RESOLUTION VITI 1/97

TRANSGENIC VINES

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

AFTER HEARING the reports presented to Commission I « Viticulture » on  aspects of vine biotechnology,

NOTES

THAT RESEARCH has begun in order to obtain and make use of transgenic vines;

PROPOSES:

• That research in the field of genetic transformation of the vine be pursued, notably in the field of disease and ravage control,
• That the evaluation of risk related to genetic transformation and the dissemination of transgenic vines be taken into account by researchers and  those engaged in experiments,
• That the cultivation and organoleptic qualities of transgenic vines be evaluated on a vigourous experimental basis, with an international viticultural and oenological protocol.