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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
fixingactivatingpricesfortablewinesforthe
period16December1980to15December1981
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )COM(80)738final
Brussels.19November 1980
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 3(l)ofRegulation (EEC)No337/79onthecommon organization
ofthemarket inwine provides forthefixing ,"before 16December
each year ,ofathreshold price activating theintervention system ,
hereinafter called the "activating price ",foreach type ofwine for
which aguide price isfixed .
Th,eactivating price isto "befixed inthe light ofthefollowing
factors :
a)thestate ofthemarket andinparticular theextent ofprice
fluctuations ;
b)theneed toensure price stability onthemarkets without caiusing
structural surpluses to "build upintheCommunity ;
c)thequality oftheharvest ;
d)theinformation contained intheforward estimates provided for
inArticle 5ofthe said Regulation .
• . V . * • ' *
With therelatively high volume ofproduction in1979/80»combined .. .
with average stocks ,availabilities atthe "beginning ofthemarketing
year were thehighest foranumber ofyears .Prices forredwines ,
which had'already declined attheendoftheprevious wine year ,thus
remained stagnant atalevel below theactivating price virtually
throughout themarketing year .From August however ,quotations for
RIredwines rose slightly ,almost reaching theactivating price ,
while those forRIIwines virtually remained thesame .However ,an
improvement cannot beruled outinthe case ofRIIwines ifthe
alcoholic strength ofthenewharvest isinsufficient inseveral
regions oftheCommunity anddemand rises asaresult .

PricesforAIwhitewines,whichatthe"beginning01thewineyear
werealready "belowtheactivatingprice,"begantofallinNovember
andreachedaverylowlevel,wheretheyweretoremainvirtually
throughoutthewineyear,eventhoughallavailableintervention „
measureshad"beenimplemented .
PricesforAIIta"blewinesfelltowardsthemiddleofthewineyear
"butroseagainabovetheactivatingpriceasthewineyearended.
*
QuotationsforRIIIandAIIItablewinesremainedexcellent,"being
abovetheguidepricethroughoutthewineyear.
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a)Forthe1979/80wineyeartheCouncilintroducedselectivefixing
ofactivatingprices,soastotakeaccountofthediffering
markettrendsbetweenredajndwhitewines;,thismeantsmaller
increasesintheactivatingpricesforwhitewinesthanforredwines
Inthecourseofthelastwineyear,pricesforwhiteAIIandAIII
tablewinesrecoveredtoasatisfactory level.Ontheotherhand,
whiteAItablewinesremainedwellbelowtheactivatingprice,
thusconfirmingthedisparitybetweenthesupplyanddemandfor
suchwines.Thereisthereforejustification forcontinuing
with,aselectiveactivatingpriceforwhiteAItablewinein1980/81
b)Inthelightof:
-theforegoingremarks,
theverylargequantitieswhichwillbeavailable(judgingfrom
stocklevelsandthesizeoftheharvest)andthequality,
whichwillbeaverage,butwithgenerallylowalcoholicstrength,

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–thedesirability ofcontinuingwithselectiveactivatingpricesfor
thevarioustypesofwine,inlinewiththe.measuresadoptedfor
adjustingwine-growing potentialtomarketneeds,
–theincrease,"byanaverageof5*5ftin"theguidepricesforall
typesoftablewineduringtheperiodfrom16December1980to15
DecemberI98I(Regulation(EEC)No1591/80of24JuneI98O-
OJNoL160,'26*6.1980,p.11);■.
itisproposedthat:
–theactivatingpriceforredwines(RI,RIIg.ndRIII)andfor
AIIandAIIIwhitewines,shouldbeincreasedbythesame
percentageastheguideprices,sothat,theactivatingprice
remainsatthesame,relativelevelaslastyeari.e.,93^ofthe
guidepriceforredwinesand91*2^forAIIandAIII'white
wines,
–theactivatingprice^forAI-whitewinesshouldbeincreasedby,
4.8#sothattheactivatingpricewill"be90•4^oftheguideprice.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
fixing activating prices fortable wines forthe
period 16December 1980 "to15December 1981
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
•» > • . '
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community .
* ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No337/79of5February
11979 onthe common organization 01themarket mwine ,aslast
amended "byRegulation (EEC)No1990 /8^,andinparticular Article
3(l)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
V/hereas anactivating price must hefixed annually foreach type of
wine forwhich aguide price isfixed ,taking into consideration
thefactors setoutinArticle 3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No377/79?
Whereas thequality oftheharvest forthe1980/81wine year can
generally "beregarded as "below average ;
OJNoL54,5.3.I979 ,P.1
2OJNoL195,29.7.1980 ,p.6

