Regulatory Council
Cultivating a passion for wine with and for winegrowers and wineries. The Regulatory Council of the Designation of Origin Navarra works to guarantee the excellence of the wines it represents and to protect the interests of the sector in the region.
Navarra Commitment: Excellence and Passion for Wine
The Control Board works at the service of the registered winegrowers and wineries, who participate in the election of the governing bodies responsible for managing the appellation.
In the area of control, and in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and the Environment, it establishes the specific regulations for wines, based on national and European Union regulations.
The Control Board carries out an integral supervision that covers from the growing of the grapes to the production, aging and marketing of the protected wines. This control is carried out in accordance with the specifications set forth in the Specifications of the Denomination of Origin Navarra.
As stated in the Foral Law 16/2005, of December 5, 2005, on Wine Management, "the management of the appellation of origin is entrusted to its Regulatory Council, in which producers and marketers will be represented and which will be a public law corporation. It has its own legal personality, economic autonomy, full legal capacity and capacity to fulfill its purposes".
It also adds that "Its purpose is the representation, defense, guarantee, research and development of markets and promotion of the protected wines and the appellation of origin".
By virtue of the same regulation, which transposes the precepts introduced by Law 24/2003, of July 10, 2003, on Vines and Wine, the control of wines of the Designation of Origin is entrusted to a single Control Body in the form of the public company INTIA (Instituto Navarro de Tecnologías Agroalimentarias).
Functions
Management of the Designation of Origin
This area of competence includes matters relating to the proposal of regulations and their amendments, management of the various registers (winegrowers and wineries), qualification or disqualification of grapes, musts and wines, issuance of certificates of origin and guarantee labels, approval of labels to be used for protected wines, establishment of campaign rules, preparation of statistics and management of quotas.
Promotion of the Designation of Origin
The Control Board focuses a large part of its human and material resources on promoting the wines covered by the Designation of Origin.
In order to strategically orient its promotional policy, it establishes a multi-year marketing plan defining the lines of action to be followed. Annually, it commissions market and marketing studies to analyze trends and, if necessary, reorient its strategy.
It also defines an action plan that includes the following actions:
- Participation in Fairs, Congresses and Events related to wine and food.
- Organization of presentations for professionals.
- Celebration of events aimed at the general public.
- Publishing of publications (brochures, guides).
- Development of national and international promotion plans.
- Planning and execution of a Media Plan.
- Programming of training activities.
- Organization of trips and visits of national and international professionals to the region.
Organization
El Consejo Regulador está constituido por:
Presidente/a, elegido por mayoría cualificada por los vocales del Pleno, por mandato de 4 años. Pleno, constituido por el Presidente/a y los vocales, 12 en total, de los cuales 6 en representación del sector productor y 6 en representación del sector comercializador, elegido asimismo por 4 años.
En la actualidad la composición del Pleno es la siguiente:
Chairman
D. David Palacios Algarra
Vowels
Producer sector
Iñaki Sanz Larrea (UAGN)
José Francisco Doncel González (UAGN)
Serafin Vicente Martinez (UAGN)
Félix Bariáin Zaratiegui (UAGN)
Iñaki Marzo Senosiain (UAGN)
Luis Carlos Urricelqui Elduayen (UAGN)
Trading sector
Gonzalo Celayeta Escudero (UCAN)
Sergio Motilva Miramon (UCAN)
Kepa Segastizabal Cortés (ABN)
Roberto Antón Agirre (ABN)
José Manuel Echeverria Azcona (ABN)
Juan Glaría Yetano (ABN)
For the preparation of the Plenary meetings and the development of the different issues, there are 2 Committees, formed by the members: Permanent and Promotion.
Managing Director
Puy Trigueros
Quality
Maryan Rodriguez
Accounting
Moisés Urién
Communication and promotion
Sara Clemente
General Services
Mertxe Ayesa
Administration
Carlos Villabona
International Promotion
Patricia Muñoz
Pedro Sánchez de Muniain Corera (1982-1986), Mr. Julián Poyo Bea (1986-1988), Mr. Javier Ibilcieta Ibilcieta (1988-1992), Mr. José Oroz Uriz (1992-1997), Mr. Alvaro Marino Pérez de Rada (1997-2007), Ms. Pilar García-Granero Márquez (2007-2013) and Mr. David Palacios Algarra (2013-present).
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