Evaluation of the CAP measures applicable to the wine sector Case study report: France – Languedoc-Roussillon 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: France – Languedoc-Roussilon 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 Oréade-Brèche experts: Alice Devot, Laurence Menet, Juliette Augier, Pierre Milliard, Juliane Papuchon, Alexandre Lyse and Benjamin Berizzi Table of contents 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE WINE SECTOR IN LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON ................................................................ 1 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 STRUCTURE OF THE SECTOR ............................................................................................................ 3 1.3 STATISTICS AT CASE STUDY LEVEL ..................................................................................................... 4 2. THEME 1: NATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMMES ............................................................................................. 7 2.2 EFFECTS ON THE NSP AT THE LEVEL OF GROWERS ............................................................................... 10 2.3 EFFECTS OF THE NSP AT THE LEVEL OF PRODUCERS AND PRODUCTS ........................................................ 17 2.4 EFFECTS OF THE PROMOTION MEASURE ........................................................................................... 26 2.5 EFFECTS OF THE INFORMATION MEASURE ......................................................................................... 32 2.6 EFFICIENCY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NSP ................................................................................. 34 2.7 COHERENCE OF THE NSP ............................................................................................................. 40 2.8 RELEVANCE OF THE NSP ............................................................................................................. 45 2.9 EU ADDED VALUE AND SUBSIDIARITY .............................................................................................. 49 3. THEME 2: SCHEME OF AUTHORISATIONS OF VINE PLANTINGS .................................................................... 51 3.1 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 51 3.2 CONCLUSION OF THE EXPERTS ....................................................................................................... 51 4. THEME 3: WINE PRODUCTS DEFINITION, RESTRICTIONS ON OENOLOGICAL PRACTICES AND AUTHORISED WINE GRAPE VARIETIES ......................................................................................................... 53 4.1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AT MEMBER STATE AND REGIONAL LEVEL ......................... 53 4.2 COMPETITIVENESS DISTORTIONS DUE TO SPECIFIC RULES ON OENOLOGICAL PRACTICES ................................. 54 4.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 55 4.4 COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE EXPERT ................................................................................. 59 5. THEME 4: EU RULES ON LABELLING AND PRESENTATION ............................................................................ 60 5.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE LABELLING RULES APPLIED AT MEMBER STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL ................................. 60 5.2 EXISTING NATIONAL DATA ON NON-COMPLIANCE WITH LABELLING RULES ................................................. 61 5.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 62 6. THEME 5: CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES, MONITORING AND CHECKS ......................................................... 66 6.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RULES ................................................................ 66 6.2 EXISTING NATIONAL DATA ON NON-COMPLIANCE AND WORKLOAD ......................................................... 70 6.3 SYNTHESIS OF THE INTERVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 70 7. LIST OF THE LITERATURE AND INTERVIEWS ................................................................................................. 73 ANNEX 1 – DESCRIPTION OF THE NSP MEASURES .................................................................................................. 75 AGROSYNERGIE – Case study report: France – Languedoc-Roussillon Evaluation of the impact of the CAP measures applicable to the wine sector i List of tables Table 1: Market shares of wine produced in Languedoc-Roussillon (2016) ................................................................. 4 Table 2: Area in vineyard and production in FRANCE ................................................................................................... 4 Table 3: Area in vineyard and production in LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON ...................................................................... 4 Table 4: Number of wine growers in Languedoc-Roussillon ......................................................................................... 4 Table 5: Area by variety (ha) in Languedoc-Roussillon ................................................................................................. 5 Table 6: Planting rights.................................................................................................................................................. 5 Table 7: Budget allocation per measure on the first three years of the 2014-2018 NSP ............................................. 7 Table 8: Implementation choices on the promotion measure ..................................................................................... 7 Table 9: Implementation choices on the restructuring and conversion measure ........................................................ 8 Table 10: Implementation choices on the investment measure .................................................................................. 9 Table 11: Wine product covered by the legislation .................................................................................................... 10 Table 12: Implementation choices on the “by product distillation” measure ............................................................ 10 Table 13: Amount of aid granted per action in France ............................................................................................... 11 Table 14: List of varieties eligible under the individual restructuring measure .......................................................... 11 Table 15: List of varieties eligible under the collective restructuring plan established in Languedoc- Roussillon .................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Table 16: Volume of wine exported by type of wine products in 2017 ...................................................................... 27 Table 17: Value of wine exported by type of wine products in 2017 ......................................................................... 27 Table 18: Rate of achievement of the foreseen expenditures per measures ............................................................. 34 Table 19: Quantified objectives set in the draft NSP and monitoring in the implementation report 2016 ............... 34 Table 20: Main criteria/procedure(s) ensuring the relevance of the selected applications ....................................... 35 Table 21: SWOT