WORLD WINE TRADE GROUP ANNUAL MEETING
NEUQUÉN, ARGENTINA
14 – 16 NOVEMBER 2018
AGENDA
Meeting Venue:
Hotel del Comahue
377, Argentina Avenue
Neuquén (Q8300), Argentina
Tel: + 54 299 443-2040
WWTG Argentine Presidency contacts
Government:
Julia Geraldine Hoppstock
Tel: + 54 9 3646 1861 (Mobile)/ +54 11 4819 7603 (Office)
E-mail: hop@mrecic.gov.ar
Industry:
Juan Carlos Pina
Tel: 54 9 261 5134958 (Mobile)/+ 54 261 423 8663 (Office)
E-mail: jcpina@bodegasdeargentina.org
Organisation:
Claudia Quini
Tel: + 54 9261 593 1177 (mobile)/ 54 261 521 6853 (Office)
Email: claudia_quini@inv.gov.ar
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
08.00 – 09.00 Registration
Hotel del Comahue, Meeting Room Millalin (First Floor)
09.30 Departure for Technical Tour (Venue: Hotel lobby)
Visit to wineries: Fin del Mundo, Malma and Familia Schroeder
Lunch at Malma Winery and early dinner at Familia Schroeder
Dress code: Casual/Informal
Thursday, 15 November 2018
08.00 – 09.00 Registration (continued). Welcoming tea
JOINT GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY SESSION (Venue: Meeting Room Millalin)
09.00 – 09.30 Opening session: Welcoming remarks
09.30 – 10.00 Coffee break
10.00-10.30 Joint Government and Industry Statement to commemorate the WWTG twentieth year anniversary
1030- 11.45 • WWTG Production, Consumption and Trade Overview: Presentation of the situation in WWTG countries
(Presentation by Argentina, President of the National Institute of Viticulture -INV-)
Member Updates:
• Wine Regulations
• Trade Negotiations
• Trade Barriers, including “Trade and Market Access Report 2018”: General presentation by Australia, including particular presentations on:
- Product Environmental Footprint: Update by Australia
- Nutritional Labelling: Update by Australia
- Traditional terms: Update by Argentina
Open discussion and comments
11.45-13.00 •Strategic Review of WWTG: Terms of Reference (Presentation by Australia): discussion and possible agreement
•Wine Regulatory Coherence Agreement (Presentation by Australia): discussion and way forward
• Brexit and review of EU/UK winemaking practices. Presentation by UK WSTA, followed by discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch at Hotel (Venue: Restaurant 1904, First Floor)
GOVERNMENT SESSION (Venue: Meeting Room Millalin)
14.00-15.30 • Good Regulatory Principles: Discussion on principles 1,2, 3 & 7A and possible agreement on principles 2 and 7A.
• Information update by the Depository of WWTG Agreements (Presentation by the United States)
• Accession of Uruguay
15.30– 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.30 • Reports referred to the situation in International Organizations:
• Codex:
- Application for observer status (Update report by the United States, followed by discussion)
- Committee on Food Labelling- Alcoholic beverage labelling (Update by New Zealand, followed by discussion)
• WHO: WHO work program in relation to the harmful use of alcohol (Update by New Zealand, followed by discussion)
• WTO: SPS and TBT committees, including WWTG coordination
SPS WWTG coordination: update by Chile
TBT WWTG coordination: update by Argentina
General Discussions, including particular discussions on rotation mechanism for WWTG SPS and TBT coordination
17.30 Closure
18.30 Transfer to Canale Winery – Dinner (Departure from Hotel lobby)
Dress code: Business/Informal
INDUSTRY SESSION (Venue: Meeting Room Neuquén, Mid-floor)
14.00 -15.30 • APEC. Report of the Wine Regulatory Forum (WRF)– 8th Meeting – Honolulu, Hawaii, October 2018
(Presentation by the United States)
• Product Environmental Footprint for Wine -PEF EU- (Presentation by the United States)
• EU Plant Protection product, including endocrine disruptor criteria and use of copper
(Presentation by Australia and the United States)
15.30-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.30 • Strategic Review of WWTG: Terms of Reference: Open discussions for the way forward
17.30 Closure
18.30 Transfer to Canale Winery – Dinner (Departure from Hotel lobby)
Dress code: Business/Informal
Friday, 16 November 2018
GOVERNMENT SESSION (Venue Meeting Room Millalin)
09.00 – 10.30 • Actions in relation to BREXIT (Presentation by Australia): discussion and possible next steps, including consideration
of the Rapid Alert presented by the US industry on the review of EU/UK winemaking practices
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 13.00 • Wine Regulatory Coherence Agreement
• WWTG Strategic Review Terms of Reference next steps
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch at Hotel (Venue: Restaurant 1904, First Floor)
INDUSTRY SESSION (Venue: Meeting Room Neuquén)
09.00 – 10.00 • Identification of principled approaches related to GIs (Presentation by Australia)
• Brexit and review of EU/UK winemaking practices (Presentation by the UK WSTA)
• EU - traditional terms for wine (Presentation by the United States)
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 13.00 • WHO and national regulations related to health (Presentation by Australia)
• Review of the Industry Section Strategic Plan (Presentation by Argentina)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch at Hotel (Venue: Restaurant 1904, First Floor)
JOINT GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY SESSION
14.00 – 14.45 • Invitation to observers. Open discussion (Only WWTG members)
14.45 – 15.30 • Government and Industry joint discussion, including:
- International Wine Technical Summit - California, 4-5 June 2018 (Presentation by the United States)
- APEC WRF (Presentation by the United States)
- FIVS ABRIDGE and APACE (Presentation by the United States)
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00 • Space for observers’ statements
• De- Briefing:
- Industry
- Government
• Upcoming Intersessional WWTG meetings: possible date and venue
17.00 Closing remarks