MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Member States’ potential vineyard output – E-001015/2025

Question for written answer  E-001015/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Esther Herranz García (PPE)

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 17 December 2013, implemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/273 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/274 of the Commission, both of 11 December 2017 authorise each Member State to increase the potential output of its vineyards by granting, each year, new permits for an area representing no more than 1% of its potential output on 31 July of the previous year.

In the light of the above:

• 1.Does the Commission consider it lawful for the relevant authority of a Member State to decide, in a given year, to increase this potential output by granting new administrative permits – either at national-government or regional level – on the basis of objective information on developments in the wine market, if such a decision runs counter to recommendations made by, where appropriate, the regional authorities or the bodies responsible for governing geographical indications and even inter-professional organisations in the sector itself?

Submitted: 10.3.2025