“Policy Change for Mediterranean Products in the EU”

1. CALMED Consortium, II Workshop Washington, DC - December 7-8 2006 “Policy Change for Mediterranean Products in the EU” discussion opening Giovanni Anania University of Calabria, Italy

2. the reform proposals for the CMOs for wine and fruit & vegetables: the common elements

3. the reform proposals for the CMOs for wine and fruit & vegetables: the common elements current total support relatively low, beneficiaries relatively concentrated strong distortionary effect of some of the policy instruments (e.g. wine distillation, aid for processing fruit and vegetables) Commission’s proposals call for strong market reorientation reforms may induce a significant redistribution of support eventually, market reorientation and generous transitional “compensation” (...buy-out, similarly to sugar and tobacco)? effective safety net policy instruments missing

4. the reform proposals for the CMOs for wine and fruit & vegetables: the common elements current total support relatively low, beneficiaries relatively concentrated strong distortionary effect of some of the policy instruments (e.g. wine distillation, aid for processing fruit and vegetables) Commission’s proposals call for strong market reorientation reforms may induce a significant redistribution of support eventually, market reorientation and generous transitional “compensation” (...buy-out, similarly to sugar and tobacco)? effective safety net policy instruments missing

5. the reform proposals for the CMOs for wine and fruit & vegetables: the common elements current total support relatively low, beneficiaries relatively concentrated strong distortionary effect of some of the policy instruments (e.g. wine distillation, aid for processing fruit and vegetables) Commission’s proposals call for strong market reorientation reforms may induce a significant redistribution of support eventually, market reorientation and generous transitional “compensation” (...buy-out, similarly to sugar and tobacco)? effective safety net policy instruments missing

6. the reform proposals for the CMOs for wine and fruit & vegetables: the common elements current total support relatively low, beneficiaries relatively concentrated strong distortionary effect of some of the policy instruments (e.g. wine distillation, aid for processing fruit and vegetables) Commission’s proposals call for strong market reorientation reforms may induce a significant redistribution of support eventually, market reorientation and generous transitional “compensation” (...buy-out, similarly to sugar and tobacco)? effective safety net policy instruments missing

7. the reform proposals for the CMOs for wine and fruit & vegetables: the common elements current total support relatively low, beneficiaries relatively concentrated strong distortionary effect of some of the policy instruments (e.g. wine distillation, aid for processing fruit and vegetables) Commission’s proposals call for strong market reorientation reforms may induce a significant redistribution of support eventually, market reorientation and generous transitional “compensation” (...buy-out, similarly to sugar and tobacco)? effective safety net policy instruments missing

8. the reform proposals for the CMOs for wine and fruit & vegetables: the common elements current total support relatively low, beneficiaries relatively concentrated strong distortionary effect of some of the policy instruments (e.g. wine distillation, aid for processing fruit and vegetables) Commission’s proposals call for strong market reorientation reforms may induce a significant redistribution of support eventually, market reorientation and generous transitional “compensation” (...buy-out, similarly to sugar and tobacco)? effective safety net policy instruments missing

9. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for fruit & vegetables: the issues

10. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for fruit & vegetables: the issues little changes for fresh fruit & vegetables, because there is little policy intervention strong impact of the proposed reform on the processing industry (targeted restructuring aid?) impact of removal of F&V constraint in allowed land uses in order to receive SFP potentially significant (do reliable impact assessments exist?)

11. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for fruit & vegetables: the issues little changes for fresh fruit & vegetables, because there is little policy intervention strong impact of the proposed reform on the processing industry (targeted restructuring aid?) impact of removal of F&V constraint in allowed land uses in order to receive SFP potentially significant (do reliable impact assessments exist?)

12. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for fruit & vegetables: the issues little changes for fresh fruit & vegetables, because there is little policy intervention strong impact of the proposed reform on the processing industry (targeted restructuring aid?) impact of removal of F&V constraint in allowed land uses in order to receive SFP potentially significant (do reliable impact assessments exist?)

13. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for wine: the issues

14. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for wine: the issues ...an industry in which important segments have been doing well, without support timing of phasing-in of reformed policy replacement of “DOC”/”DOCG” denominations with PDO/PGI ones (?) retaining planting rights and limiting new plantings (?) retaining (an improved) distillation (?) problems for landscapes, viability of marginal areas, traditional culture (?) key variables for industry competitiveness are not policy related: quality, origin, reputation, health concerns (positive and negative), market promotion (at the industry and firm levels), ...

15. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for wine: the issues ...an industry in which important segments have been doing well, without support timing of phasing-in of reformed policy replacement of “DOC”/”DOCG” denominations with PDO/PGI ones (?) retaining planting rights and limiting new plantings (?) retaining (an improved) distillation (?) problems for landscapes, viability of marginal areas, traditional culture (?) key variables for industry competitiveness are not policy related: quality, origin, reputation, health concerns (positive and negative), market promotion (at the industry and firm levels), ...

16. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for wine: the issues ...an industry in which important segments have been doing well, without support timing of phasing-in of reformed policy replacement of “DOC”/”DOCG” denominations with PDO/PGI ones (?) retaining planting rights and limiting new plantings (?) retaining (an improved) distillation (?) problems for landscapes, viability of marginal areas, traditional culture (?) key variables for industry competitiveness are not policy related: quality, origin, reputation, health concerns (positive and negative), market promotion (at the industry and firm levels), ...

17. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for wine: the issues ...an industry in which important segments have been doing well, without support timing of phasing-in of reformed policy replacement of “DOC”/”DOCG” denominations with PDO/PGI ones (?) retaining planting rights and limiting new plantings (?) retaining (an improved) distillation (?) problems for landscapes, viability of marginal areas, traditional culture (?) key variables for industry competitiveness are not policy related: quality, origin, reputation, health concerns (positive and negative), market promotion (at the industry and firm levels), ...

18. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for wine: the issues ...an industry in which important segments have been doing well, without support timing of phasing-in of reformed policy replacement of “DOC”/”DOCG” denominations with PDO/PGI ones (?) retaining planting rights and limiting new plantings (?) retaining (an improved) distillation (?) problems for landscapes, viability of marginal areas, traditional culture (?) key variables for industry competitiveness are not policy related: quality, origin, reputation, health concerns (positive and negative), market promotion (at the industry and firm levels), ...

19. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for wine: the issues ...an industry in which important segments have been doing well, without support timing of phasing-in of reformed policy replacement of “DOC”/”DOCG” denominations with PDO/PGI ones (?) retaining planting rights and limiting new plantings (?) retaining (an improved) distillation (?) problems for landscapes, viability of marginal areas, traditional culture (?) key variables for industry competitiveness are not policy related: quality, origin, reputation, health concerns (positive and negative), market promotion (at the industry and firm levels), ...

20. the proposal for the reform of the CMO for wine: the issues ...an industry in which important segments have been doing well, without support timing of phasing-in of reformed policy replacement of “DOC”/”DOCG” denominations with PDO/PGI ones (?) retaining planting rights and limiting new plantings (?) retaining (an improved) distillation (?) problems for landscapes, viability of marginal areas, traditional culture (?) key variables for industry competitiveness are not policy related: quality, origin, reputation, health concerns (positive and negative), market promotion (at the industry and firm levels), ...