RESOLUTION COMEX 2/97

ADAPTATION OF THE MISSIONS AND MEANS OF THE O.I.V.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

IN VIEW of the declaration of the Australian delegate during the 76th General Assembly of the O.I.V. which was held in Cape Town (South Africa) on 15 November 1996,

OBSERVING that the O.I.V. was created on 29 November 1924 by an International Agreement between Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Portugal, Tunisia and that it currently gathers 45 Member States,

CONSIDERING that since the constitution of the O.I.V., the world vitivinicultural environment has witnessed significant changes,

CONSIDERING the necessity of having a strong and dynamic international intergovernmental organization, capable of dealing efficiently with the problems of the vitivinicultural sector, at a global level, in the perspective of the next millenium, which implies a constant adaptation,

CONSIDERING that the O.I.V, as the only intergovernmental international organisation in the sector of vine and its derivated products, complies perfectly  with the aforementioned objective and that its maintenance must be ensured by strenghtening it, while consequently adapting its missions and means,

REAFFIRMS the objectives of the O.I.V.;

DECIDES to redefine and adapt the missions of the O.I.V. and, when need be, adapt its equipment, human and budgetary resources, as well as, if need be, its procedures and rules of functioning, to take up the challenges and guarantee the future,

CREATES a « Review Committee » responsible before the COMEX, which will be assigned the following tasks:

• Select and recruit a consultant firm recognized for its expertise and experience,
• Provide complete basic information to the recruited consultant firm,
• Obtain all pertinent information from the Member States,
• To manage the progress of the consultant’s work in order to ensure that the performances be in conformity with the established requirements,
• To provide the COMEX with a regular report on the subject and the occasions of exchanges;

ASKS the COMEX to define the composition of the « Review Committee »,

LIMITS the duration of the mission of the consultancy firm selected by the Director General in view of the quality-price ratio, for 12 months and the total cost of the corresponding intervention to 450,000 French Francs,

DECIDES that the fees of the consultancy firm will be financed by an exceptional uniform contribution of 10,000 French Francs per Member States, which will have to be paid before the end of the first trimester of 1998,

UNDERLINES that this exceptional and non-renewable contribution is added to the yearly contribution for 1998, the amount of which was established elsewhere.