Planting right

Term for a temporary right to plant vines for an agricultural area. It is regulated in detail in EU regulations and in the wine laws of the EU member states. In the past, limited planting rights were allocated to each member state. This was intended to guarantee a stable and balanced development of the vineyards and to prevent unbridled growth. After individual member states had almost exhausted their planting rights, these were traded on the free market. In the course of the reform of the EU wine market organisation, the EU Commission proposed in 2008 to phase out the system, as the costs for a planting right represented a competitive disadvantage for European winegrowers compared to producers in Australia, California and South Africa, where planting rights are unknown. The 2009 EU wine market regulation therefore stipulated the phasing out of planting rights from the beginning of 2016.

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