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15.4.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL89/31
REGULATION (EEC)No765/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of14April1972
onasecondamendmenttoRegulation (EEC)No1020/70onrecordingquotationsand
fixingaveragepricesfortablewines
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
Having,regardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/701of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2722/712,andinparticularArticles4(3)and5
(7)thereof;
WhereasArticles2(1)(b)and3(1)(c)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1020/703of29
May1970onrecordingquotationsandfixingaverage
pricesfortablewines,asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1184/704,determinedtherepresentative
marketsforwinesoftheAItypeintheFrenchand
ItalianRepublics;whereasrecentexperiencehas
shownthathardlyanytransactionswereeffectedat
Montpellier,LecceandRomeinrespectofthattype
ofwine;whereasthoserepresentative marketsshould
thereforebedeletedfromthelistandBariandChieti
substitutedforLecceandRomerespectively ;
whereas,inviewoftheimportanceofFlorenceasa
marketingcentreforwinesoftheR1type,this
centreshouldbeincludedinthelistofrepresentative
marketsforwinesoftheRItypefortheItalian
RepublicwhichappearsinArticle3(1)(a)ofthat
Regulation;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70
providesthatthecommissionscollectatleastoncea
weekinformationrelatingtothetransactionswhich
tookplacebetweenproducersandpurchasersand
forwardittothecompetentagency;whereas,in
ordertomakequotationsmorerepresentative ,transactionswhichdonotrelatetoaspecific
minimumquantityshouldbeexcluded;whereasthis
minimumquantityshouldbefixedsolelybyreference
toaveragetransactionsinrespectofthedifferent
typesofwines;
WhereasArticle8(1)ofthatRegulationprovides
thatMemberStatesshall,withoutdelay,forwardto
theCommissionbytelextheinformationreceived
fromeachcommissionsetupforrecording
quotations;whereas,toavoiddifficultiesduringthe
publishingofpricesbytheCommission ,atimelimit
shouldbesetforinformation toreachthe
Commission ;
WhereastheItalianversionofArticle8(2)(c)ofthat
Regulationdiffersfromthetextsintheother
languagesoftheCommunity ;whereastheItalian
versionshouldthereforebebroughtintolinewiththe
otherversions;
WhereasArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1020/70providesthattheCommissionmustfixthe
averagepricetakingaccountinparticularofthe
extenttowhichthequotationsnotifiedare
representative ,thecommentsoftheMemberStates,
thealcoholicstrengthandthequalityoftablewines
whichhavebeenthesubjectofthetransactions ;
whereas,sothattheaveragepricesfixedmaygivea
truepictureofthesituation,provisionshouldbe
madeforonlyquotationsrecordedatonemarketing
centreinrespectofaspecificquantityof.thetypeof
wineinquestiontobetakenintoconsideration ;
whereasthisquantityshouldbefixedbytaking
accountoftheaveragequantitiesinrespectofwhich
alltransactionsforthedifferenttypesofwinehave
beencarriedout;
Whereasparagraph2ofthatArticleprovidesthat
whentheCommissionhasnoinformationregarding
anyonemarketingcentre,itshallmaintainthe
average-pricefortheprecedingweek;whereas,in
ordertoavoidthelastpublishedpricebeing
constantlymaintainedincaseswherequotationsare1OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.1.
3OJNoL118,1.6.1970,p.16.
4OJNoL138,25.6.1970,p.15.

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Article3 notcommunicated overalongperiod,atimelimiton
theapplicationofthisruleshouldbeprovidedforin
ordertoensurethatpricesremainrepresentative ;
Whereas,furthermore,experiencehasshownthat
quotationscommissions aresometimesunableto
recordpricesoverfairlylongperiods;whereasa
provisionshouldthereforebelaiddownwhereby
onlythoserfiarketingcentresforwhichquotations
havebeenrecordedduringa.certainperiodshouldbe
takenintoconsideration forthesuspensionofthe
conclusionofstoragecontracts;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforWine;Article8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70shall
beamendedtoreadasfollows.
'1.MemberStatesshall,notlaterthanMonday
eachweek,forwardtotheCommissionbytelex
theinformation receivedfromeachcommission
duringthepreviousweektogether,where
appropriate,withtheircomments,inparticularin
respectofthetrendofquotations.
Wherethereisnocommissionforamarketing
centre,theinformationprovidedforinparagraph
2shallbecollectedbytheMemberState
concerned.'
Article4HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 IntheItalianversionofArticle8(2)(e)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1020/70,thewords'perilperiodoin
questioneletransazioniconsiderate'shallbe
substitutedforthewords'letransazioniperil
periodoconsiderato.'1.Thecentre'Montpellier'shallbedeletedfrom
thelistinArticle2(1)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1020/70.
2.Thecentre'Firenze'shallbeinsertedafter'Asti'
inArticle3(1)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70.
3.Article3(1)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1020/70shallbeamendedtoreadasfollows:Article5
'(c)fortablewinesoftheAItype
Bari,Cagliari,Chieti,Ravenna(Lugo,Faen­
za),Trapani(Alcamo),Treviso.'
Article2Article10ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70shallbe
amendedasfollows:
'1.TheCommissionshallfixtheaverageprice
referredtoinArticle9(1)on.thebasisofthe
averageofthequotationsnotified,takingaccount
inparticularoftheextenttowhichtheyare
representative ,thecommentsoftheMember
States,thealcoholicstrengthandthequalityof
tablewineswhichhavebeenthesubjectof
transactions .Quotationsshallbedisregardedif
theyrelatetotransactionsoftotalquantitiesof
lessthan:
—2000hifortablewinesoftheRIandAI
types;
—1000hifortablewinesoftheRIItype;
—500hifortablewinesoftheAII,AIIIand
RIIItypes.
2.WheretheCommissionhasnoinformation
regardinganyonemarketingcentre,itshall
maintaintheaveragepriceofthepreviousfixing.
However,ifnoquotationsforthatmarketing
centrearecommunicated forthreeconsecutive
weeks,thatmarketingcentreshallnot,aslongas
thissituationcontinues,betakeninto
considerationwhenaveragepricesarebeingfixed.
Thisshallnotpreventtheconclusionofstorage
contractsfrombeingsuspended.Article7ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70shallbe
amendedtoreadasfollows:
'1.Thecommissionsshallcollectatleastonce
aweekinformationrelatingtothetransactions
whichtookplacebetweenproducersand
purchasersduringthedaysfollowingtheir
previousrecording.Theyshallonlyconsider
informationrelatingtoquantitiesof:
—atleast200hifortablewinesoftheRIand
AItypes;
—atleast100hLfortablewinesoftheRII
type;
—atleast30hifortablewinesoftheAII,AIII
andRIIItypes.
2.Thecommissions shallforwardtothe
competentagencytheinformationreferredtoin
paragraph1.'

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Article6 3."Wherenoquotationisrecordedfora
marketingcentreforthreeconsecutiveweeks,this
shallnotpreventtheconclusionofstorage
contractsfrombeingsuspended.'ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14April1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT