Statutory sector body · Czechia · national
Mandatory levy, no membership
A statutory fund in Brno that finances the marketing of Czech wine. It is not a membership body: with the legal levies paid by grape growers and wine producers (which the state matches), it promotes Moravian and Czech wines (“Vína z Moravy, vína z Čech”) and wine tourism, and twice a year it grants support to wine projects and events. It also owns the Svatomartinské and “bublinky” brands.
This is not membership but a compulsory levy (Act No. 321/2004 Coll., Section 35). It must be paid by a grape grower who has at least 1 ha of vineyard registered in his name in the vineyard register, and by a wine producer who places at least 1,000 litres of wine on the market for the first time in a calendar year. Exempt: vineyard area under 1 ha, vineyards registered for research and testing, young vineyards until the end of the third year after planting, and wine producers below 1,000 litres a year.
Vineyards: CZK 350 for each started hectare per year (e.g. CZK 700 for 1.2 ha), due by the end of the year. Wine: CZK 0.50 per litre of wine stated in the production declaration (in the fund's practice 10% technological loss may be deducted). Below 20,000 litres a year it is paid in one sum by 25 January, above that quarterly (25 April, 25 July, 25 October, 25 January). A statement (výkaz) must be sent with the payment, e.g. through the eAGRI vineyard register. Late payment carries a penalty of 0.1% per day.
Fee basis: area/volume-based
For information only, not legal advice. Mandatory membership is set by local law — each profile lists its source.