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REGULATION (EEC)No2232/70OFTHECOMMISSION
of3November1970
onprivatestorageaidfortablewineswhichstandincloseeconomicrelationshipwith
theRIandAItypesoftablewine
wines,whosecharacteristics areclosetothoseofthe
RIandAItypes,donotqualifyforstorageaidand
consequently competewiththeabove-mentioned
typesofwine;
Whereasthereisariskofafurtherfallinpricesifthe
tablewinesreferredtoabove,whichstandinclose
economicrelationshipwiththeRIandAItypesof
tablewine,continuetoescapeinterventiondesigned
tostabiliseprices;whereas,therefore,provision
shouldbemadewherebythosewinesmayqualifyfor
storagecontracts;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforWine;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/701of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganisationofthe
marketinwine,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1253/70,2andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle5(7)thereof;
Whereasthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle5(3)of
Regulation (EEC)No816/70providesthatifthe
stateofthemarketsorequiresadecisionmaybe
takentograntaidalsofortablewinesofatypeother
thanthatforwhichtheaveragepriceremainsless
thantheactivatingpricefortwoconsecutiveweeks,
wheresuchwinesstandincloseeconomic
relationshipwiththelattertype;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1580/70®
of4August1970onprivatestorageaidfortable
winesoftypesRI,AIandAIIestablishedthat
privatestorageaidshouldbegrantedforthosetypes
oftablewine;whereastheamountofsuchaidswas
fixedinArticle6(3)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1437/704of20July1970onstorage
contractsfortablewine;
WhereasthepricesoftablewinesontheCommunity
marketsareatpresentfalling;whereasthistrendis
revealedbythefactthatatseveralmarketingcentres
thepricesforthetypesoftablewinereferredto
abovehavefallenbelowtheactivatingpricesince
thebeginningofthe1970/1971wine-growing
year;.whereasthosepriceshavenotyetrisen
abovetheactivatingpricesinspiteoftheintervention
measuresactivatedbyRegulation (EEC)No1580/70;
whereasthatsituationarisesfromthefactthattable1.TheprivatestorageaidreferredtoinArticle6
(3)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1437/70shallbe
grantedinrespectoftablewineswhicharenotof
typesRI,RIII,AI,AIIandAIIIbutwhichhavean
actualalcoholicstrengthofnotlessthan9-5°and
notmorethan12-5°.
2.Theaidreferredtoinparagraph1shallbe
grantedforsuchlengthoftimeasprivatestorageaid
isgrantedunderRegulation (EEC)No1580/70for
thetypeoftablewinewhichstandsincloseeconomic
relationshipwiththetablewineinquestion.
Theredorrosetablewinesreferredtoinparagraph
1standincloseeconomicrelationshipwiththeRI
typeoftablewine.
Thewhitetablewinesreferredtoinparagraph1
standincloseeconomicrelationshipwiththeAI
typeoftablewine.
Article2
1OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
2OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.
3OJNoL172,5.8.1970,p.38.
4OJNoL160,22.7.1970,p.16.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3November1970.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI