CELEX: 31974R1400
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1400/74 of the Commission of 5 June 1974 on private storage aid for table wines standing in close economic relationship with table wines of the type R I

6. 6 . 74                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 149 / 13
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1400/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 5 June 1974
               on private storage aid for table wines standing in close economic relationship
                                                     with table wines of the type R I
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           ship with R I type table wines are to found on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                             market and are subjected to the general fall in prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    Whereas these red table wines standing in close
Economic Community ;                                                     economic relationship with table wines of the type
                                                                         R I not subject to the above intervention and there­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             fore risk preventing the measures taken from having
816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                       the desired effects ; whereas it must therefore be made
provisions for the common organization of the market                     possible for such wines to be the subject of storage
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          contracts ;
2592/73 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 5 (7) ;                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5 (3) of                      ment Committee for Wines,
Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that, if the state
of the market so requires, a decision may be taken to
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
grant aid also for table wines of a type other than that
for which the average price remains less than the acti­
vating price for two consecutive weeks, where such                                                al rticle 1
table wines stand in close economic relationship with                    1 . The aid for private storage provided for in
the latter type ;                                                        Article 6 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 shall
Whereas       Commission Regulation (EEC) No                             be granted for red table wines which stand in close
 1206/74 (3 ) of 14 May 1974 on private storage aids for                 economic relationship to table wines of type R I.
table wines of the type R I, noted that private storage                  2.    Red wines shall be considered to stand in close
aid should be granted to wines of that type ; whereas                    economic relationship to table wines of type R I
the amount of such aid is fixed in Article 6 (3) of                      where they have an actual alcoholic strength of not
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 (4) of 20                         less than 9-5° and not more than 12-5° and are not of
July 1970 on storage contracts for table wine, as last                   type R II or type R III .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 341 1 /73 (5) ;
Whereas the prices of table wines on the Community                                                Article 2
market are at present showing a downward trend ;                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
whereas this tendency is demonstrated by the fact that                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
intervention measures have had to be activated for R I
                                                                         the European Communities.
type of table wines ; whereas important quantities of
red table wine standing in close economic relation­                      It shall apply from 20 May 1974.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 5 June 1974.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ No  L  99, 5 . 5 .  1970 , p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No  L  269 , 26 .  9 . 1 973 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No  L  132, 15 .   5 . 1974, p. 11 .
(«)  OJ No  L  160 , 22.   7. 1970, p. 16 .
 5)  OJ No  L  349, 19 .   12 . 1973 , p. 25 .