Wine Law

14 protected designations and wines entirely (100 percent) made from grapes grown on the territory of Russia. The basic rules of the state and municipal support for the development of viticulture and winemaking are laid down in Chapter 5 (Art. 33-42). State and municipal support is provided only for those entities that make viticulture products, wine, fortified wine, sparkling wine and/or grape must produced from grapes grown in Russia as well as for the public organisations working in the field of prevention, elimination and discontinuation of production and circulation of falsified, unwholesome, and counterfeit wine products. The state and municipal support could be financial (mainly subsidies, including reimbursement of expenses), property, informational and advisory support, training, retraining and professional improvement. The financial support could take the form of crediting the viticulture and winemaking entities. Such entities may receive subsidies from the federal budget through the regional budgets in order to partially cover reimbursement of interest payments on loans (credits) for the entire credit period. The property support to viticulture and winemaking entities could take the form of transfer into the ownership and/or use of state or municipal property including land plots, buildings, structures, non-residential premises, equipment, machinery, devices, installations, vehicles, appliances, tools, on a nonreimbursable, pro bono or preferential basis, in accordance with existing state programs. Such a property must be used for its intended purpose. Measures of state support are provided for to ensure sustainable viticulture development and increasing the grapevine acreage by the creation of appropriate infrastructure. This could include breeding and nursery centers with the participation of research organisations for the production of top quality grape planting material and ensuring transport accessibility to grape plantations, water resources for irrigation systems, the implementation of land reclamation and vineyard re-cultivation programs. The viticulture and winemaking entities may receive state support to carry out the activities defined in state programs such as stimulating the use of fertilizers, biological and environmentally-friendly technologies and methods of cultivation of grape plantations that rule out the use of chemical agents or other hazardous substances. State and municipal support is available for research, scientific and technical, innovation and educational activities in the field of viticulture and winemaking. An information and advisory support is another form of helping the viticulture and winemaking entities by