Member States have the possibility to adopt marketing rules to regulate the supply in the wine sector to improve and stabilise the operation of the common wine market. In the current context of the structural decrease in consumption and recurrent situations of oversupply in certain regions and market segments, it is appropriate to clarify that such rules can include the setting of maximum grape yields and the management of wine stocks. Moreover, producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as well as recognised producer organisations, can play an important role in adapting supply to market trends and in strengthening the position of winegrowers in the supply chain. Therefore, Member States should also be able to adopt marketing rules in the wine sector, taking into account proposals adopted by recognised interbranch organisations, by producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications or by recognised producer organisations when they are representative in the concerned production area or areas.
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