Wine Law

5 percent of amount of finished goods” 12 . The need for a special legislation was in the air ever since and the public discussion went on for years. 2. The Course of the Legislative Process Related to the New Federal Law on Viticulture and Winemaking The project for the adoption of a specific sectorial law for the winemaking and the wine trading was on the table for 27 years. An initial draft was proposed in 1993 by the then National Research Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking (Научно- исследовательский институт виноградарства и виноделия). The National Association of the Winemakers 13 took part in the debate. This first stage of legislative enhancement for the wine production was crowned by the adoption of Federal Law No. 171-FZ of 22 November 1995. As unsatisfying as it was, this law remained the principal regulating act in the domain till 2020. Subsequently some new national (state) standards have been adopted to complete those existing from the Soviet times. Such are the State standard on the table wines and the table wine materials issued in 2006 14 and the State standard of 2009 on the sparkling wines and the sparkling pearl wines 15 . In the lack of a wine law on a national level and respecting the specificities of the Russian state construction the most regions concerned with the advancement of the wine making adopted their own local legislation. In 1998 the region of Krasnodar (Краснодарский край), which occupies all the Russian Eastern coast of the Black sea, published its own “Law on viticulture and production of grape processing products in the region of Krasnodar”. In the next years its vitality was confirmed by 12 amendments that followed till it was finally repealed after the adoption of the new federal law in 2019 16 . In the Republic of Dagestan (Республика Дагестан), facing East the Caspian with a costal 12 Art. 2, point 11 of the Federal Law No. 171-FZ of 22 November 1995 (https://cis- legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=1612) . 13 ОАО “Росвиноградвинпром” (Rossvinogradvinprom public corporation). In 2001 it was replaced by the Union of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Russia (Союз виноградарей и виноделов России - СВВР), established with the task to protect the interests of domestic winegrowers and winemakers. 14 GOST R 52523-2006 Table wines and table winestocks. General specifications (http://docs.cntd.ru/document/1200043553). 15 GOST R 51158-2009 Sparkling wines and sparkling pearl wines. General specifications (http://docs.cntd.ru/document/gost-r-51158-2009) . 16 Source : http://docs.cntd.ru/document/570720180.