CELEX: 31976R0458
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 458/76 of 27 February 1976 on private storage aid for table wines standing in close economic relationship with table wines of the type R II

No L 53/82                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           28 . 2. 76
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 458/76
                                                      of 27 February 1976
               on private storage aid for table wines standing in close economic relationship
                                               with table wines of the type R II
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas these red table wines standing in close
COMMUNITIES,                                                        economic relationship with table wines of the type R
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               II are not subject to the above intervention measures
Economic Community,                                                 and may therefore prevent the measures taken from
                                                                    having the desired effects ; whereas it must therefore
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        be made possible for such wines also to be the subject
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­               of storage contracts ;
sions for the common organization of the market in
wine (')," as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
1932/75 (2), in particular the second subparagraph of               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Article 5 (7) thereof,                                              ment Committee for Wine,
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5 (3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that, if the state              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of the market so requires, a decision may be taken to
grant aid also for table wines of a type other than that
for which the average price remains less than the acti­                                    Article 1
vating price for two consecutive weeks, where such
table wines stand in close economic relationship with               1 . Aid for private storage as specified in Article 6
the later type ;                                                    (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 shall be
                                                                    granted in respect of red table wines which stand in
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 330/76 of 16                         close economic relationship with table wines of the
February 1976 concerning the private storage subsidy                type R II.
for the R II type of table wine (3), the Commission
made a formal finding that there are grounds for                    2.    Red wines shall be considered to stand in close
granting private storage aid to wines of that type ;                economic relationship with table wines of the type R
whereas the amount of such aid is fixed in Article 6                II where they have an actual alcoholic strength of
(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 of                    more than 12-50° and not more than 14-50° and are
20 July 1 970 on storage contracts for table wine (4), as           not type R III.
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 546/75 (5) ;
Whereas the prices of table wines on the Community                                         Article 2
market are at present showing a downward trend ;
whereas this tendency is demonstrated by the fact that              Regulation (EEC) No 719/75 is hereby repealed from
intervention measures have had to be activated for                  29 February 1976.
table wines of the type R II ; whereas important quan­
tities of red table wine standing in close economic                                        Article 3
relationship with R II type table wines are to be found
on the market and are subjected to the general fall in              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
prices ;                                                             1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 27 February 1976.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (!) OJ No   L 99, 5. 5 . 1970, p . 1 .
 (2) OJ No   L 198 , 29 . 7. 1975, p. 19 .
 (3) OJ No   L 41 , 17 . 2. 1976, p . 6.
 («) OJ  No  L 160, 22. 7 . 1970, p. 16.
  5) OJ  No  L 58 , 4. 3 . 1975, p. 5.