RESOLUTION AGE 4/2004

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL WINE AND VINE OFFICE,

WHEREAS the need appears to set the conditions for the succession between the International Wine and Vine Office and the International Organisation of Vine and Wine,

DECIDES to transfer all the personnel, all the contracts, leases or agreements made with third parties, all the personal property and the scientific and technical heritage and budget allocations amounting to 750,000 euros, to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine on 18 March 2004,

DECIDES to convene a General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine in July 2004 in order to approve the statement of financial position of the mentioned Office and to give quitus to the Director General for the management of the last financial year of the International Wine and Vine Office,

DECIDES that the balance of assets and liabilities of the International Wine and Vine Office shall be transferred the day following the General Assembly having approved the balance sheet and the management account of the mentioned Office and having given quitus to the Director General for the management of the last financial year of the International Wine and Vine Office,

REQUESTS the first General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine to appoint a temporary administrator in charge of the liquidation of the International Wine and Vine Office,

DECIDES by consensus to recommend to the Inaugural General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine the following draft resolution for adoption by consensus:

Draft Resolution AG 5/2004

The General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, during its first meeting,

IN VIEW OF Article 17 paragraph 1 of the Agreement establishing the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, adopted in Paris on 3 April 2001 (hereinafter called the « Agreement ») which provides that the Agreement of 29 November 1924, as amended, (hereinafter called the “Agreement of 29 November 1924”) shall be terminated by the unanimous decision of the first General Assembly following the entry into force of this Agreement, unless all Parties to the Agreement have unanimously agreed, prior to the entry into force of this Agreement, on conditions for its termination,

IN VIEW OF Article 17 paragraph 2 of the Agreement establishing the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, adopted in Paris on 3 April 2001 which provides that « the International Organisation of Vine and Wine shall replace the International Wine and Vine Office with regards to all its rights and obligations»;

IN VIEW OF the Resolution 2/2004 of the General Assembly of the International Wine and Vine Office regarding the transfer conditions between the International Wine and Vine Office and the International Organisation of Vine and Wine,

ACCEPTS the transfer of all the personnel, contracts, leases and conventions, scientific and technical heritage and the personal property of the International Wine and Vine Office,

ACCEPTS the budget allocation payment amounting 750 000 euros as of 18 March 2004,

DECIDES that the Director General of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine is appointed temporary administrator in charge of the liquidation of the International Wine and Vine Office,

DECIDES that the day following the General Assembly of the International Wine and Vine Office which will have approved the balance sheet and the management account of the mentioned Office and will have given quitus to the Director General for the management of the last financial year:

1. The Agreement of  29 November 1924 is terminated,
2. The International Wine and Vine Office « transfers all the assets and liabilities to the International Organisation of Vine and » which shall replace the Office in all its rights and obligations

DECIDES that when all the necessary formalities required by the definitive transfer will be fulfilled

The duties of temporary administrator of the International Wine and Vine Office shall cease.