the improvement of the sustainability of production systems and
the reduction of the environmental impact of the Union wine sector set out in Article 57, point (b).’;
(e) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
‘6. The Union financial assistance for innovation referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (e), shall
not exceed:
(a) 50 % of eligible investment costs in less developed regions;
(b) 40 % of eligible investment costs in regions other than less developed regions;
(c) 80 % of eligible investment costs in the outermost regions;
(d) 65 % of eligible investment costs in the smaller Aegean islands.
The Union financial assistance at the maximum rate set out in the first subparagraph shall only be granted to micro,
small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and to
producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. However, it may be granted to all
enterprises in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands.
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For enterprises, other than producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, which are not
covered by Article 2(1) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC, with fewer than 750 employees or with an
annual turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum levels of Union financial assistance set out in the first
subparagraph of this paragraph shall be halved.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Union financial assistance for investments
referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (e), may be increased to up to 80 % of eligible investment costs
for investments linked to the objective of contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the
improvement of the sustainability of production systems and the reduction of the environmental impact of the
Union wine sector set out in Article 57, point (b).
No Union financial assistance shall be granted to enterprises in difficulty within the meaning of the Commission
Communication entitled “Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in
difficulty”.’;
(f) the following paragraph is inserted:
‘6a. The Union financial assistance for advisory services referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (f),
may cover up to 50 % of the eligible expenditure.’;
(g) paragraph 7 is replaced by the following:
‘7. The Union financial assistance for information actions and promotion and communication operations
referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, points (h) and (k), shall not exceed 60 % of the eligible expenditure.
In addition, the Member States referred to in Article 88(1) may provide a national contribution to the types of
intervention referred to in the first subparagraph of up to 20 % of the eligible expenditure. For micro, small and
medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC active in the wine
sector, Member States may provide a national contribution of up to 30 % of the eligible expenditure.’;
(h) the following paragraph is inserted:
‘7a. The Union financial assistance for actions referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (n), against
pests referred to in Part B of Annex II and Part C of Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2019/2072, may cover up to 100 % of the eligible costs.’.
Article 4
Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143
In Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, paragraph 5 is amended as follows:
(1) the second subparagraph is deleted;
(2) the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Agricultural products that are marketed under a geographical indication, which were labelled before 14 May 2026, may
continue to be placed on the market without complying with the obligation to indicate the name of the producer or
operator in the same field of vision as the geographical indication, until existing stocks are exhausted.’.
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Article 5
Transitional provision
Grapevine products in categories defined under Part II, point (1) and points (4) to (9) of Annex VII to Regulation (EU)
No 1308/2013, which have undergone a de-alcoholisation treatment in accordance with Part I, Section E of Annex VIII to
that Regulation, and which have been labelled in accordance with Article 119(1), point (a)(i) and (ii), of that Regulation
prior to 19 September 2027 may continue to be placed on the market until stocks are exhausted.
Article 6
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
However, Article 1, point (8), shall apply from 19 March 2030 and Article 1, point (10), shall apply from 19 September
2027.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 February 2026.
For the European Parliament For the Council
The President The President
R. METSOLA C. KOMBOS
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