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Stockholm – The Swedish authorities needs to permit small-scale farm gross sales of wine, beer, and different alcohol from June 1, 2025. The invoice is at the moment with the EU Fee for evaluation. The query is whether or not the proposal violates EU regulation and discriminates towards international producers.
For a interval, varied stakeholders have had the chance to submit their views on the invoice. Spanish wine producers have protested, as has the European trade group for wine producers.
On Monday, Portugal submitted a so-called detailed opinion, which leads to the complete course of being delayed by an extra three months. This occurs robotically when one other member state has objections. Thus, there might be no resolution from the EU Fee this week, as beforehand deliberate, however the resolution is postponed to January 8 subsequent yr.
Thus far, it’s not publicly identified precisely what objections Portugal has.
The query of farm gross sales has an additional dimension as a result of Sweden’s mannequin with Systembolaget is exclusive within the EU. Solely in Finland and Sweden is an organization allowed to have a monopoly on promoting alcohol.
(October 7)
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