9.10.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL274/5
REGULATION (EEC)No2556/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of8October1974
fixingtheaverageproducerpricesforwine
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70(')of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inwineaslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1532/74(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)No528/74(4);
WhereasArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70
providesthattheaveragepricemustbefixedonthe
basisoftheaverageofthequotationsnotified,parti­
cularaccountbeingtakenoftheextenttowhichthese
quotationsarerepresentative ,thecommentsofthe
MemberStates,andthealcoholicstrengthandquality
oftablewineswhichhavebeenthesubjectoftransac­
tions;
Whereasarrangements forthenotificationbythe
MemberStatesofquotationsandinformationrelated
theretoarespecifiedinRegulation (EEC)No
1020/70;whereas,wherethisinformation isnotavail­ableforanymarketingcentre,theaveragepricefor
theprecedingweekmustbemaintained ;
Whereastheaveragepriceforthetypeofwinein
questionmustbefixedperdegree/hiorperhias
appropriate ;whereas,iftheTuesdayisapublic
holiday,theaveragepricemustbefixedonthe
followingworkingday;
Whereas,underArticle4(b)(5)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No974/71(5)of12May1971,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No3450/73(6),inthecase
where,whentheRegulationslayingdowntherulesfor
thecommonorganizationoftheagriculturalmarkets
areapplied,thepricesontheItalianmarketsare
concerned ,theinfluenceofthemeasuresforseenin
paragraph 1ofthesameArticleistakenintoconsider­
ation;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
informationatpresentavailabletotheCommission
thattheaveragepriceshouldbefixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article/
TheaveragepricesreferredtoinArticle4(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No816/70areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9October
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8October 1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL166,21.6.1974,p.I.
(3)OJNoLI18,1.6.1970,p.16.
(4)OJNoL64,6.3.1974,p.X.-(s)O)NoL106,12..S.1971,p.1.
(")0"|NoL353,22.12.1L>73,p.2S.

NoL274/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.10.74
ANNEX
Averagepricesfortablewinesatthevariousmarketingcentres
Typeu.a.per
degree/hl Typeu.a.per
degree/hl
RI AI
Béziers 1-665 Bordeaux 1-597
Montpellier1-647 Nantes 1-498
Narbonne 1-694 Bari 1-170
Nîmes No Cagliari No
quotation quotation
Perpignan1-683 Chieti 1-214
Asti1-935 Ravenna(Lugo,Faenza)1-351
Firenze1-483 Trapani(Alcamo) No
Lecce No quotation
quotation Treviso 1-539
Pescara1-396
ReggioEmilia1-671
Treviso1-546
Verona(forlocalwines)1-608
u.a./hi
AII
Rheinpfalz (Oberhaardt ) 19-15
RIIRheinhessen (Hügelland)19-48
Bari 1-634Thewine-growing regionoftheNoBarletta No LuxembourgMoselle
quotationquotation(')
Cagliari No
quotation
Lecce 1-728
Taranto 1-603
AIII
Mosel-Rheingau 32-08
RIII u.a./hi
Thewine-growing regionofthe
Rheinpfalz-Rheinhessen (Hügelland) 19-49 LuxembourgMoselle No
quotation(')
f1)QuotationnottakenintoaccountinaccordancewithArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1020/70.