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

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

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

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

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

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, January 2009

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, January 2009

31 Thank you very much for your attention