Ukraine has launched an investigation into the participation of Crimean wines in an international competition in Yerevan

• the admission to the competition of products produced in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea;
• the determination of the country of origin for each competition entry;
• the reasons for including ‘Crimée’ in the list of countries separately from Ukraine;
• applicants, producers, exporters, intermediaries and payers of registration fees;
• the documents provided to confirm the origin of the products;
• the route taken by the competition samples;
• the locations where the samples were received, stored and processed;
• the organisers’ sanctions screening of applicants, producers and beneficial owners;
• the history of changes to information in the official database of competition results.

• to cease classifying Crimea as a separate country or territory with an undefined status;
• to clearly state in the official database that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is a temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine;
• to remove any references that directly or indirectly associate Crimea with the Russian Federation;
• to suspend the awards granted to the relevant wines until the verification process is complete;
• revoke awards in the event that false information is found to have been submitted, documents issued by the occupying authorities have been used, competition rules have been breached, or sanctions restrictions have been violated;
• issue an official statement recognising the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders;
• introduce a mandatory verification procedure for products from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine;

• to investigate the activities of Vinopres and the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles with regard to the acceptance of payments, documents or products from Crimean enterprises;
• to establish whether the relevant competition samples were imported into the customs territory of the European Union;
• verify compliance with Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014;
• to investigate any financial transactions with sanctioned persons or entities associated with them;
• to provide a legal assessment of the Belgian legal entity’s use of the designation ‘Crimea’ as a separate country.

• the procedure for importing competition entries into the territory of the Republic of Armenia;
• the entities responsible for their import;
• the documents submitted during customs clearance;
• the country of origin indicated in the customs documents;
• the role of state or non-state organisations of the Republic of Armenia in organising the competition;
• the possibility of an official response from the Armenian side regarding the participation of products from the occupied Crimea.

5. To inform the European External Action Service, the European Commission and the competent authorities of the European Union of the circumstances identified.

6. Raise with the institutions of the European Union the issue of assessing whether the actions of the competition organisers are in line with the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea and the EU’s regime of restrictive measures.

7. To consider the possibility of sending an official note or making a diplomatic demarche to the organisers of the competition and to the states on whose territory the registration, payment, acceptance or evaluation of the relevant products took place.

8. To propose that the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles hold consultations with the Ukrainian side, involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the Office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and professional winemaking associations in Ukraine.

1. To assess the use of PGI designations and other geographical indications in relation to wines produced in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.

2. Examine the possibility of applying mechanisms to protect Ukraine’s rights to geographical indications, designations of origin and accurate indications of the country of origin of products.

3. Prepare a legal position for the institutions of the European Union regarding the unlawful use of geographical indications by occupying producers.

4. To determine whether the actions of the applicants and the competition organisers can be regarded as misleading international consumers and trading partners as to the country of origin of the products.

1. Formulate Ukraine’s official position on the participation of products from wine-producing enterprises in the temporarily occupied territories in international wine competitions, exhibitions, fairs and tastings.

2. In collaboration with professional associations in the wine industry, prepare a joint statement addressed to the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and other international wine competitions regarding the circumstances set out in this parliamentary question.

3. To hold consultations with Ukrainian wine-producing enterprises, associations, sommeliers, members of international judging panels and specialist media with a view to developing a unified response to similar cases.

4. To draw up a list of wine-producing enterprises, trade marks and brands operating in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, for the purpose of informing international competitions, exhibitions, importers and retail chains.

5. Develop recommendations for international wine competitions regarding the verification of the origin of products from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

6. Ensure that the international community is informed that wines produced in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea may be presented as Ukrainian products only if accompanied by documents issued or recognised by the competent authorities of Ukraine.

1. To carry out checks on producers, applicants, exporters, intermediaries and ultimate beneficial owners associated with Crimean wines entered in the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2026 international competition.

2. Determine whether sanctions imposed by Ukraine, the European Union, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada and other partner states apply to the relevant natural or legal persons.

3. To investigate any possible links between the relevant business entities and the occupying authorities, state-owned companies of the Russian Federation, individuals who have facilitated the unlawful appropriation of Ukrainian state or private property, and the financing of the war against Ukraine.

4. To ascertain the origin of the funds used to pay competition entry fees, for advertising, for the transport of products and for the participation of representatives of the relevant enterprises in international events.

5. Where grounds provided for by law are established, to prepare proposals for the application or extension of personalised special economic and other restrictive measures.

6. Where there are appropriate grounds, to take a decision on the application of targeted special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions).

7. To forward the relevant information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for further coordination of sanctions with international partners.