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| dossier | COM(2024)379 - . |
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| document | COM(2024)379 |
| date | August 16, 2024 |
(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 18 October 2024.
(4) The Union position with regard to those resolutions in relation to matters within its competence should therefore be adopted by the Council and 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 Council1 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/9342, certain resolutions adopted and published by the OIV will have legal effects.
(6) Article 80(3), point (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 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.
(8) 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.
(9) Draft Resolution OENO-MICRO 23-740 extends the scope of several resolutions to non-Saccharomyces yeasts with a view to regulating their use. In accordance with Article 80(3), point (a), and Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, that Resolution will have legal effects.
(10) Draft Resolution OENO-SPECIF 23-723 withdraws wheat protein from all OIV documents, including the International Oenological Codex and International Code of Oenological Practices. In accordance with Article 80(3), point (a), and Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and with Article 9 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934, that Resolution will have legal effects.
(11) Draft Resolution OENO-TECHNO 15-581B establishes a new oenological practice to improve acidity in wine with the use of fumaric acid. Draft Resolution OENO-TECHNO 20-672B establishes a new oenological practice for the protein stabilisation of wines using functionalised mesoporous silica. In accordance with Article 80(3), point (a), and Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, those Resolutions will have legal effects.
(12) Those draft OIV resolutions have been extensively discussed between scientific and technical experts of the wine sector. They contribute to the international harmonisation of the 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.
(13) In order to allow for the necessary flexibility during the negotiations ahead of the OIV General Assembly on 18 October 2024, 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.