Reference: File No. EX-2018 -07187920 -APN-DD#INV Technological Water Limit 
for the use of Oenological Products and Practices  
HAVING SEEN File No. EX-2018 -07187920 -APN-DD#INV, General Wine Act 
No. 14 878, Resolutions No. C.2 dated February 17, 2014 and C.31 dated October 
12, 2016 , and RESOL -2019 -5-APN-INV# MYPT dated January 4, 2019, and  
WHEREAS:  
Through the afor ementioned file , it was arrang ed to establish a maximum limi t of 
technological water in wines, coming from the utilization  of approved oenological 
practices, which include the use of authorized oenological products by the 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VITIVINICULTURE (INV).  
Some  oenological products  authorized by this Institute  are presented in a solid 
state and have to  be dissolved in water, must, wi ne or a mixture of water -
must/ wine, according to the recommendations of use of the manufact urers, and 
also as established  in the International Oenological Codex of the International 
Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV).  
Wines produced in the Argentine Republic, in complianc e with national 
regulations, Act No. 14 878, regarding oenological practices, are protected by the 
resolutions recommended and published by the International Organization of 
Vine and Wine (OIV).  
Regulations of major wine producing countries, such a s the United States, 
Australia, New Zealand, Chi le, the European Union, allow widely accepted 
winemaking practices, including but not limited to practices recommended by the 
International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), which require  the use of water 
to dissolve oenological products and to carry out other authorized oenological 
practices and treatments.  
General Wine Act No. 14878, in its section  20 subsection a) and section 23 
subsection a) prohibits any addition of water in wines and musts and, o n the  other 
hand, in its section  19 establishes licit  oenological practices on wi nes and musts, 
and in its section  21 it grants the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VITIVINICULTURE 
the power to establish the legal limits of the  wine components . 
In case of conflict or cont radiction of rules, the PROCURACION DEL TESORO 
DE LA NACION  (SOLICITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE OF THE TREASURY OF 
THE NATION)  has stated  that: "... the claim to make the law say what the law 
does not say is not admissible, or to fail to comply with what the law u nequi vocally 
orders . ... in case of an apparent contradiction, it is not a technically acceptable 
legal solution to take into account only some rules and not others. The 
interpretation of the laws shall be made by taking into account all of their 
provision s and the rest of the  legal system , benefiting the sense that reconciles 
them and leaves them all with value and effect. ... in the case of clauses that seem to offer different solutions, the interpretation that preserves their value 
should prevail, puttin g them all in force and in their own field of application, 
harmonizing them and making them compatible” (PTN, Reports  233: 274) .  
The abovementioned Body has also maintained that: "Beyond  what the laws 
seem to say literally, it is proper to interpret what they say legally, that is, in 
connection with the other rules that make up the general order of the country. In 
this inquiry one cannot disregard the words of the law, but neither strictl y adhere 
to them when a reasonable and systematic interpretation requires it (according 
to Judgments 241: 227, 244: 129 and Reports 201: 12, 205: 91; 206 : 95; 209: 
290; 214: 298). ... The inconsistency or lack of foresight is not assumed in the 
legislator  and therefore it is recognized as a principle that laws should always be 
interpreted avoiding giving them a meaning that causes conflict with their 
dispositions, destroying one for the other, and adopting as true the one that 
reconciles them and leaves th em all with value and effect (according to 
Judgments 300: 1080; 301: 460 and Reports 163: 212; 201: 205; 203: 30; 204: 
104, 121; 217: 222; 218: 136) (PTN, Reports  249: 438)”,  even more in this case 
under study, where this connection or interpretation must be made within the 
provisions or precepts of the same legal regulation, that is, of its own articles.  
Thus, an interpretation adjusted to the mentioned guidelines must grant value to 
all the precepts established under Act No. 14878 and, therefore, differen tiate in 
the legal text the water that has been used for the dissolution of approved and 
authorized oenological products or while performing oenological practices 
approved by the NATION AL INSTITUTE OF VITIVINICULTURE,  from the water 
whose addition or aggre gation has not derived from those alternatives. The 
former shall be allowed as a logical consequence of the activity with the 
established limits and conditions, and the latter shall be prohibited, regardless of 
the amount, method o r time of addition, as st ated in  Act No. 14878.  
Sub-direction  of Research for Inspection has carried out a technical study on 
oenological products, considering the Vademecum of oenological produc ts 
approved by this Institute , taking into account those that can be dissolved i n 
water, must or wine or water/ must/wine mixture to b e added to the must or the 
wine, a ccording to t he report of Order 2 of the abovementioned Sub-direction  of 
this Institute, identified as No te No. NO-2018 -07216346 -APN-SIF#INV dated 
February 16, 2018.  
Accor ding to  the carried out  studies, it is concluded that TECHNOLOG ICAL 
WATER is the water  used during the winemaking process in order to dissolve  the 
products of  oenological use and to perform the oenological  practices . 
In order to guarantee the genuineness of the products made in the Argentine 
Republic, it is necessary to legislate on the possible presence of technological 
water as a result of the application of authorized oenological practices.  Also, to set the maximum possible limit, it was taken into acco unt that wine ries 
must comply with the so -called Good Manufacturing P ractices (GMP) and 
Sanitation  Standard  Operating Procedures (SOPs) in accordance with the 
provisions of Resol ution No. C.31 dated Octob er 12, 2016 of this Institute , in order 
to guarantee  the best food safety conditions , given that  wine and must are food 
for human consumption and  therefore must be safe  and healthy, in co mpliance 
with the main legal right protected by Act No. 14878 , which  is no  other than the 
protection of the population's health.  
INV has state -of-the-art instruments to carry out an adequate control, regulated 
by Resolution No. C.2 dated February 17, 2014.  
Presentations of the industry chambers , exp ressing their technical views  on the 
purpose of this regulation, as well as references that have been considered, 
analyzed and explain ed in meetings of the Advisory Committee of the Wine 
Sector, among others, dated December 14, 201 8, are included in these 
proceedings . 
Finally, Section  8, paragraphs e) and f) of Act No. 14878, authorize the President 
of the INV to adopt the necessary measures for the better and greater 
development and improvement of wine production, industry and trade, and the 
measures aimed at a better control of the p roducts within its articles.  
Legal Affairs Office of the INV has taken the appropriate action according to its 
powers.  
Therefore, by virtue of the powers conferred on him by Acts No. 14878 and 
24566, and Decree No. 155/16,  
 
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VITINICULTURE  
RESOLVES:  
SECTION 1. - TECHNOLOGICAL WATER  is defined as the water used during 
the winemaking process in order to dissolve the permitted products of oenological 
use and to perform other authorized oenological practices.  Adding water in order 
to dilute or increase the volume o f wine is not an authorized oenological practice.  
A maximum presence of TWO POINT EIGHT PERCENT (2.8%) of technological 
water may be accepted in the wine.  
SECTION 2. - All authorized oenological practices for the production of wine in 
the Argentine Republi c, shall exclude the addition of water, except when specific 
technical needs require it.  
SECTION 3. - All wine produced in the Argentine Republic that does not comply 
with the provisions of this Resolution, shall be classified as: "NON -GENUINE WATERY PRODU CT - SECTION 23, PARAGRAPH a) of ACT No. 14878", and 
sanctioned by Section 24 paragraph h) of Act No. 14878.  
SECTION 4 .- RESOL -2019 -5-APN-INV# MYPT is repealed.  
SECTION 5- Be it registered, communicated, published, given to the National 
Department of the Of ficial Registry for its publication, and once accomplished, be 
it filed.  
 
 