RESOLUTION ECO 1/96

ABOLITION OF OBSTACLES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF VITIVINICULTURAL SPIRITS

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON THE PROPOSAL of the Commission III "Vitivinicultural Economy", after a study by the Expert Group "Study of Wine Spirits and Alcohols of Vitivinicultural Origin",

CONSIDERING that the missions of the O.I.V., provided for in the Agreement of 29 November 1924 and particularly in its article 1 c), specify that this Office must indicate to the Governments the appropriate measures to ensure the improvement of the conditions of international trade,

ACKNOWLEDGES that the GATT Agreement signed in Marrakech have concluded to the lowering of the custom duties and their abolition by the year 2004 to facilitate international trade of brandies, marc and wine spirits,

NOTICES that the Agreement on the double zero option concluded in Tokyo, in July 1993, concerning 18 countries, for the aforementioned products, sways in the interest of the Member States of the O.I.V. on this subject,

RECOMMENDS to all Member States of the O.I.V. to join this Agreement.