NoL320/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.11.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3140/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of20November 1973
fixingtheaverageproducerpricesforwine
Whereasarrangements forthenotificationbythe
MemberStatesofquotationsandinformationrelated
theretoarespecifiedinRegulation (EEC)No
1020/70;whereas,wherethisinformation isnotavail­
ableforanymarketingcentre,theaveragepricefor
theprecedingweekmustbemaintained ;
Whereastheaveragepriceforthetypeofwinein
questionmustbefixedperdegree/hiorperhias
appropriate ;whereas,iftheTuesdayisapublic
holiday,theaveragepricemustbefixedonthe
followingworkingday;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
informationatpresentavailabletotheCommission
thattheaveragepriceshouldbefixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70(!)of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inwineaslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2592/73(2),andinparticularArticle4(1)thereof;
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70
providesthatanaverageproducerpricemustbefixed
foreachtypeofwineforwhichaguidepriceisfixed;
whereasthisaveragepricemustbefixedforeach
marketingcentreforthetypeofwineinquestionon
thebasisofallthefactsavailable;
Whereasthemarketingcentresfortablewinesare
determinedinCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1020/70(3)of29May1970onrecordingquotations
andfixingaveragepricesfortablewines,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No765/72(4);
WhereasArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70
providesthattheaveragepricemustbefixedonthe
basisoftheaverageofthequotationsnotified,parti­
cularaccountbeingtakenoftheextenttowhichthese
quotationsarerepresentative ,thecommentsofthe
MemberStates,andthealcoholicstrengthandquality
oftablewineswhichhavebeenthesubjectoftransac­
tions;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheaveragepricesreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No816/70areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21
November1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(!)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL269,26.9.1973,p.1.
(3)OJNoL118,1.6.1970,p.16.
(4)OJNoL89,15.4.1972,p.31.

21.11.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL320/9
ANNEX
Averagepricesfortablewinesatthevariousmarketingcentres
Typeu.a.per
degree/hiTypeu.a.per
degree/hi
1·514
No
quotation(*)
1·631
No
quotation(1)
No
quotation
No
quotation
No
quotation
1·8851·568
1·563
No
quotation
1·588
1·579
No
quotation
2·123
No
quotation
No
quotation
No
quotation
1·885
1·962
No
quotation
No
quotation
No
quotation
No
quotation
No
quotationu.a./hiRI
Beziers
Montpellier
Narbonne
Nîmes
Perpignan
Asti
Firenze
Lecce
Pescara
ReggioEmilia
Treviso
Verona(forlocalwines)
RII
Bari
Barletta
Cagliari
Lecce
Taranto
RIII
Rheinpfalz
Rheinhessen (Hügelland)AI
Bordeaux
Nantes
Bari
Cagliari
Chieti
Ravenna(Lugo,Faenza)
Trapani(Alcamo)
Treviso
AII
Rheinpfalz (Oberhaardt )
Rheinhessen (Hügelland)
Thewine-growing regionofthe
LuxembourgMoselle
AIII
Mosel
Rheingau
Thewine-growingregionofthe
LuxembourgMoselle20·14
21·86
No
quotation(x)
No
quotation(*)
No
quotation(*)
No
quotation(*)u.a./hi
19·54
20·49
(')QuotationnottakenintoaccountinaccordancewithArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70.