RESOLUTION OIV/COMEX 05/2009 

MODIFICATION OF PARAGRAPH 1 OF ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 1 OF THE INTERNAL RULES OF PROCEDURE

The General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine,

CONSIDERING that a sovereign state, that wishes to attend, intervene or participate in the activities of the OIV shall have the option to request Observer or Member status,

CONSIDERING that this option is only possible for international inter-governmental organisations made up of Sovereign states that have authority transferred by its Member States,

CONSIDERING that the Member states of the OIV, during the establishment of the OIV, specifically requested that international inter-governmental organisations shall have particular status by creating a Chapter VI « Participation of international inter-governmental organisations »   in the Agreement of 3 April 2001,

CONSIDERING that this Chapter VI, is made up Article 8 which provides that « An international inter-governmental organisation may participate in the works of the OIV or be a member with a financial contribution to the Organisation under conditions to be set on case by case basis by the General Assembly on the proposal of the Executive Committee. »

DECIDES to modify paragraph 1 of article 4 of Chapter 1 « Nature of the Organisation, membership conditions, withdrawal conditions » of Title I « General provisions » of the Internal Rules of Procedure, to enable international inter-governmental organisations made up of sovereign states to have the option to request particular or member status.

In Article 4 point 1 the words « that does not fulfil all the conditions set out in Article 2.2 paragraph (b) » are deleted.