Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted in the International Organisation for Vine and Wine

The Agreement establishing the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), signed in Paris on 3 April 2001, entered into force on 1 January 2004. 20 Member States are parties to the Agreement.

The Union currently has no official status in the OIV. Commission representatives are invited on an informal basis to attend the meetings of expert groups, commissions and sub-commissions but are not allowed to attend the meetings of the Executive Committee. This limited participation does not allow the Commission to be fully informed about the development of new resolutions.

On 1 October 2015, the Council authorised the Commission to launch exploratory talks with the OIV with a view to obtaining a particular status for the Union. On 20 October 2017, during its 16th General Assembly, the OIV is to adopt a decision regarding the granting of a particular status to the Union, in order to reinforce and formalise the role of the Union in the OIV.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)457: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:457:FIN

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