09/07/2019 (Agence Europe) – The EU Council of Ministers adopted without debate on Monday 8 July a decision establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the Union on certain resolutions to be adopted at the 17th General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 19 July 2019. Resolutions will have to be adopted on oenological practices and methods of analysis to establish the composition of products in the wine sector. The Union is not a member of the OIV. However, on 20 October 2017, the OIV granted the Union the special status provided for in Article 4 of its Rules of Procedure. Twenty EU Member States are members of the OIV. (LC)