The Australian wine community and interested stakeholders have until 12 noon AEST on Friday 21 April 2023, to have their say in the Australian Government's public objections process on a range of proposed European Union (EU) wine geographical indications (GIs).
What you need to know
Australia is negotiating amendments to the Australia-European Community Agreement on Trade in Wine (Wine Agreement) and a comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU.
The Australian Government wants to hear from the Australian wine sector, other stakeholders and the public to help inform the decisions the Australian Government will need to take with regard to protecting any of the GIs requested by the EU.
The EU is seeking protection for 50 new wine GIs, as well as updates to existing GIs and protection for Prosecco and Vittoria. The EU has also requested the removal of 6 existing GIs from the Australia-EU Wine Agreement. There are 55 GIs as part of the submission process, including:
- all 50 new GIs;
- three significant updates to existing GIs;
- Vittoria; and
- Prosecco.
The Australian Government wants to hear from the Australian wine sector, other stakeholders and the public to help inform these negotiations.
By running this process, the government has made no commitment to protect, or amend protection of specific EU wine GIs.
Stakeholders can lodge a submission based on the grounds of objection. The full list of all 55 applicable GIs, the 4 grounds of objection and webpage for submissions can be found here.
