Changes between two versions
What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report
From · draft committee report· 17 Jun 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 · 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
AI:What changed, in short
The changes expand crisis measures, allowing voluntary distillation, green harvesting, and grubbing up, with new eligibility restrictions and financial assistance rates.12422 Planting authorisation rules are revised: waivers for unused pre-2025 authorisations, validity extensions, and new restrictions to avoid oversupply.5678 Support for wine tourism, diversification, and disease prevention is added, with new beneficiaries and higher funding rates.3272829 Labelling rules for de-alcoholised wines and export exemptions are updated, along with new provisions for old vines and coupage.222537 The other changes are formal: punctuation fixes, spelling updates, and cross-references.172324
34 changes of substance · 3 formal · 0 of wording only
Written by AI from the two texts only · read the changes before relying on it · 4 Sept 2026 · Report a problem
+130 added · −30 removed · 11 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 2 of 5: Paragraphs 61–120
Added: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).
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new), Article 66 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new): (2a) In Article 66(2), the following subparagraph is added: / ‘Member States may set criteria for the allocation and management of planting authorisations, to avoid increasing vineyard areas and therefore wine production in regions and for market segments prone to oversupply, and to further prioritise wines with market opportunities, consistent with their national sectorial strategies and the crisis measures authorised for those areas.’
Added: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.
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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 over a threshold to be set by the Member State compared to the grubbed up vines or only traditional varieties and 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
Added: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.
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new), Article 64 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new): (3a) In Article 64(3), the following third subparagraph is added: / ‘Member States shall ensure that operators who have implemented grubbing up measures in the preceding year are not entitled to submit requests for new planting authorisations during the next five years.’
Added: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
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a, Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii: (ii) the term ‘low-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 category before de-alcoholisation.
Added: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.
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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 mandatory particulars be indicated in the same field of vision shall only apply once on any given label.’
Added: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.
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new), Article 119 – paragraph 5 a (new): (5a) In Article 119, the following paragraph is added: / ‘5a. When providing the nutrition declaration and the list of ingredients in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 and other compulsory or voluntary indications laid down by Union law or national legislation, the electronic means shall: / (i) be identified without words by means of the ISO 7001 PI PF 001 symbol; and / (ii) appear in close proximity to the energy value. / Wine bearing labels using other ways of presenting the electronic means and lawfully printed before ... [18 months from the date of entry into force of this amending Regulation] may continue to be placed on the market until stocks of such labels are exhausted.
Added: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:
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Change 17
Removed:The requirement to indicate the particulars shall follow the rules of the third country of export.
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6, Article 122 – paragraph 1 – point d – point v: (v) the use of electronic means to provide mandatory or voluntary information, inter alia in respect of the symbol referred to in Article 119(5a), point (i), updated as necessary;
Added: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.’
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Changed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article2 167b –(new), paragraphArticle 165 – subparagraphparagraph 1: 1.(2b) In order to improve and stabilise the operationArticle of65, the commonfirst marketparagraph inis wines,replaced includingby the grapes, musts andfollowing: wines/ from‘When whichapplying theyArticle derive,63(2), producera Member StatesState may lay down marketing rules to regulate supply, including the setting of maximum yields and setting rules for the management of stocks. Member States shall take into account proposalsrecommendations adoptedpresented by producer organisations recognised underprofessional Articlesorganisations 152operating andin 154,the interbranchwine organisationssector recognisedreferred underto in Articles 157152, 156 and 158,157, orby recognised producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographicalreferred indicationsto in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143,2024/1143 whenor suchby organisationsother aretypes consideredof toprofessional beorganisation representativerecognised foron the winebasis sector,of inthat accordanceMember withState's Articlelegislation, 164(3),provided inthat thethose economicrecommendations areaare orpreceded areasby wherean agreement entered into by the rulesrelevant arerepresentative intendedparties toin bethe applied.reference geographical area.’
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b, Article 216 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3: The payments referred to in the first subparagraph shall not exceed the costs of the product, where relevant, and of the operation concerned, plus an incentive to engage in such operation, to allow for the crisis to be addressed. Beneficiaries of funds allocated to the crisis measures referred to in this paragraph shall not be eligible to receive support for the same green harvesting, distillation, or grubbing-up measures pursuant to Article 58(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 implemented in the same hectares.
Added: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.’
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point c, Article 216 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new): Beneficiaries of national payments for the voluntary measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, for a period of three years, not be eligible to benefit from other wine support programmes aimed at increasing productivity
Added: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:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Annex VII – part II – introductory part – subparagraphs 2 and 3: Grapevine products of the categories set out in points (4), (5) 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).
Added: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
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Added: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.
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Added: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.’
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Added: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.
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Added: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;’
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Added: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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Added: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;
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Added: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.
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Added: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.’
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Added: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.’
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Added: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.’