The project launched to create the ePincekönyv has been completed

The project launched on the order of the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) to create the ePincekönyv has been completed – said the Deputy Secretary of State responsible for the agricultural market of the Ministry of Agriculture at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday.

(Photo: AM/István Fekete)

Tamás Tarpataki announced: the project launched in May 2019 was realized with the cooperation of the Government Information Technology and Development Agency (KIFÜ), the National Infocommunication Service Provider (NISZ) Zrt. and the Ministry of Finance, in which the ministry was responsible for leading the consortium. Their prominent partners were also the National Council of Mountain Communities and the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih). The project served to add an electronic administration system that meets the expectations of the 21st century to the renewed wine law rules, which contributes to the development of the wine industry’s competitiveness, said the deputy state secretary. He emphasized: the new wine law rules and the ePincekönyv together create the possibility of making administration much simpler for the tens of thousands of people working in the sector. It is important to reduce bureaucracy in the wine sector, where agricultural, food production and excise regulations must also be complied with, he added.

Tamás Tarpataki put it this way: AM’s answer to digitalization challenges is the ePincekönyv, which provides one-stop administration

On the online interface, you can take action in 12 official cases, either at home, in the winemaker’s office, or with the help of the competent mountain judge. The deputy state secretary asked producers, winemakers and mountain judges “not to be afraid of using this new system”. After the initial difficulties – since you have to get to know the interface and learn how to use it – the administration process will definitely be much smoother and more efficient and there will be more time for the “profession”, said Tamás Tarpataki.

Digitization helps tens of thousands of winegrowers and winemakers

According to the information issued on the spot, tens of thousands of farmers in the grape and wine industry in Hungary carry out value-creating economic activities on about 60,000 hectares of vineyards and almost six thousand wineries. The consortium led by AM wanted to provide an effective solution to reduce the administrative burden of the grape and wine production sector by developing an electronic administration and control system. In order to achieve this goal, HUF 1.202 billion in non-refundable European Union support was received in the Public Administration and Public Service Development Operative Program (KÖFOP). Electronic administration will only be mandatory for non-small-scale wine producers and those using plantations larger than 10 hectares (on average over 3 years), and only several months after the start of the system. Smaller producers will thus still have the option of personal administration at the mountain judge.

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