New EU rules allow for increased demand

A new scheme for authorizations of vine plantations has been published by the European Commission, which allows for a yearly limit in expansion of the EU’s wine areas. The new rules are in agreement with the reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy in 2013, and were also approved by the European Parliament and the member states. The publication confirms that the member states should, at a national level, manage a system of free, non-transferable planting authorizations.