COMMISSION STARTS WORK ON WINE REFORM AFTER FINAL FORMAL APPROVAL SECURED
May 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will immediately start implementing the European Union's (EU) wine reform package after final formal approval was secured from EU ministers. Approving a political deal struck in December, the new system now enters into force in August. It includes a voluntary three-year grubbing-up scheme; phasing out of crisis distillation; and creating national winery modernisation grant budgets.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission will immediately start implementing the European Union's (EU) wine reform package after final formal approval was secured from EU ministers. Approving a political deal struck in December, the new system now enters into force in August. It includes a voluntary three-year grubbing-up scheme; phasing out of crisis distillation; and creating national winery modernisation grant budgets.
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