Considerations on COM(2022)430 - EU position in the International Organisation for Vine and Wine (OIV) - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2022)430 - EU position in the International Organisation for Vine and Wine (OIV). |
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| document | COM(2022)430  |
| date | October 24, 2022 |
| (2) | The Union is not a member of the OIV. However, on 20 October 2017 the OIV granted to the Union the particular status provided for in Article 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the OIV. |
| (3) | 20 Member States are members of the OIV. Those Member States have the possibility to propose amendments to the draft OIV resolutions and will be asked to adopt those resolutions in the next OIV General Assembly on 4 November 2022. |
| (4) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the OIV meetings with regard to the draft OIV resolutions in relation to matters within its competence. That position should be expressed at the OIV meetings by the Member States which are members of the OIV, acting jointly in the interest of the Union. |
| (5) | Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 (2), certain resolutions adopted and published by the OIV will have legal effects. |
| (6) | Article 80(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that the Commission is to take into account the oenological practices and methods of analysis recommended and published by the OIV when authorising oenological practices. |
| (7) | Article 80(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that the Commission, when laying down methods of analysis for determining the composition of the products of the wine sector, is to base those methods on any relevant methods recommended and published by the OIV, unless they would be ineffective or inappropriate in view of the objective pursued by the Union. |
| (8) | Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that products of the wine sector imported into the Union are to be produced in accordance with oenological practices authorised by the Union pursuant to that Regulation or, prior to that authorisation, produced in accordance with oenological practices recommended and published by the OIV. |
| (9) | Article 9(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 provides that, where they are not laid down by the Commission, the purity and identification specifications of substances used in oenological practices are to be those referred to in column 4 of Table 2 of Part A of Annex I to that Regulation, which refer to OIV recommendations. |
| (10) | Draft Resolutions OENO-TECHNO 14-567B2, 14-567B4 and 14-567C1 establish the distinction between additives and processing aids for certain oenological compounds. Draft Resolutions OENO-TECHNO 20-684A, 21-689 and 21-708 update certain existing oenological practices. Draft Resolution OENO-TECHNO 20-684B establishes a new oenological practice. Draft Resolution OENO-TECHNO 21-707 withdraws an existing oenological practice. In accordance with Article 80(3)(a) and Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, those Resolutions will have legal effects. |
| (11) | Draft Resolutions OENO-SPECIF 17-624 and 20-674 update the identification specifications for certain substances used in wine production. Draft Resolutions OENO SPECIF 20-675A, 20-675B, 20-675C, 20-675D and 20-681 establish new identification specifications for certain substances used in wine production. In accordance with Article 80(3)(a) and Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and with Article 9(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934, those Resolutions will have legal effects. |
| (12) | Draft Resolution CST-SCMA 20-668 provides the opinion of the OIV on the total dry extract of wine used to detect fraud in wine. Draft Resolutions OENO-SCMA 19-665 and 20-667 establish new methods of analysis. Draft Resolution OENO-SCMA 20-683 updates the method of analysis which quantifies total nitrogen in musts and wines and draft Resolution SECSAN-SECUAL 21-709 updates the criteria for the quantification of allergens. In accordance with Article 80(3)(a) and Article 80(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, those Resolutions will have legal effects. |
| (13) | Those draft OIV resolutions have been extensively discussed between scientific and technical experts of the wine sector. They contribute to the international harmonisation of wine standards and will set a framework which will ensure fair competition in the trading of products of the wine sector. They should therefore be supported. |
| (14) | In order to allow for the necessary flexibility during the negotiations ahead of the OIV General Assembly on 4 November 2022, Member States which are members of the OIV should be authorised to agree to changes to those draft OIV resolutions provided that such changes do not alter the substance thereof, |