European Union - Thirty-Ninth Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 23 October 2007.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

FOREWORD—what this report is about

Chapter 1: The Government's view of the Commission's Proposals

The Story So Far

The Government's Views

Distillation

National Envelopes

Grubbing-Up

The Ban on New Plantings

Enrichment

Rural Development

Wine Classification and Labelling

Wine-Making Practices

Single Farm Payment

Chapter 2: The EU Wine Industry—Some Underlying Problems

Wine and the Consumer

Structure of the Industry

Fragmentation

Producer Domination

Connectivity

Impact of Reform

Social and Economic Impact

Cultural Impact

Environmental Impact

Chapter 3: Conclusions

The EU Wine Industry

Conclusions

Distillation

National Envelopes

Grubbing-Up

The Ban on New Plantings

Enrichment

Rural Development

Wine Classification and Labelling

Wine Making Practices

Single Farm Payment

Appendix 1: Sub-Committee D (Environment and Agriculture)

Appendix 2: List of Witnesses

Appendix 3: A Brief Guide to the EU Wine Sector

Appendix 4: Recent Reports

Oral Evidence

Lord Rooker and Robin Manning, Defra

Oral Evidence given on 25 July 2007

NOTE: References in the text of the report are as follows:

(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence

(p) refers to a page of written evidence

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