Brussels, 14 March – The wine industry reacts to the misleading report “Europe's billion-euro wine spillage” published by the Brussels-based organisation Eurocare on 6 March which, on the basis of false information and assumptions, criticizes the Common Agricultural Policy and more precisely the wine promotion measure.
"We are shocked by the distorted facts, mistakes, inconsistencies and biased conclusions in this report which makes it very misleading.” said Ignacio Sánchez Recarte, Secretary General of CEEV.
From a general point of view, it is quite astonishing how Eurocare criticizes not only the policy but also the European Commission's and Member States' procedures by suggesting that the promotion programme shows poor enforcement of control procedures, extended fraud and administrative measures favouring unfair competition.