1. Integration of wine into the single CMO Commission services’ presentation for Council working group 8-9 January 2009

2. 2 Single CMO  Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007  Keystone of CAP simplification  Working well in practice  Useful single reference document Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

3. 3 Wine integration always foreseen  sCMO recital (8) provided that reformed wine CMO should be incorporated  Wine reform was drafted and adopted on basis of future integration into the sCMO: see recital (8) of new wine CMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

4. 4 No policy changes  Integration of wine is a technical operation only  No scope to reopen wine reform debates  Same as was done for fruit and vegetables, milk mini-package etc Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

5. 5 EP support  Overwhelmingly positive opinion from EP  493 in favour, only 4 against and 17 abstentions Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

6. 6 Amending proposal  COM(2008) 489 final  Amends sCMO: looks complex but consolidated sCMO ready soon  Some minor amendments needed following health check changes to sCMO  Repeals new wine CMO (Regulation (EC) 479/2008)  To apply from 1 August 2009 Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

7. 7 Structure of sCMO  sCMO divided logically into key subject matters like internal market and trade with third countries, with further sub-divisions  Allows equivalent rules covering several sectors to be gathered together into a single provision, and rules specific to individual sectors to be located in an appropriate, easy-to-find place  The proposal for the integration of wine into the single CMO follows this logic Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

8. 8 Integration methods  Some wine provision already covered by sCMO today  Provisions identical for wine CMO and other products in single CMO: wine sector simply added to the list of products concerned  Provisions specific to wine sector cut-and- pasted into appropriate places in sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

9. 9 Product list  Already covered in sCMO today  Wine sector listed in Article 1(l) sCMO  Products list concerned in Part XII of Annex I sCMO  Order of sectors followed in all subsequent cases in sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

10. 10 Management committee  Single CMO Management Committee already applies to wine sector from 1 August 2008  Working well: wine issues grouped together for single day's discussion  Already used for opinions on many proposals implementing wine reform Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

11. 11 Management committee powers  In all old CMOs (including wine): "the Commission may act by the management committee procedure".  New drafting in sCMO: "the Commission may act" but read with Article 4 sCMO, so always by management committee procedure unless the sCMO says otherwise explicitly.  So no change in substance: committee will continue to be consulted on the same issues as under the wine CMO. Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

12. 12 Identical provisions wine/CMO  Wine added to identical sCMO provisions: –scope of sCMO: Article 1(2) –marketing years: Article 3 –tariff nomenclature: Article 129 –import licences: Article 130 –additional import duties: Article 141 –suspension of inward processing: Article 160 –export licences: Article 161 –suspension of outward processing: Article 174 –anti-trust competition rules: Article 175 Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

13. 13 Wine sector definitions  Added without modification as a separate Part IIIa into the list for all sectors: Annex III sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

14. 14 Production potential  Production potential (unlawful plantings, planting rights and grubbing-up) similar to milk, sugar, potato quota systems  So introduced unchanged as separate Section IVa in Chapter III (systems of production limitation) under the headings for Internal Market (Part II), Market Intervention (Title I) sCMO  Related Annexes on budget and areas under grubbing-up added as Annexes Xd and Xe sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

15. 15 Support programmes  Wine sector support programmes are sector-specific aid schemes as for other products  So integrated unchanged as separate Section IVb in Chapter IV (aid schemes) under the headings for Internal Market (Part II), Market Intervention (Title I) sCMO  Related Annex on budgets is added as Annex Xb sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

16. 16 Marketing rules  Marketing rules similar to those for other products  So introduced unchanged as separate Articles 113c and 113d into Section I (Marketing Rules) in the Chapter I on (rules on marketing and production) in Title II of Part II sCMO  Related categories of grape vine products (including wine-growing zones) are added unchanged as Annex XIb sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

17. 17 Names, labelling, presentation  Wine-sector specific (designations of origin, geographical indications, traditional terms and labelling and presentation) but such rules exist for other sectors  So integrated unchanged in new Sections Ia and Ib of Chapter I (Rules concerning marketing and production) in Title II of Part II sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

18. 18 Production rules  Sector-specific (wine grape varieties and oenological practices and restrictions) but such rules exist for other sectors  So integrated into new Section IIa of Chapter I (Rules concerning marketing and production) in Title II of Part II sCMO  Related Annexes XVa and XVb sCMO added Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

19. 19 Producer, interbranch organisations  Wine rules on producer and interbranch organisations similar to those for fruit and vegetables and tobacco sectors  So integrated in new Section Ib of Chapter II (producer, interbranch organisations) in Title II of Part II sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

20. 20 Special security on imports  Special security on imports added as separate Article 133a sCMO following general Article 133 sCMO on securities for all sectors Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

21. 21 Special import requirements  Special import requirements for wine similar to those in Section IV of Chapter II (Imports) of Part III (Trade with Third Countries) sCMO for other products  So added as separate Subsection V Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

22. 22 State aids  Article 180 sCMO  Text to be harmonised and take into account at the same time the wine integration, the health check and the school fruit scheme modifications  Resolves post-health check inconsistency between wine CMO Articles 8(4) and 127(2) [sCMO Articles 103n(4) and 180] Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

23. 23 National aids  National aid for wine distillation added as separate Article 182a sCMO following Articles on similar aids in other sectors in Chapter II (state aids) of Part IV (Competition) sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

24. 24 Reports  Reports in wine sector to the Parliament and Council added as additional points to existing report list in Article 184 sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

25. 25 Special wine sector rules  Special rules in the wine sector on vineyard registers and inventory, declarations, accompanying documents and responsible authorities  Inserted in appropriate places in Part V sCMO, specifically designed for such rules in various sectors Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

26. 26 Financial rules  Financial rules on transfers of amounts added as separate Article 190a to Part VI (General Provisions) sCMO after general Article 190 sCMO on financial provisions  Related Annex Xc sCMO added Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

27. 27 Control provisions  Controls in wine sector integrated in existing Article 194 sCMO and as new Article 194a sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

28. 28 Regulatory committee  Regulatory committee in wine sector added to the existing Article 195 sCMO (management committee) Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

29. 29 Transitional rules  Special transitional rules in wine sector are added unchanged as Article 203b sCMO  Similar as done in Article 203a for fruit and vegetables when integrated into sCMO Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

30. 30 Correlation table  Complete detail of how every provision of wine CMO is integrated into sCMO  Correlation table added as point 47 of Annex XXII sCMO  Same as for every other sector Brussels, 8 - 9 January 2009

31. 31 Thank you very much for your attention