Vineyard register
Mandatory EU register of winegrowers and viticulture area(s)
Description
The Vineyard Register is a database of winegrowers in the EU Member States and pre-accession countries, containing details of their location, size, grape varieties and ownership. The register allows the European Union to monitor vineyard planting and removal, ensuring compliance with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The Register was established in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934, and is an important tool supporting the implementation of the Common Market. The minimum information to be reported in the vineyard register is defined in Annex III to IV of this regulation. Member States are responsible for setting up their own internal systems, updating the vineyard register and providing regular reports to the European Commission.
Technology
Each Member State establishes its own ICT-based vineyard register and submits regular reports to the Commission, which regularly updates the vineyard register. The register is accessible via an interactive dashboard or as a PDF, both of which can be accessed online. Member States may choose to adhere to common EU standards related to registers containing spatial data, such as the Directive INSPIRE (Directive 2007/2/EC). Vineyard registers are set up and maintained within the main data infrastructure and framework of the Integrated Administrative and Control System (IACS) used by the EU for the management and control of the CAP. IACS integrates vineyard data from the EU’s GIS-based vineyard register.
Target
The main users of the vineyard register are the official authorities responsible for managing the CAP in the European Union and pre-accession countries. Farm advisors, farmers’ associations and individual farmers contribute to the register by with updated information. Indirectly, market operators, policy analysts, researchers and a wide range of stakeholders in the EU and beyond can benefit from the data and transparency offered by the register.
Business model
The establishment and maintenance of the vineyard register have been co-funded by the European Union and its Member States, as well as any pre-accession countries seeking to align their agricultural policies with those of the European Union. Farmers, delegated advisors and associations access the register free of charge to input their data, and access to the data is also free of charge to other stakeholders.
Impact
According to the integrated farm statistics announced by Eurostat based on data acquired from the vineyard registers of the Member States, there were 2.2 million vineyard holdings in the European Union in 2020, operating around 45 percent of the world’s wine-growing areas. The main expected impacts of the Vineyard Register are enhanced transparency and management by private and public actors such as the European, national and regional authorities in the supervision and regulation of the vineyard plantations and wine trade. By combining GIS with detailed vineyard registers, the European Union, its Member States and its pre-accession countries can efficiently manage vineyard data, monitor vineyard activities, support environmental protection and regulate the wine market within the block.
Partners
EU Member States; EU pre-accession countries ; non-EU countries
Four Betters
Better production
