Substitution of articles 10.2 to 10.7 of the internal rules related to the description and duties of the Commissions and Sub Commissions

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Substitution of articles 10.2 to 10.7 of the internal rules related to the description and duties of the Commissions and Sub Commissions

RESOLUTION AGE 2/2007

SUBSTITUTION OF ARTICLES 10.2 TO 10.7 OF THE INTERNAL RULES RELATED TO THE DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONS AND SUB COMMISSIONS

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF VINE AND WINE,

CONSIDERING the Strategic plan of the OIV 2005-2008 adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Extraordinary General Assembly of the OIV,

CONSIDERING the decision of the Executive Committee of the OIV of 17 March 2006 on the duties of the General Assembly and the establishment of new scientific and technical structures of the OIV,

IN VIEW of article 10 of Title I « General Provisions » of the Internal Rules related to commissions and sub-commissions,

IN VIEW of article 28 of Title I « General Provisions » of the Internal Rules related to the modification and adaptation of the Internal Rules and considering that 27 Member states of the OIV are favourable to the review of this amendment,

DECIDES, by consensus, to replace in Title I « General provisions » of the Internal Rules articles 10.2 to 10.7 by the following articles: 

 

10.2 – Subject to subsequent decisions of the General Assembly, the duties of the Commissions and Sub-Commissions shall be divided as follows:

Commission 1: "Viticulture”;

Commission 2: "Oenology”;

Commission 3: " Economy and Law";

Commission 4: “Safety and Health”;

Sub-Commission: "Methods of Analysis and Appraisal of  Wines", attached to Commission 2;

Sub-Commission: "Table grapes, Raisins and Unfermented vine Products”, attached to Commission 1.

 

10.3 – Commission 1 "Viticulture" shall be more particularly responsible for all matters relating to vines and vine growing, grapes and other unfermented vine products in addition to relations between vineyards, grapes and the environment.

 

10.4 – Commission 2 "Oenology" shall be more particularly responsible for all matters relating to the composition and making of beverages as defined in the Agreement of 3 April 2001, particularly wines, their storage conditions, packaging, transportation and consumption.

 

10.5 – Commission 3 " Economy and Law" shall be more particularly responsible for dealing with all legal, regulatory, economic and socio-economic matters related to the products as set out in the Agreement of 3 April 2001.

 

10.5 bis Commission 4 “Safety and Health” shall be more particularly responsible for dealing with the relationships between wine and other vine products, and the health of consumers and operators. It shall be more particularly responsible for promoting and focusing research on appropriate specific nutritional and health issues,  ensuring specialised scientific monitoring in order to evaluate the specific characteristics of vine products, and disseminating information resulting from such research to the medical and healthcare professions, to governments, producers, consumers and others players in the vitivinicultural sector.

 

10.6 –Sub-Commission " Methods of Analysis and Appraisal of Wines":

  1. Shall have the following objectives:

 

To unify the methods of analysis and appraisal of wines in order to:

Facilitate the interpretation of wine analysis results in international trade;

Enable more rigorous control of wine quality;

Contribute to the development of scientific research in this field;

To set up on-going international cooperation for studying these methods in order to facilitate their periodic updating.

 

  1. Shall have the following duties:

 

To develop vitivinicultural methods of analysis  with a view to completing and updating the Compendium of International Methods of Wine and Must Analysis, to define standards concerning sampling and quality control in laboratories;

To update and validate existing methods in light of technological advances and techniques regularly used by analysts;

To develop a sensory analysis for all vine products and for vine and wine-based alcoholic beverages;

To draft technical instructions;

To give its opinion on the quantitative limits of certain component elements of wine.

 

 

 

10.7 –Sub-Commission II "Table grapes, raisins and unfermented vine products" shall be more particularly responsible for dealing with all specific aspects with regard to table grapes, raisins and other unfermented vine products concerning their:

  • Characteristics
  • Production
  • Harvest
  • Transformation procedure
  • Methods and distribution conditions, packaging, and transportation