CELEX: 31973R3412
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3412/73 of the Commission of 18 December 1973 fixing the reference prices for wines for the period from 16 December 1973 to 15 December 1974

No L 349/26                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         19 . 12. 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3412/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 18 December 1973
              fixing the reference prices for wines for the period from 16 December 1973 to 15
                                                        December 1974
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas, according to the Regulation (EEC) No
  COMMUNITIES,                                                   816/70 Article 9 ( 1 ), third subparagraph, reference
                                                                 prices are also fixed for wines which have particular
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     characteristics or those destined for particular end
European Economic Community ;                                    uses ; whereas, in order to take account of this
                                                                 obligation it is fitting to fix reference prices for,
                                                                 on one hand, wines coming from the Riesling or
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 Sylvaner wine varieties and liqueur wines and, on the
 816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional              other hand, also for wine fortified for distillation
 provisions for the common organization of the
                                                                 and the liqueur wines to be used in the preparation
market in wine, as last amended by Regulation
                                                                 of products other than those under the position
( EEC) No 2592/73 (2 ), and in particular Article 9 (6 )         22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff.
thereof ;
                                                                 Whereas, Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 947/70
 Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 816/
                                                                 provides that the level of reference prices for those
 70 provides that a reference price for red wine and
                                                                 products must be established with reference to the
 a reference price for white wine must be fixed
                                                                 level of the prices ruling within the Community for
 annually ; whereas these reference prices must be
                                                                 the wines in question and, where a wine distillate
fixed on the basis of the guide prices for the types             has been added, account must also be taken of the
of red and white table wine most representative of               prices of the wine distillates within the Community
Community production, plus the costs incurred in
                                                                 as well as the cost of preparation ;
bringing Community wines to the same marketing
stage as imported wines ;
                                                                 Whereas the costs, with the exception of losses,
                                                                 incurred in bringing Community wines to the same
 Whereas the types of table wine most representative
                                                                 marketing stage as imported wines, established as
 of Community production are types R I and A I,
                                                                 provided in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 947/
defined in Articles 1 and 2 of Council Regulation                70, can be assessed at a standard rate ; whereas
 ( EEC) No 945/70 (3) of 26 May 1970, determining                neither these costs, nor the other factors considered
the types of table wines ; whereas the guide prices
                                                                 have varied appreciably, except for transport costs
for these, types of wine are set out in Article 1 of             which have increased about 8 %> ;
Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1352/73 (4) of 15 May
1973 , fixing the guide prices for wine for the period
from 16 December 1973 to 15 December 1974 ;                      Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has
                                                                 not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set
                                                                 by the Chairman,
Whereas, moreover, in fixing the reference prices,
the factors, set out in Article 2 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 947/70 (5) of 26 May 1970,
laying down general rules for fixing the reference                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price and levying the countervailing charge for wine,
must be taken into consideration so as to ensure an                                       Article 1
effective protection of the level of prices, as well as
an outlet priority on the internal market, of the                For the period from 16 December 1973 to 15
Community production ; whereas it is necessary to                December 1974 the reference prices for wines shall
take account of these factors, notably for the wine              be as follows :
growing year 1973/74 for which it appears from the
forward estimate that the amount available is very               1 . Red wine : 1-93 u. a./degree/hi ;
important.
                                                                 2 . White wine other than that referred to at 3 : 1-84
                                                                     u.a./degree/hl ;
(*) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970, p. 1 .                             3 . White wine offered for import under the name
(«) OJ No L 269, 26. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                                 Riesling or Sylvaner : 39-00 u.a./hl ;
(») OJ No L 114, 27. 5. 1970, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 17.
(8) OJ No L 114, 27. 5 . 1970, p. 4.                             4. Liqueur wine : 4-30 u.a./degree/hl ;
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5 . Liqueur wines destined to be transformed into                                     Article 2
    products other than those under position 22.05
    of the Common       Customs    Tariff :  2-25  u.a ./    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
    degree/hi ;                                              its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                             European Communities ;
6. Wine fortified for distillation : 1-40 u.a./degree/
    hi .                                                     It shall apply from 16 December 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 December 1973 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      François-Xavier ORTOLI