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Date: 1979-11-30
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1979 to 15 December 1980 (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period
                  16 December 1979 to 15 December 1980
            ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(79 ) 665 final
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1 * Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 on the common organization
    of the market in wine provides , for the fixing , before 16 Dscember each
    year , of a threshold price activating the intervention system , herein­
    after called the " activating price ", for each type of wine for which
    a guide price is fixed *
    The activating price is to be fixed in the light of the following
    factors :
    a ) the state of the market and in particular the extent of price
        fluctuations ;
    b ) the need to ensure price stability on the markets without causing
        structural surpluses to build up in the Community ;
    c ) the quality of the harvest ;                                •
    d ) the information contained in the forward estimates provided for in
        Article 5 of the said Regulation *
2 * With the relatively small volume of production in 1978 / 79,' combined
    with very low stocks , availabilities at the beginning of the marketing
    year were the lowest for a number of years * Prices for red wines were
    thus satisfactory during the early months * Quotations for R I table
    wines remained above the guide price , virtually up to June ; those for
    R II wines fluctuated around the guide price also up to June * In June ,
    as soon as the first indications of a forthcoming very abundant harvest
    became known , quotations fell sharply : those for R I wines to between
    the guide price and the activating price and those for R II wines below
    the activating price * When the forecasts of . a very large harvest were
    confirmed in September , prices fell further , with the result that prices
    for R I wines fell to less than the activating price *
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Prices for A I white wines , which at the end of the previous wine year
had risen slightly , remained , with a few exceptions ( linked in some
cases with the absence of quotations on certain markets ) below the
activating price , so that the possibility of concluding short-term
storage contracts , which had been abolished in November 1978 , was re-
established and is still open now *
As regard A II table wines , prices remained below the activating price
until January and then steadied just above it *
Prices for A III table wines overtook the guide price in January and
stabilized at a level above it *
Quotations for R III table wines remained excellent throuthout the
wine year , above the guide price *
a ) For . the 1978 / 79 wine year the Commission proposed activating prices
    for red and white wines equal to 93 and 91*5 '/. of their respective
    guide prices * The reason for that proposal was the long-term
    weakness of the market for white wines and in consequence the
    imbalance between supply and demand * The situation has remained
    virtually unchanged , apart from some short-lived improvements for
    types A I and A III * Even during a year whensupplies overall were
    short , the market in white wines failed to stabilize at the .
    activating prices *
b ) In the light of :           \
    - the foregoing remarks ;.
    - harvest forecasts which at present show that considerably more
      wine will be available than in the previous year and that quality
    - will be average but with low alcoholic strenght in some . regions ;
  • -   the desirabi lity of introducing selectivity between different
      types of wine , in line with certain measures already adopted and
      in accordance with the measures proposed for adjusting wine-
      growing potential to market needs ;
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- the 1.5 % increase in the guide prices for all types of table
  wine during the period from 16 December 1979 to 15 December 1980
  ( Regulation No 1615 / 79 of 24 July 1979 - 0J No L 190 , 28,7.1979 ,
  P « 10 );  ,
  it is proposed that :
- the activating price for red wines (R I , R II and R III ) should
  be increased by the same percentage as the guide pirices , so that
  the activating price remains at the same relative level as last
  year , i.e. , 93 % of the guide price ;
- the activating price for white wines should be increased by 0.5 %
  bringing the activating price to 91.2 % of the guide price .
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                              • .
 ---pagebreak---                                     PROPOSAL FOR         .   ■
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )   <«
         fixing the activating prices for table wines for the
             period 16 December 1979 to       15 December 1980
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 337-/ 79 of 5 February 1979 on
  the common organization of the market in wine ( 1 ), ak^ilnended by Regulation
  ( EEC ) No 2397 / 79 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas an activating price must be fixed annually for each type of wine
  for which a guide price is fixed , taking into consideration the factors
  set out in Article 3 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 ;        .   -
  Whereas the quality of the harvest for the 1979 / 80 wine year can generally be
  regarded as average ;                                                   -
  Whereas the current prices for R I and R II table wines are very close to
" the activating price ; whereas , however , the prices for A I table wines
  have been consistently lower than the activating price for the last five
  years , with the exception of a short period at the end of 1977 and
  sporadic increases during the 1978 / 79 • wine       . year ; whereas , during the
   last    wine year, the prices for A II and A III table wines settled at a
  level above their respective activating prices , as a consequence of the
  very limited availability of such wines ;
  C1 ) 0J No L    54 ,   5„3„1979, p *    1
  ( 2 ) 0J No L 275 , 1.11 .. 1979 , p „\ 4
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    Whereas , as a result of the, far more plentiful harvest than in the previous
    wine year , the quantity available is considerably greater than that
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    recorded for the 1978 / 79 wine year ;
    Whereas the level of the activating prices must take account of the
    factors mentioned above ; whereas the activating prices fixed for the
    previous wine year should therefore be increased, but not , however , so as
    to stimulate production ;
    Whereas the differing trends on the markets in red and white wines justify
    the introduction of selectivity in fixing activating prices , namely that
 - the increase in the activating prices for white wines should be less than
    that adopted for red wines and that adopted by the Council for the guide
    prices ;
    Whereas the guide prices for the period 16 December 1979 to 15 December
    1980 were fixed by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1615 / 79 ( 3 ); whereas Article 3 ( 3 )
  * of Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 provides that the activating price is to.be
    fixed at the same stage and is to be valid during the same period as the
    guide price ; whereas Regulation ( EEC ). No 340 /79 ( 4 ) determined the types
    of table wine to which these prices apply ,                             N
    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                      Article 1
    The activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1979 to
    15 December 1980 are hereby fixed as follows :
                      Type of wine       Activating price
                    [ RI •               2.36 ECU / % vol hl
                       R II              2-36 ECU / % vol / hl
                       R III            36-84 ECU / hl
                       A I             - 2-17 ECU / % vol / hl
                       A II             48-04 ECU / hl
                       A III            54-85 ECU / hl
• ( 3 ) 0J No L 190, 28„9„1979, p „ 10
    ( 4 ) 0J No L 54 , 5„3.1979, p „ 60
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                               Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 1979 „
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States-
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
                                                    The President
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1 . LIGNE BUDGETAIRE s        Chapitre 6Ç                                     1980 * S 2°3' 3 MUCE
2. INTITULE DE LA MESURE : projet de Règlement du Conseil fixant les prix de déclenchements
 pour les vins de table pour la période du 16 . 12 . 1979' au 15.12.1980
3. BASE JURIDIQUE : Règlement 337 / 79 du Conseil .
4 . OBJECTIFS DE LA MESURE : fixation des prix de déclenchement pour les vins de table .
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