Tbilisi – November 27, 2007

1. FAO / EBRD COOPERATION PROGRAMME ______ PROTECTION OF GEORGIAN WINE APPELLATIONS Tbilisi – November 27, 2007

2. ACTIVITY 7 Proposed improvement on the oenological substances and practices to be applied in the wine production in Georgia Tbilisi – November 27, 2007

3. Improvement in Oenological practices Reasons of the action Law on Wine and Vine of Georgia was drafted in 2000 (under FAO assistance) and, adopted on February 4th, 2003 In order to facilitate and speed up its adoption, the Law on Wine and Vine was mostly based on the Russian GOST wine standards. For export outside of Russia, wine production and quality standards mentioned in the law on wine and vine need to be up-dated.

4. Improvement in Oenological practices Objectives To propose up-dated technical standards and prodecures in line with international practices Help the Ministry of Agriculture in up-dating the current wine production and technical standards mentioned in the laws regulating the wine sector. Comply with the EU and most developed countries wine standards.

5. Improvement in Oenological practices Outputs Under activity 7, document N°3 was produced it proposes amendments and clarifications related to Chapter VI –Article 15 of the Law on Wine and Vine as well as related normative acts. • It provides with: • authorized oenological substances and practices, • restrictions for the use of certain oenological substances, • limits and conditions for certain oenological practices, • additional criteria and limits applicable to wine. It also provide draft provisions for the production of rectified concentrated grape must

6. Improvement in Oenological practices Follow up Some recommendations have already been integrated in current law. It will be up to SAMTREST/ MAF to use partially or totally the remaining proposed improvements.

7. ACTIVITY 8 he advantage for Georgia to adopt a similar regulation as EC Regulation 884/2001 on document accompanying the carriage of wine Tbilisi – November 27, 2007

8. Regulation on carriage of wine Reasons of the action Falsification and misleading information often occurred during carriage of grape and wine Protection of Appellation of origin can only be enforced if proper records are to be kept

9. Regulation on carriage of wine Objectives Improved documents required for the purchase, the transformation and the transport of wine in bulk or in bottle within Georgia. Increase traceability of wine carriage Use EC Regulation 884/2001 on “Rules of application concerning the documents accompanying the carriage of wine production and the records to be kept in the wine sector” as a base document.

10. INWARDS MOVEMENTS OUTWARDS MOVEMENTS I) grapes (per category/geographical origin and variety) grapes produced grapes sold (harvest declaration) (certificates of origin issued ) grapes purchased grapes processed (accompanying documents received ) (1) including losses ( ) specific record II mus t and wine (per product/ category/geographical indication/ colour) must and wine produced must and wine dispatched ( specific record : processing) (accompanying documents) must and wine purchased must and wine processed or transformed (accompanying documents) ( specific register) losses self consumption Stock at end of year Stock at beginning of year ( balance, declaration) Compare with physical checks and determine losses II Output of secondary processing (per product/ category/geog raphical indication/ colour) Out put in secondary processed or transformed products Secondary processed products dispatched (accompanying (Sparkling wine, liqueur wine or other) documents) Sparkling wine, liqueur wine .. etc purchased Losses (accompanying in sparkling wine, liqueur wine docum ents) Stock of s parkling wine at beginning of year Stock at end of year ,( liqueur wine etc) ( balance, declaration) Compare with physical checks and determine losses Regulation on carriage of wine Outputs Under activity 8, document N°4 was produced