Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité

In a further attempt to address problems in the wine industry, the INAO was created by a decree initiated by Joseph Capus and enacted on July 30, 1935.

[2] Under this law the Comité National des appellations d'origine (CNAO) was given the sole authority to rule on matters related to the quality of wine.

Many small wine producers were eager to escape the state regulations imposed on bulk winemakers, and sought to join.

After World War II the committee became the public-private Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO).

[4] In 1990, the economic success of the appellations led parliament in a law of July 2 to extend the powers of the INAO to cover all agricultural produce.