This evaluation assesses the possibility of granting optional support for specific needs, under the Article 68 of the Health Check Regulation, within a limit of 10% of direct payments. It draws on standard statistical approaches as well as on the analysis of the measures' notifications to the EC...

The evaluation considers the conception, implementation, control system, results and impacts, coherence and optional character of the Specific Support. It covers the period of implementation of Article 68 measures (2009-2014) and all concerned European Union (EU) Member States and focuses on 10...

The various instruments applicable to the wine sector, defined in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, are National Support Programmes (NSP), the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, marketing and labelling rules, the system of protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected geographical...