Assembly of European Wine-producing Regions

Assembly of European Wine-producing Regions
Abbreviation AREV
Formation 20 June 1988
Purpose/focus Lobbying on behalf of wine-producing regions
Headquarters Bordeaux
Region served European Union
Official languages French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
President: Arlindo Marques Cunha
Main organ Plenary Council
Affiliations Assembly of European Regions
Website http://www.arev.org/

The Assembly of European Wine-producing Regions or Assemblée des Régions Européennes Viticoles (AREV) is an organisation of political and trade representatives of wine regions within the European Union (EU) and Eastern Europe. It lobbies the EU on matters affecting its members, and acts as a forum for discussion of policy and marketing.

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History

The European Wine Regions Conference (CERV) was created on 20 June 1988 under Alsatian law.[1] It became the Assembly of European Wine Regions (AREV) in 1994.[2] It is financed by membership subscriptions, and is based in Bordeaux with an office in Strasbourg. The industry representatives are grouped together in the European Wine Trade Council (CEPV), which drafts documents to be approved by the plenary council.

Members

Alentejo, Alsace, Aquitaine, Arad, Aragon, Bacs-Kiskun, Baden-Württemberg, Baranya, Bavaria, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Burgundy, Burgenland, Castilla-La-Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Catalonia, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Constanta, Extremadura, Euskadi, Franche-Comté, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Galicia, Hesse, Languedoc-Roussillon, La Rioja, Liguria, Lombardia, Macedonia, Madeira, Madrid, Midi-Pyrenees, Murcia, Navarra, Niederösterreich, Norte, Odessa oblast, Pays de Loire, Piedmont, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhineland-Palatinate, Rhône-Alpes, Sicily, Slovenia, Steiermark, The Czech Republic, Tolna, Trento, Valais, Valencia, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto.

Meetings[3]

Jun 20-21 1988- Aquitaine - Bourg s/Gironde – 1st Plenary Session

May 23, 1989- Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart – International Council

Nov 05-07 1990 - Baden-Württemberg - Freiburg im Breisgau - Plenary Session

Oct 21-23 1991 - Catalonia - Vilafranca del Penedès – Plenary Session –

Apr 22-23 1992 - Andalucia - Jerez de la Frontera – 1st World Assembly

Nov 22-23 1993 - Languedoc-Roussillon - Montpellier - Plenary Session - International Bureau - Steering Committee n° 3

Oct 26 1994- Sicily - Marsala - Ist International Council – Regions information meeting (Dyonisos)

Feb 23 1995 - La Rioja - Logroño - II International Council - International Bureau

Sep18-19 1995 - Rheinland-Pfalz - Mainz - III International Council

Nov 06-07 1995 - Steiermark - Graz - II Plenary Session - International Bureau

May 6, 1996 - Languedoc-Roussillon - Montpellier - IV International Council - International Bureau

Sep 04-08 1996 - Baranya - Pécs - III Plenary Session - International Bureau

Apr 07-08 1997 - Norte - Porto - V International Council

Jun 13-14 1997 - Aquitaine - Bordeaux - IV Plenary Session - International Bureau

Nov 21-22 1997 – Valenciana - Valencia - VI International Council

May 13–16, 1998 - Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart - Extraordinary session - V Plenary Session - International Bureau - VII International Council

Sep 08-11 1998 - Alentejo - Evora - VI Plenary Session - International Bureau

Apr 14-16 1999 - Castilla-La Mancha - Toledo – VII Plenary Session - International Bureau - VIII International Council

Oct 14-16 1999 - Piedmont - Turin - IX International Council - International Bureau

May 18–22, 2000 – Central Macedonia - Thessaloniki - VIII Plenary Session

Oct 26- 28 2000 – Burgundy – Dijon - X International Council

May 20–22, 2001 - La Rioja - Logroño - IX Plenary Session - International Bureau – XI International Council

Sep 08 2001 - Madrid - Madrid - XII International Council

Nov 8-10 2001 - Aosta Valley - Courmayeur – XIII International Council

May 16–18, 2002 - Baranya & Tolna - Pécs/Szekszárd - X Plenary Session - International Bureau - XIV International Council

Jan 16-19 2003 - Sicily - Catania - XV International Council - International Bureau

Jun 02-03 2003 - Languedoc-Roussillon - Montpellier - XI Plenary Session - International Bureau

Nov 06-09 2003 - Hessen - Wiesbaden - XVI International Council

Apr 22-24 2004 - Norte - Porto - XII Plenary Session - XVII International Council

Jun 09-11 2005 – Aosta Valley - Aosta - XIII Plenary Session, Extraordinary Plenary session, XVIII International Council

Apr 07- 09 2006 – South Tyrol – Merano - XIV Plenary Session - XIX International Council

Jul 27-28 2006 - Czech Republic - Brno - XX International Council

Apr 20-21 2007– Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart - XV Plenary Session and XXI International Council

Sept 03-05 2007 - Romania - Alba Iulia - 22nd International Council

Debates on genetically modified organisms and on the Common Organization of the Market for Wine (COM Wine).[4] AREV is against the COM.[5]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Assembly of European Wine-producing Regions". Assembly of European Regions. http://www.a-e-r.org/INTERREGIONAL/GB-AREV.html. 
  2. ^ "History of AREV". AREV. http://www.arev.org/spip.php?rubrique=2html&lang=en. 
  3. ^ "MEETINGS CERV / AREV". AREV. http://www.arev.org/spip.php?article415&lang=en. 
  4. ^ "22nd International Council of the AREV". AREV. http://www.arev.org/spip.php?article566. 
  5. ^ "Position of AREV on the wine CMO reform". AREV. http://www.arev.org/spip.php?article596&lang=en. 

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