Expected in the face of the wine crisis, the regulatory changes to the wine sector prepared by the European Commission should take shape in the coming weeks. Initial leaks testify to good administrative resolutions.
By Alexandre Abellan On March 14, 2025
 
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The draft regulatory package for the wine sector, which is currently being studied by the Commission's departments, is already raising hopes and expectations. - photo credit: Adobe Stock (Alexandra Lande)

Without being more specific, the European Commission confirms the ambition of the new European Commissioner for Agriculture, Christophe Hansen, to quickly transform the conclusions of the high-level group on European wine policies into tools for managing the wine crisis and indicates that the regulatory package dedicated to wines should be finalised in the coming weeks, with an exact date still to be officially confirmed. Ranging from grubbing-up to support for promotion, including the increase in replanting times to 8 years or the possibility of 0% growth in new plantings, the high-level group's à la carte proposals seem to be taken up almost entirely in a document sent for inter-service consultation by the Commission which is currently circulating in the European corridors. Leaks, or leaks to speak in Brussels, which...