Changes between two versions
What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 10 Nov 2025
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) No 251/2014 as regards certain market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products
To · adopted text· 10 Feb 2026
Amending Regulations on agricultural products as regards market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products
These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).
+16 added · −186 removed · 3 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 2 of 5: Paragraphs 61–120
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Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1: 3. The authorisations referred to in paragraph 1, granted in accordance with Articles 64 and 68, shall be valid for three years from the date on 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 administrative penalties, as provided for in Article 90a(4), if there is no objective justification for that non-use.
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2: By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, producers who hold valid authorisations in accordance with Articles 64, 66 and 68 granted before 1 January 2025 shall not be subject to the administrative penalty referred to in Article 90a(4) provided that they inform the competent authorities before the date of expiry of the authorisation and at the latest by 31 December 2026 that they do not intend to make use of their authorisation.
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new): In the cases of force majeure and exceptional circumstances listed in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, winegrowers may extend the validity of the authorisations granted in accordance with Article 64, by up to twelve months after the initial expiration date.
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3: Authorisations granted in accordance with Article 66 on replantings shall be valid for eight years from the end of the wine 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 penalty referred to in Article 90a(4).
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new): Authorisations granted under Articles 64, 66 and 68 shall expire on 31 July of the last year of their validity.
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 b (new): By way of derogation from the standard procedure, when Member States have not established any of the criteria set out in Article 66(2) and (3), the simplified procedure for granting replanting authorisations laid down in Article 9 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 shall apply. The replanting authorisation shall be granted automatically by the competent authority following grubbing-up, without the producer needing to make a formal request.
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a, Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1– point b: (b) limit the issuing of authorisations, down to 0 %, 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; or
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a, Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1– point c: (c) limit the issuing of authorisations, down to 0 %, for new plantings at regional level, for specific areas and for specific characteristics of vineyard planting, where national or Union measures concerning distillation of wine, green harvesting or grubbing up, pursuant to Article 216 of this Regulation and to Article 58(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, have been implemented in justified cases of crisis.
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a, Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: Member States that limit the issuing of authorisations for new plantings at regional level in accordance with the first subparagraph, points (b) or (c), may require such authorisations to be used in those regions. Such authorisations shall prioritise the production of wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication.
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b, Article 63 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: 3. The limitations referred to in paragraph 2 shall contribute to the management of the production potential and shall be justified on one or more of the following specific grounds:
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new), Article 63 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – points a and b: (ba) in paragraph 3, points a and b are replaced by the following: / ‘(a) the need to avoid a risk of oversupply of wine products in relation to market prospects for those products, not exceeding what is necessary to satisfy this need; / (b) the need to avoid a 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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Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new), Article 64 – paragraph 3 a (new): (2a) In Article 64, the following paragraph is added: / ‘3a. Member States shall ensure that operators who have implemented grubbing up measures in the preceding year are not eligible to submit requests for new planting authorisations in the same production zone for the following five years. Member States shall also ensure that operators who have implemented crisis distillation or green harvesting measures are not eligible to submit requests for new planting authorisations in the same production zone for a period of three consecutive years.’
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new), Article 65 – paragraph 1: (2b) 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, by recognised producer groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 or by other types of professional organisation 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.’
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Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new), Article 66 – paragraph 2 a (new): (2 c) in Article 66, the following subparagraph is inserted: / ‘Member States may set criteria for the allocation and management of planting authorisations in order to avoid increasing vineyard areas and therefore wine production in regions and for market segments prone to oversupply, and in order to prioritise wines that have market opportunities, in accordance with their national sectorial strategies and the crisis measures authorised for those areas.’
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 d (new), Article 66 – paragraph 3: (2d) Article 66 (3) is replaced by the following: / ‘3. The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be used on the same holding on which the grubbing up was undertaken. In order to prevent the risk of devaluation, misuse or fraudulent practices by third parties seeking to exploit the reputation of a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication and on the basis of a recommendation from a professional organisation in accordance with Article 65 or a recognised producer group in accordance with Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, Member States may, in areas eligible for the production of wines with protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications: / (a) restrict the replanting to vines complying with the same protected designation of origin or geographical indication specification as the area grubbed up; / (b) prohibit the replanting of vines intended for the production of wines without a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.’
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Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 66 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b: (b) only production methods that do not increase the average yield above a ceiling laid down in the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 3a compared to the grubbed up vines or only traditional production methods of a given region shall be used where the corresponding grubbed up area was located in a production region that the Member State has qualified as affected by a structural market imbalance; or
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 66 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new): By way of derogation from the second subparagraph, replanting authorisations shall be granted for vineyards classified as ‘heroic vineyards’, as these are characterised by the exceptional difficulty of cultivation due to environmental and structural factors. Heroic vineyards are defined as those that meet at least one of the following criteria: / (a) planted areas with an average slope greater than 15%; / (b) planted areas with an average altitude of over 500 meters above sea level (excluding plateaus); or / (c) location on small islands with a total area under 250 km².
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new), Article 66 – paragraph 3 a (new): (3a) in Article 66, the following paragraph is inserted: / ‘3a. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting the ceiling over which production methods referred to in the second subparagraph, point b, are not permitted to increase the average yield compared to the grubbed up vines. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 70.’
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 67: 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. For Member States that are not currently subject to the scheme of authorisation but have vineyard area exceeding 10 000ha in at least three of the previous five marketing years, a transitional period of five years shall be established. Where that condition is no longer fulfilled in a Member State, the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings shall apply in that Member State as from the beginning of the marketing year following that in which the condition ceased to be fulfilled.
Removed:Regulation EU No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new), Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new): (4a) In Article 70(1), the following point is inserted: / ‘(aa) setting the ceiling over which production methods referred to in Article 66(3), second subparagraph, point b, increase the average yield compared to the grubbed up vines are not permitted;’
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new), Article 81 – paragraph 2 – point b: (4b) In Article 81(2), point b is replaced by the following: / ‘(b) the variety concerned comes from a cross between the species Vitis vinifera, Vitis Labrusca and other species of the genus Vitis.’
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Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a, Article 119 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i: (i) the term ‘alcohol-free’ if the actual alcoholic strength of the product does not exceed 0,5 % by volume, that term accompanied by the expression ‘0,0%’ if the actual alcoholic strength of the product does not exceed 0,05% by volume;
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a, Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii: (ii) the term ‘reduced alcohol’ if the actual alcoholic strength of the product is equal to or above 0,5% by volume and is at least 30% below the minimum alcoholic strength of the category before de-alcoholisation.
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new), Article 119 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new): (ba) the following subparagraph is added: / ‘The requirement that compulsory particulars be indicated in the same field of vision shall only apply once on any given packaging.’
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new), Article 119 – paragraphs 5 a and 5 b (new): (5a) In Article 119, the following paragraphs are added: / ‘5a. When providing the nutrition declaration and the list of ingredients in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5, and other compulsory indications laid down by Union law or national legislation, the electronic means used shall be identified without words by means of the ISO 7001 PI PF 001 symbol and appear in close proximity to the energy value. / 5b. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, 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.’
Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new), Article 122 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii: (5 b) In Article 122(1), point c, point iii is replaced by the following: / ‘(iii) terms referring to a holding and the conditions for their use and their relationship with trade marks and commercial names.’
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Removed:Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6, Article 122 – paragraph 1 – point d – point v: (v) the use of electronic means to provide compulsory indications, including in respect of the symbol referred to in Article 119(6), point (i), and if necessary to update them;