Commission Oenology

Adopted

Limit of sulfur dioxide in wines

RESOLUTION OENO 9/98

LIMIT OF SULFUR DIOXIDE IN WINES

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON PROPOSAL of Commission II, «Enology,» and on the advice of the Sub-committees «Nutrition and Health» and «Methods of Analysis,» and the Groups of Experts, «Microbiology of Wine» and «Technology of Wine»;

CONSIDERING that the consumption of wine represents an food source with sulfur dioxide;

Principle of ratification of common methods with respect to methods of reference

RESOLUTION OENO 7/98

PRINCIPLE OF RATIFICATION OF COMMON METHODS WITH RESPECT TO METHODS OF REFERENCE

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

READ Article 5, paragraph 4 of the International Convention of Unification of Methods of Analysis and Appreciation of Wines of October 13, 1954,

ON PROPOSAL of Subcommittee of Methods of Analysis and Appreciation of Wines,

DECIDES:

Raisining by physical treatment

RESOLUTION OENO 5/98

RAISINING BY PHYSICAL TREATMENT

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING READ the works of the Group of Experts, «International Code of Enological Practices,»

DECIDES:

ON PROPOSAL of Commission II, «Enology,» to introduce into Part II of the «International Code of Enological Practices,» the following definition:

Partial dehydration of musts

RESOLUTION OENO 2/98

PARTIAL DEHYDRATION OF MUSTS

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING READ the works of the Group of Experts, «International Code of Enological Practices,»

DECIDES:

ON PROPOSAL of Commission II, «Enology,» introduced in Part II of the «International Code of Enological Practices,» the following definition:

Importance of ethyl carbamate monitoring in wines during all stages of production and distribution

RESOLUTION OENO 8/99

IMPORTANCE OF ETHYL CARBAMATE MONITORING IN WINES DURING ALL STAGES OF PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

BASED ON THE PROPOSAL of the "Food Safety" expert group and the "Nutrition and Health" sub-committee,

AFTER CONSIDERING reports showing ethyl carbamate, a compound occurring naturally in most foods and fermented beverages, is carcinogenic when administered to animals in high doses;

Clarification

RESOLUTION OENO/7/99

CLARIFICATION

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

BASED on the proposal of Commission II “Oenology”, after having considered the work of the expert group "International Code on Oenological Practices,"

CONSIDERING the necessity of taking into account the precaution principle and other legitimate factors relevant for the protection of consumers,

DECIDES: