Wine Law

266 WINE LAW In summary, the Consumer Protection Guidelines provide a comprehensive broadcast of rights and duties in consumption relations, with rights like the right to safety and information and the protection to hazards directly affecting wine consumption. II.2. International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) is an international organisation established in April 2001 but linked to historical movements dated of 1924 6 . This organisation of technical and scientific nature develops resources and market studies related to vines, vine-based products, wine, wine-based beverages and products, among others. In the Organisation’s organogram there are some commissions, with the most relevant committees for this study being the Economy and Law Committee and the Safety and Health Committee. The former has two working groups of interest of this study: the Law and consumer information (DROCON) and the Economic analysis, markets and consumption. Regarding the Safety and Health Committee, both working groups are of interest of this paper, those being the Food safety (SECUAL) and Consumption, nutrition and health (CONUSA). These Committees have as one of their scopes to produce resolutions on several issues in order to a better wine trade and wine consumption. III. TRADITIONAL RIGHTS In this section, it will be discussed the traditional issues related to consumer protection. This list is based on the basic consumer rights, taking into consideration the aforementioned John F. Kennedy message, as well as the majority of national consumer standards. 6 COMPÉS LÓPEZ, Raúl. International wine organizations and plurilateral agreements: harmonization versus mutual recognition of standards. In UGAGLIA, Adeline Alonso; CARDEBAT, Jean-Marie; & CORSI, Alessandro (orgs.). The palgrave handbook of wine industry economics . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 (esp. pp. 255-256).