Evaluation of the CAP measures applicable to the wine sector Case study report: Germany – Rhineland-Palatinate 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: Germany – Rhineland-Palatinate 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 following experts : Dr. Udo Bremer, Thomas Gerhards, Dr. Johannes Simons and Nora Simons Table of contents 1. LIST OF THE LITERATURE AND INTERVIEWS ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERVIEWED ORGANISATION AND COMPANIES ..................................................... 1 1.2 DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS COLLECTED ............................................................................................. 4 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE WINE SECTOR IN GERMANY ........................................................................................ 5 2.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ......................................................................................................... 5 2.2 STRUCTURE OF THE SECTOR IN RHINELAND-PALATINATE ........................................................................ 9 2.3 STATISTICS OF THE WINE SECTOR OF RHINELAND-PALATINATE ............................................................... 10 3. THEME 1: NATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMMES ........................................................................................... 15 3.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................... 15 3.2 EFFECTS ON THE NSP AT THE LEVEL OF GROWERS ............................................................................... 22 3.3 EFFECTS OF THE NSP AT THE LEVEL OF PRODUCERS AND PRODUCTS ........................................................ 30 3.4 EFFECTS OF THE PROMOTION MEASURE ........................................................................................... 38 3.5 EFFECTS OF THE INFORMATION MEASURE ......................................................................................... 46 3.6 EFFICIENCY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NSP ................................................................................. 49 3.7 COHERENCE OF THE NSP ............................................................................................................. 54 3.8 RELEVANCE OF THE NSP ............................................................................................................. 56 3.9 EU ADDED VALUE AND SUBSIDIARITY .............................................................................................. 60 4. THEME 2: SCHEME OF AUTHORISATIONS OF VINE PLANTINGS .................................................................... 63 4.1 SYNTHESIS OF THE LITERATURE ...................................................................................................... 63 4.2 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 63 4.3 CONCLUSION OF THE EXPERTS ....................................................................................................... 64 5. THEME 3: WINE PRODUCTS DEFINITION, RESTRICTIONS ON OENOLOGICAL PRACTICES AND AUTHORISED WINE GRAPE VARIETIES ......................................................................................................... 66 5.1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AT MEMBER STATE AND REGIONAL LEVEL ......................... 66 5.2 COMPETITIVENESS DISTORTIONS DUE TO SPECIFIC RULES ON OENOLOGICAL PRACTICES ................................. 68 5.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 70 5.4 COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE EXPERT ................................................................................. 75 6. THEME 4: EU RULES ON LABELLING AND PRESENTATION ............................................................................ 76 6.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE LABELLING RULES APPLIED AT MEMBER STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL ................................. 76 6.2 EXISTING NATIONAL DATA ON NON-COMPLIANCE WITH LABELLING RULES ................................................. 78 6.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 79 6.4 COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE EXPERT ................................................................................. 83 7. THEME 5: CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES, MONITORING AND CHECKS ......................................................... 85 7.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RULES ................................................................ 85 7.2 EXISTING NATIONAL DATA ON NON-COMPLIANCE AND WORKLOAD ......................................................... 89 7.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 90 ANNEX 1 – LIST OF THE INTERVIEWS ...................................................................................................................... 92 ANNEX 2 - RHINELAND-PALATINATE: GENERAL CRITERIA RESTRUCTURING PHASE 2 (2018) ................................ 105 ANNEX 3 - RHINELAND-PALATINATE FUNDING CRITERIA INVESTMENT AND SUPPORT FOR INNOVATION ARTICEL 50 UND 51 DER VERORDNUNG (EG) NR. 1308/2013 FOR PROCESSING PLANTS, INFRASTRUKTURE OF WINE ESTATES AND WINE MARKETERS STAND: JANUAR 2018 .................. 106 AGROSYNERGIE – Case study report: Germany – Rhineland-Palatinate Evaluation of the impact of the CAP measures applicable to the wine sector i List of tables Table 1: Calculation of German supply balance for sparkling wine .............................................................................. 7 Table 2: Vineyard areas in Rhineland-Palatinate (ha) ................................................................................................. 11 Table 3: Production in Rhineland-Palatinate by wine region (hl) ............................................................................... 11 Table 4: Percentage of PDO wine, PGI wine and wine without PDO/PGI in the total production, in Rhineland-Palatinate, by wine region ......................................................................................................................... 11 Table 5: Area by variety (ha) in Rhineland-Palatinate ................................................................................................. 12 Table 6: Number of wine growers in Rhineland-Palatinate (1,000) ............................................................................ 13 Table 7: Number of wine growers in Rhineland-Palatinate (1,000)* .......................................................................... 13 Table 8: Vineyard Area by gradient in Rhineland-Palatinate, 1998 till 2015 .............................................................. 14 Table 9: industry structure in [MEMBER STATE or REGION] ....................................................................................... 14 Table 10: Summary: implementing state per measure ............................................................................................... 15 Table 11: Implementation choices on the information in the Member States measure ............................................ 16 Table 12: Implementation choices on the promotion on third-country measure ...................................................... 17 Table 13: Implementation choices on the restructuring and conversion of vineyards measure ............................... 18 Table 14: Implementation choices on the harvest insurance measure .....................................................................