a) According to the statutes, its purpose and objectives are:

· Propose, in conjunction with the relevant government departments, measures for the sector and participate in defining general wine-growing policy.

· Promote progress and improvement in the sector through all means, including courses, lectures, etc.

· Promote the development of its members, providing them with all necessary information and ensuring compliance with rules that prevent unfair competition or violations of cooperative principles.

· Seek to inform and guide its members on domestic and foreign trade policy.

· Provide technical and legal assistance through its services.

· Participate in defining and implementing credit policy related to the overall development of its members.

· Represent its members in national and international organizations of interest to the sector.

· Promote the necessary studies and define collective solutions on issues of general interest, particularly with regard to labor contracting.

· Propose and promote the establishment of a general insurance scheme suitable for the effective coverage of risks arising from its activity and the activity of the sector.

b) Activities:

· Technical support, namely all matters related to the application of the Common Market Organization (CMO), national legislation, etc.

· General meetings of member wineries, where all aspects of the wine and agricultural sector in general are discussed.

· Vocational training courses in viticulture.

· Professional training courses on “Hygiene in Oenology” and “Tasting Defects” in collaboration with the Higher Institute of Agronomy.

· Seminar on “Wine company certification.”

· Colloquium on “Industrial Licensing.”

· Colloquium with CONFAGRI on “The revision of the Wine CMO.”

· Various information campaigns on the revision of the wine market organization.

· Information sessions on Harvest and Production Declarations.

· Organization of Bottled Wine and Cooperative Winery Label Competitions.

· Representation at trade fairs, namely:

· Feira Nacional de Agricultura – Santarém

· Prowein – Alemanha

· Expovinis – Exponor

· Festival do Vinho – Bombarral

· Feira das Tasquinhas – Rio Maior

· Fatacil – Lagoa

· Festa do Vinho – Torres Vedras

· Exporeg – Reguengos de Monsaraz

· Sisab – Parque das Nações (Lisbon)

· Contributing to the magazine País Vinícola

· Creation of a database of cooperative wineries

· Discussion and monitoring of joint insurance for several wineries

· Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements/legal support.