Evaluation of the CAP measures applicable to the wine sector Case study report: Romania Written by Agrosynergie EEIG Agrosynergie November – 2018 Groupement Européen d’Intérêt Economique AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development Directorate C – Strategy, simplification and policy analysis Unit C.4 – Monitoring and Evaluation E-mail: [email protected] European Commission B-1049 Brussels EUROPEAN COMMISSION Evaluation of the CAP measures applicable to the wine sector Case study report: Romania Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development 2018 EN Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union. Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) The information given is free, as are most calls (though some operators, phone boxes or hotels may charge you). 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Images © Agrosynergie, 2018 EEIG AGROSYNERGIE is formed by the following companies: ORÉADE-BRÈCHE Sarl & COGEA S.r.l. 64 Chemin del prat Via Po 102 31320, Auzeville FRANCE 00198 Roma ITALIE Tel. : + 33 5 61 73 62 62 Tel. : + 39 6 853 73 518 Fax : + 33 5 61 73 62 90 Fax : + 39 6 855 78 65 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Represented by: Represented by: Thierry CLEMENT Francesca ANTILICI This case study was carried out by the expert Marius Andrei Olariu from PROSUPPORT CONSULTING SRL Table of contents 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE WINE SECTOR IN ROMANIA ....................................................................................... 1 2.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ........................................................................................................... 1 2.2 STRUCTURE OF THE SECTOR .............................................................................................................. 2 2.3 STATISTICS AT CASE STUDY LEVEL ....................................................................................................... 4 3. THEME 1: NATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMMES ........................................................................................... 6 3.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................................. 6 3.2 EFFECTS ON THE NSP AT THE LEVEL OF GRAPE GROWERS ....................................................................... 12 3.3 EFFECTS OF THE NSP AT THE LEVEL OF PRODUCERS AND PRODUCTS .......................................................... 19 3.4 EFFECTS OF THE INFORMATION MEASURE........................................................................................... 29 3.5 EFFICIENCY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NSP ................................................................................... 30 3.6 COHERENCE OF THE NSP ............................................................................................................... 39 3.7 RELEVANCE OF THE NSP ................................................................................................................ 41 3.8 EU ADDED VALUE AND SUBSIDIARITY ................................................................................................ 44 4. THEME 2: SCHEME OF AUTHORISATIONS FOR VINE PLANTINGS ................................................................. 46 4.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW SCHEME ................................................................ 46 4.2 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ....................................................................................................... 46 4.3 CONCLUSION OF THE EXPERTS ......................................................................................................... 48 5. THEME 3: WINE PRODUCTS DEFINITION, RESTRICTIONS ON OENOLOGICAL PRACTICES AND AUTHORISED WINE GRAPE VARIETIES ....................................................................................................... 49 5.1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AT MEMBER STATE AND REGIONAL LEVEL .......................... 49 5.2 COMPETITIVENESS DISTORTIONS DUE TO SPECIFIC RULES ON OENOLOGICAL PRACTICES .................................. 50 5.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ....................................................................................................... 51 5.4 COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE EXPERT ................................................................................... 53 6. THEME 4: EU RULES ON LABELLING AND PRESENTATION ........................................................................... 54 6.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE LABELLING RULES APPLIED AT MEMBER STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL .................................. 54 6.2 EXISTING NATIONAL DATA ON NON-COMPLIANCE WITH LABELLING RULES .................................................. 58 6.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ....................................................................................................... 58 6.4 COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE EXPERT ................................................................................... 60 7. THEME 5: CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES, MONITORING AND CHECKS ......................................................... 62 7.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RULES ................................................................. 62 7.2 EXISTING NATIONAL DATA ON NON-COMPLIANCE AND WORKLOAD .......................................................... 68 7.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ....................................................................................................... 70 7.4 COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE EXPERT ................................................................................... 72 ANNEX 1 – DESCRIPTION OF THE NSP MEASURES ................................................................................................. 74 AGROSYNERGIE – Case study report: Romania Evaluation of the impact of the CAP measures applicable to the wine sector i List of tables Table 1: Vineyard areas and production in ROMANIA .................................................................................................. 4 Table 2: Area by variety (ha) in ROMANIA .................................................................................................................... 4 Table 3: Number of wine growers in ROMANIA ........................................................................................................... 4 Table 4. Average production per hectare in ROMANIA ................................................................................................ 4 Table 5: Implementation choices on the Promotion (Art. 45/CMO R.) measure ......................................................... 6 Table 6: Implementation choices on the Restructuring and conversion of vineyards (Art. 46/CMO R.) measure ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Table 7: Implementation choices on the Harvest insurance (Art. 49/CMO R.) measure .............................................. 8 Table 8: Implementation choices on the Investments (Art. 50/CMO R.) measure ....................................................... 9 Table 9: Implementation choices on the By-product distillation (Art. 52/CMO R.) measure ..................................... 10 Table 10: Rate of achievement of the foreseen expenditures per measures ............................................................. 30 Table 11: Main criteria/procedure(s) ensuring the relevance of the selected applications ....................................... 31 Table 12: SWOT analysis of the wine sector ............................................................................................................... 41 Table 13: Description of main local specificities in oenological practices and authorised varieties ........................... 49 Table 14: Specificities oenological practices of main competing wines ..................................................................... 50 List of figures Figure 1: Map of the vine areas in Romania ................................................................................................................. 1 Figure 2: Expediture from 2013 to 2017 per measure (in M€) ..................................................................................... 6 Figure 3: Distribution of expenditures from 2014 to 2017 per measures .................................................................... 6 Figure 4: New plantings in 2016 and 2017, area available and granted (in ha) .......................................................... 46 Figure 5: Organization of monitoring and checks system in Romania ........................................................................ 64 List of abbreviations AFIR – Agenţia