Wine Law

REGULATION OF ORGANIC WINE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 221 was one of the essential objectives of organic production, it would also contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the seventh Environment Action Programme 26 . Likewise, it addressed some of the problems detected during the impact assessment analysis carried out to review the EU’s ecological policy 27 . As a basis for that analysis, an extensive consultation process with a wide range of stakeholders was conducted, and European citizens showed great interest in this topic (between January and April 2013, it received about 45,000 responses). In summary, of the new Plan, we can highlight the following sections: 1) Knowledge of the EU ecological regime and its logo Information and promotional measures in the field of organic products can play an important role in developing market opportunities for those who produce them. In this sense, the policy applied by the European Union to information and promotion activities for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries offers operators the financing possibilities for campaigns that allow consumers to better understand the main aspects of the organic regime, the specific products that comply with the Union’s organic production standards, the control system applied by the Union and its organic logo. Action 4) envisaged that the Commission would carry out a specific survey on consumer awareness of the EU organic farming scheme and their understanding and trust in it. Action 5) foresaw that, before the end of 2015, the ecological public procurement criteria for food and restaurant services would be reviewed and specific information material prepared to explain the use of organic farming requirements in public procurement. 2) Research and innovation to overcome the challenges in ecological regulations Organic production has become a highly specialised agricultural system that requires professional training, knowledge and specific technologies. In Action 6), it was contemplated that the Commission would organise, in 2015, a conference to determine the research and innovation priorities that producers have concerning the challenges that could result from the future regulation of 26 Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, respecting the limits of our planet’. 27 Available in http://ec.europa.eu/governance/impact/ia_carried_out/cia_2013_en.htm ( accessed 20 June 2020).