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Council Decision (EU) 2026/2344 of 13 October 2026 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union with regard to certain resolutions to be voted at the 24th General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine

Decision (EU) 2026/2344 · Decision · 5 articles

In forceIn force from 2026-10-13

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Article 1

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The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 24th General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

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The position referred to in Article 1 shall be expressed by the Member States of the Union which are Members of the OIV, acting jointly, in the interest of the Union.

Article 3

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1. Where the position referred to in Article 1 is likely to be affected by new scientific or technical information presented before or during the OIV meetings, Member States which are Members of the OIV shall request that the voting in the OIV General Assembly be postponed until the position of the Union is established on the basis of that new scientific or technical information. 2. Following coordination and without a further decision of the Council establishing the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf, the Member States which are Members of the OIV, acting jointly, in the interest of the Union, may agree to technical changes to the draft OIV resolutions referred to in the Annex to this Decision which do not alter the substance thereof.

Article 4

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This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

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ANNEX The Member States of the Union that are Members of the International Organisation for Vine and Wine (OIV) acting jointly on behalf of the Union, and subject to any future review on the basis of new developments, shall support the following draft resolutions at step 7 during the OIV General Assembly scheduled for 16 October 2026: — OENO-MICRO 20-669A: Microbiological stabilization of must by pulsed electric fields (PEF), — OENO-MICRO 20-669B: Microbiological stabilization of wines by pulsed electric fields (PEF), — OENO-TECHNO 14-540B: Specific oenological practices for partially de-alcoholised wine, subject to the understanding that the section on ‘Sweetening’ and in particular the Definition ‘Addition of sweeteners to de-alcoholised wine’ should be interpreted as limited to the products listed in ‘Prescription’, — OENO-TECHNO 14-544: Treatment with polydimethylsiloxane – update of the international code of oenological practices, — OENO-TECHNO 20-672A: Treatment with a functionalised mesoporous silica (FMS) for the protein stabilisation of musts, — OENO-TECHNO 21-706: Update to file 3.3.13 ‘Treatment of wines with yeast mannoproteins’, — OENO-TECHNO 23-730: Limit of sorbic acid in wine, — OENO-TECHNO 23-734: Treatment of white must with adsorbent styrene-divinylbenzene beads to eliminate polyphenolic compounds responsible for browning, — OENO-TECHNO 23-735: Treatment of white wine with adsorbent styrene-divinylbenzene beads to eliminate polyphenolic compounds responsible for browning, — OENO-TECHNO 25-761: Update to file 3.4.21 ‘Malolactic fermentation activators’, — OENO-SPECIF 21-695: Monograph on chelating resins of styrene-divinylbenzene with iminodiacetic functional group, — OENO-SPECIF 23-727: Update of monograph of citric acid, — OENO-SCMA 24-754: Analytical method for the determination of strontium isotopic ratio (87Sr/86Sr) in wines (Method type IV), — SECSAN-SECUAL 23-722: Update of the classification of oenological tannins as additive or processing aid. The Member States of the Union that are Members of the International Organisation for Vine and Wine (OIV) acting jointly on behalf of the Union, and subject to any future review on the basis of new developments, shall support the following draft resolution at step 7 during the OIV General Assembly scheduled for 16 October 2026 only if the expressed condition is met: — OENO-TECHNO 14-540A: the specific treatment ‘6.34 Addition of glycerol’ is removed from the text of the resolution.

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