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Whereas thecurrent prices forRItable wines arevery close to
theactivating price ;whereas those forRIItable vines ,although
10$ "below theactivating price ,should rise appreciably inview of
therelative shortage ,inthis year 'sproduction ,ofwines ofhigh
alcoholic strength ;whereas ,however ,theprices forA1table wines
have remained well below theactivating price throughout the
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marketing year ,once again confirming thefundamental weakness
ofthis sector ofproduction owing toanimbalance between supply
anddemand ;whereas theprices forRIII ,AIIandAIIItable
wines axeabove their respective activating prices asa
consequence ofthelimited availability of'such wines ;
Whereas ,asaresult ofthefaxmore plentiful stocks atthebeginning '
ofthewine year than intheprevious year ,thequantity available
isconsiderably greater than inanaverage wine year ;
Whereas thelevel oftheactivating prices must take account ofthe
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factors mentioned above ;.whereas theactivating prices fixed for
theprevious wine year should therefore beincreased ,butnot , .
however ,soastostimulate production ;
Whereas ,when theactivating prices forthe1979/80wine year were
fixed ,selectivity wasintroduced inthefixing ofprices inorder
totake account ofthediffering market trends between redand
white wines ;whereas during thepast wine year these price trends
have been confirmed ;whereas itwould therefore again appear ,to
bedesirable fortheactivating prices forAIwhite wines tobeincreased
., . .. ..forbyanamount which issmaller than' redwines ;andthan theincrease decided
upon bytheCouncil fortheguide price ;
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Whereastheguidepricesfortheperiod16DecemberI98Oto15December
1981werefixed"byRegulation(EEC)No159l/80^;whereasArticle3(3)
ofRegulation(EEC)No337/79providesthattheactivatingpriceis
tobefixedatthesamestageandistobevalidduringthesame
periodastheguideprice;whereasRegulation(EEC)No340/79^*
determinedthetypesoftablewinetowhichthesepricesapply.
*
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
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Article1
Theactivatingpricesfortablewinesfortheperiod16December1980
to15DecemberI98Iareherebyfixedasfollows:
TypeofwinejActivatingprice
RI 2.49ECU/#vôl/hl
RII 2.49ECUfi-,vol/hl
RIII 38.87ECU/hl
AI 2.27ECU/fvol/hl
AII50.79ECU/hl
AIII 58.00ECU/hl-
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16DecemberI98O.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCou
\OJNoL160,26.6.1980,p.11
4OJNoL54,5.3.1979,P.60FortheCouncil
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ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Date :22.10.80 .
1.UUOGETHEADING :Chapter 69APPROPRIATIONS :350million EUA
for 1980 ' '
2.TITLE :Draft Council Regulation fixing theactivating prices for
• table wines fortheperiod 16December I98Oto15December 1981
5.LEGAL BASIS :Council Regulation No337/79 -
A.AIMSOfPROJECT : _Tofixactivating prices fortable wines
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET
(REFUNDS /INTERVENTIONS )
•NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
-OTHER
5.1 RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIES /CUSTOMS DUTIES )
-NATIONALPERIODOf12MONTHS
1CURRENT FINANCIAL *EARFOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
(1)
5,0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.7.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS1981
(1).19$?..
(1
5.2METHOD OFCALCULATION
à.oou>Jcaiaxi(BoiacD£XDma*DCscx
6.1W^XAUCJWAAAOCABC .KDUXSDEiX3aXXtXSBSXaSX3B <CKB£SXQG3T6S)Ê$TÂCFÂCX srs&®s
>.2 XEES2KH
63WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BENECESSARY .11YESÛGB
OBSERVATIONS :(l)Thefinancial implications areindirect only .Theeffect of
themeasiire wastaken into account intheestimate oftheappropriations
required fortheI98I budget .There isanappropriation of
466million EUAinChapter 69ofthe1981 budget .