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CHAPTER III
Guidaince
and coordination of the achievement
of the
viticultural and enological production
Art. 32. With a view to the
fulfilment of the attributions concerning the orientation of the activities
in the field of
a) The State
Inspection for Viticultural and Enological Technical Control:
b) The National
Office of Vine and Winc (O.N.V.V.);
c) The National
Office for Denominations of Origin for Wines and other Viticultural and
Enological Products
(O.N.D.O.V.)
Art. 33. — The State Inspection for the Viticultural
and Enological Tcchnical Control shall ensure the supervision of the application
of the provisions under the law in the achievement of the production of grapes,
of wines, and of other viticultural and enological products, inclusively of
those with denomination of origin following up:
a) the observance
of the legislation concerning the establishment of grupevine plantations and
their clearing off;
b) the observance
of the practice and treatments admitted in the production of wines and other
viticu1tural and enological products, effectuation of the analytical control of
thc wincs and drinks through the agency of authorized laboratories, with a view
to their marketing;
c) the exercise
of the technical control at all stages of the production of wines and of the
other products with denomination of origin as well as on the issue of the necessary
documents attesting the quality of the respective products, before marketing:
d) the carrying
out of technical cxpertises and analyses in the field of producing grupes,
wines, and other viticultural and enological products.
Art. 34. The National Office of Vines and Wine
(O.N.V.V.) shall be a specia!ized body with a technical and scientific
character, in subordination of thc Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry,
having legal personality and the foilowing object of activity:
a) to
substantiate on the basis of studies and analyses the strategy to be developed
by Romania in the domain of viticulture and winemaking, and to participate in
the establishment of thc methodological framework for the development of the activity in this sector, in agreement with the interests of the
national econorny and of the producers as wcll as with international
regulations;
h) to endorse
the works of delimitation of viticultural areas
and tbe distribution into zones of the grapevine varieties; to establish
the types of wine and of other products on the basis of wine and must
authorized for production, inclusively those
with denomination of origin as wcll as other works with regard to the
development of the viticultural and enological sector.
c) to
endorse technical norms with regard to the establishment of the grapevine
cultivation conditions and of the production of wines and of other viticultural
and enological products with denomination of origin;
d) to initiate and lend support to viticultural
and enological propaganda activities, to national and international profile
manifestations as well as to ensure Romania’s connection with international
specialist bodies.
Art.35. — The National Office for Denominations of Origin for Wines and other
Viticultural and Enological Products (O.N.D.O.V) shall function as a specialist
body of thc Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry with legal personality,
having the following object of activity:
a) to issue
the necessary documents for attesting the quality of the viticultural and enological
products with denomination of origin, and to exercise the control of the
observance of their provisions prior to marketing;
b) to
initiate and perform actions meant to protect the denominations of origin of
the viticu1tura1 and enological products at national and internationa1 level.
Art. 36. — The attributions and mode of organization
and functioning of the bodies mentioned under articles 32—35 shall he established by the application
regulations of the present law, which shall be approved by decision of the
Government.