1st World Congress on Wine Tourism and the Law the agricultural activity. Thus, the winemaker performs agritourism functions; in fact, Article 2, third paragraph, enshrines the close link with wine tourism, with a reference to Law No. 268 of 1999. In essence, the latter regulates in detail a form of agritourism. Article 2 of Law No. 268 of 1999 entrusts specific regulations to the regions, which must provide for the "wine road" specification, signed by the member entities, a promotion committee, a management one, the signage system, guides and illustrative, popular and promotional materials. Each region could resort to different implementation solutions. However, from a comparison of some regional laws10, a mostly homogeneous organizational scheme can be enucleated; thus, almost always, the law assigns to a promoter committee the task of proposing a specification for the establishment, implementation and management of the wine route, a specification which, then, must be approved by the Regional Council. With the launch of the initiative, the committee is transformed into a management one. By decree July 17, 2000, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry set the minimum quality parameters for routes identified under Law No. 268 of 1999. In particular, Article 3 of that decree identifies the entity responsible for each route in the management committee to which the organization and promotion are entrusted; thus, it must establish the opening hours for the public of the member farms, draw up illustrative and popular material, and arrange guided tours, with qualified personnel who has to know at least one other language of the European Union. According to Article 4, in order for such an itinerary to be carried out, at least two farms, one or more wineries, one or more facilities including wine shops, agritourism companies, establishments authorized to serve 10 See Law of the Veneto Region September 7, 2000, No. 17; Law of the Region of Tuscany August 5, 2003, No. 45; with some differences, though not substantial, see Law of the Region of Sicily August 2, 2002, No. 5.
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