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REGULATION (EEC)No1020/70OFTHECOMMISSION
of29May1970
onrecordingquotationsandfixingaveragepricesfortablewines
advisablethattherelevantinformation shouldbe
collectedinMemberStatesbycommissionssetupby
MemberStatestowatchthedevelopmentofprices
foreachmarketingcentreservinganareaofacertain
sizeandonwhichrepresentation willbedetermined
bytheeconomicimportanceofthepartiesconcerned;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/701of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganisation ofthe
marketinwine,andinparticularArticles4(3),35
and37thereof;
WhereasArticle4(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
816/70laiddownthatforeachtypeofwinefor
whichaguidepriceisfixedtheCommissionmustfix
eachweek,onthebasisofallfactsavailabletoit,an
averageproducerprice(hereinaftercalled'average
price')foreachmarketingcentreforthetypeofwine
inquestion;Whereastheaveragepricesareproducerprices;
whereasitisthereforeadvisabletolimittherecording
ofpricestoMemberStateswhichproducetable
winesandtothepricesappliedbetweenproducers
andpurchasers;whereas,inordertoassesssuch
prices,theinformationaboutthemshouldbeas
preciseaspossible;
Whereastheinformation obtainedbythe
above-mentioned commissionsandforwardedbythe
MemberStatestotheCommission shouldserveasa
basisforcalculatingtheaverageprices;whereas,
sincesuchpricesareintendedtoserveasabasisfor
activatinginterventionmeasuresandtopermita
generalconspectusofthedevelopmentofthemarket
intablewinesintheCommunity,theymustreflect
theactualsituationofthemarket;whereas,tothat
end,thepricesmustbefixedonthebasisofthe
averageoftliequotationsrecorded,whiletaking
accountoftheexenttowhichtransactionsmaybe
representativeandoftheassessmenttobemadeof
thetrendofthemarket;Whereasitishowevernecessarytodeterminethe
marketingcentresinquestion;whereas,asfaras
FranceandItalyareconcerned,therepresentative
marketsforcertaintypesofwinemaybeused;
Whereasparagraph2ofthesameArticle4laysdown
thatMemberStatesshouldsupplytotheCommission
allrelevantinformationforfixingaveragepricesand,
inparticular,wheretherearerepresentativemarkets,
theproducerpricesrecordedonthosemarketsfor
eachtypeofwine;Whereas,wheninformationisnotavailabletothe
Commission ,pricelevelsshouldbemaintainedas
previouslyfixed;
Whereasitisnecessarytospecifytheprocedure
accordingtowhichquotationsarerecordedand
averagepricesarefixed;Whereasthesettingupofasystemofrecording
quotationsnecessitates,incertainMemberStates,a
preparatoryperiod;whereas,intheabsenceof
information,pricescannotbefixedduringthat
period;Whereas,inordertoachieveasurveywhichisas
uniformaspossiblethroughouttheCommunity,itis
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforWine; 1OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.

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Article4 HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1 ThemarketingcentreoftheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgshallbethewine-growingregionofthe
LuxembourgMosellefortablewinesoftheAIIand
AIIItypes.ThemarketingcentresoftheFederalRepublicof
Germanyshallbe:
Article5
(a)fortablewinesoftheRIIItype:
Rheinpfalz,Rheinhessen (Hiigelland);
(b)fortablewinesoftheAIItype:Acommissionfortherecordingofquotations
(hereinaftercalled'commission')shallbesetupby
theMemberStates,whereit.doesnotexistalready,
foreachofthemarketingcentres,mentionedin
Articles1to4andcorresponding toanareaunder
vindeslargerthan2000hectares.Rheinpfalz (Oberhaardt),Rheinhessen (Hügel­
land);
Article6(c)fortablewinesoftheAIIItype:
Mosel,Rheingau.
Article2Whensettingupacommission,MemberStatesshall
ensurethatallthepartiesconcernedarerepresented
proportionally totheirimportanceinthemarketing
centreforwhichitissetup.
1.ThemarketingcentresoftheFrenchRepublic
shallbe:
Article7
(a)fortablewinesoftheRItype:
Béziers,Montpellier ,Narbonne,Nîmes,Per­
pignan;1.Thecommissions shallcollectatleastoncea
weekinformationrelatingtothetransactionswhich
tookplacebetweenproducersandpurchasersduring
thedaysfollowingtheirpreviousmeeting.
2.Thecommissions shallforwardtheinformation
referredtoinparagraph1tothecompetentagencyat
theendofeachmeeting.\(b)fortablewinesoftheAItype:
Bordeaux,Montpellier ,Nantes.
2.Themarketingcentresreferredtoinparagraph
1shallbetherepresentative marketsreferredtoin
Article4(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70.Article8
Article3
1.ThemarketingcentresoftheItalianRepublic
shallbe:
(a)fortablewinesoftheRItype:
Asti,Lecce,Pescara,ReggioEmilia,Treviso,
Verona(forlocalwines);
(b)fortablewinesoftheRIItype:1.MemberStatesshall,withoutdelay,forwardto
theCommissionbytelextheinformationreceived
fromeachcommission,together,whereappropriate,
withtheircomments,inparticularinrespectofthe
trendofquotations .
Wherethereisnocommissionforamarketingcentre,
theinformation ,providedforinparagraph2shallbe
collectedbytheMemberStateconcerned.
2.Theinformationshallrelateto:
(a)prices;
(b)thecolouror,whereappropriate,thetypeof
wineunderconsideration ;
(c)thealcoholicstrength,inthecaseoftablewines
quotedperdegree/hi;
(d)thevinevariety,inthecaseoftablewinesofthe
RIII,AIIandAIIItypes;
(e)thequantitycoveredbythetransactionsforthe
periodunderconsideration .Bàri,Barletta,Cagliari,Lecce,Taranto;
(c)fortablewinesoftheAItype:
Cagliari,Lecce,Ravenna(Lugo,Faenza),Roma,
Trapani(Alcamo),Treviso.
2.Themarketingcentresreferredtoinparagraph
1shallbetherepresentative marketsreferredtoin
Article4(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70.

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Article9 thealcoholicstrengthandthequalityoftablewines
whichhavebeenthesubjectofthetransactions .
2.WheretheCommission hasnoinformation
regardinganyonemarketingcentre,itshallmaintain
theaveragepricefortheprecedingweek.1.EveryTuesday,andforthefirsttimeon16June
1970,theCommissionshallfixtheaverageprice,per
degree/hiorperhi,asappropriate,forthetypeof
wineinquestion.
2.WheretheTuesdayisapublicholiday,the
averagepricereferredtoinparagraph1shallbefixed
onthefollowingworkingday.Article11
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionwithout
delayofthemeasurestakentoimplementthis
Regulation .Article10
Article121.TheCommissionshallfixtheaverageprice
referredtoinArticle9(1)onthebasisoftheaverage
ofthequotationsnotified,takingaccountin
particularoftheextenttowhichtheyare
representative ,thecommentsoftheMemberStates,ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June
1970.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29May1970.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY