CELEX: 31976R3060
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3060/76 of 14 December 1976 granting aid for the long-term private storage of certain table wines for the wine year 1976/77

15. 12. 76                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 345/ 13
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3060/76
                                                  of 14 December 1976
               granting aid for the long-term private storage of certain table wines for the wine
                                                       year 1976/77
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  concluded, it appears advisable to permit the conclu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    sion of long-term storage contracts for wine covered
                                                                by short-term contracts concluded before the date of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          entry into force of this Regulation ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   ment Committee for Wine,
 8 1 6/70 of 28 April 1 970 laying down additional provi­
sions for the common organization of the market in
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2829/76 (2), and in particular Articles 5 (7) and 6 (5)         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof,
Whereas, according to the forward estimate for                                          Article 1
 1976/77, the quantities of table wine available at the
beginning of the wine year exceed by over four                  Authorization is hereby given for the conclusion of
months' consumption the total foreseeable require­              long-term contracts for all types of table wines and for
ments for the said wine year ; whereas, consequently,           table wines which stand in close economic relation­
the conditions for the conclusion of long-term storage          ship to those types of table wines, provided that the
contracts under Article 5 (4) of the abovementioned             actual alcoholic strength thereof is not less then 10° .
Regulation are fulfilled ;
Whereas the forward estimate referred to above reveals                                  Article 2
the existence of surpluses for all types of table wines
and for table wines which stand in close economic
                                                                For the storage contracts referred to in Article 1 , the
relationship to those types of table wines ; whereas            amount of aid as specified in Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regula­
provision should therefore be made to enable long­              tion (EEC) No 2015/76 shall be increased by 15% .
term contracts to be concluded for those types of table
wines ; whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (6) of
Regulation (EEC) No 816/70, the right to conclude                                       Article 3
short-term contracts for the wines in question should
therefore be suspended ;
                                                                Short-term contracts concluded before the date of
                                                                entry into force of this Regulation shall, at the request
Whereas Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70             of the party concerned, be terminated in respect of
lays down that, for long-term contracts, the amount of          those quantities for which at the time of such termina­
the aid may be increased to 20 % ; whereas, in the              tion that party enters into a long-term storage
light of the conditions prevailing in this wine year,           contract.
and in particular of the quantities available, which are
such as to permit the conclusion of long-term                   In that event, entitlement to short-term storage aid for
contracts, provision should be made for increasing by           the said quantities shall be lost in respect of the
 15% the rates of aid specified in Article 11 ( 1 ) of          period during which they are under long-term
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2015/76 of 13                    contract.
August 1976 on storage contracts for table wine, grape
must and concentrated grape must (3) ;
                                                                                        Article 4
Whereas, in order to relieve the market on a more
lasting basis and to prevent further difficulties after         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
the expiry of the short-term contracts already                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                Communities.
(>) OJ No L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 326, 25. 11 . 1976, p. 1 .
(}) OJ No L 221 , 14. 8 . 1976, p. 20 .                         It shall apply with 'effect from 16 December 1976.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.                                           '
           Done at Brussels, 14 December 1976.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission