CELEX: 31980R3195
Language: en
Date: 1980-12-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3195/80 of 8 December 1980 fixing the activating price for table wines for the period from 16 December 1980 to 15 December 1981

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31980R3195

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3195/80 of 8 December 1980 fixing the activating price for table wines for the period from 16 December 1980 to 15 December 1981  

Official Journal L 333 , 11/12/1980 P. 0004 - 0005 Greek special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 31 P. 0271 

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 305 , 14 . 11 . 1980 , P . 1 .  ( 3 ) OJ NO L 160 , 26 . 6 . 1980 , P . 11 .  ( 4 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 60 .    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3195/80   OF 8 DECEMBER 1980   FIXING THE ACTIVATING PRICE FOR TABLE WINES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 16 DECEMBER 1980 TO 15 DECEMBER 1981   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 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2930/80  ( 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 1980/81 WINE YEAR CAN GENERALLY BE REGARDED AS BELOW AVERAGE ;   WHEREAS THE CURRENT PRICES FOR R I TABLE WINES ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE ACTIVATING PRICE ; WHEREAS THE PRICES FOR R II TABLE WINES , ALTHOUGH 10 % BELOW THE ACTIVATING PRICE , SHOULD RISE APPRECIABLY IN VIEW OF THE RELATIVE SHORTAGE , IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE 1980/81 WINE YEAR , OF WINES OF HIGH ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE PRICES FOR A I TABLE WINES HAVE REMAINED WELL BELOW THE ACTIVATING PRICE THROUGHOUT THE 1979/80 WINE YEAR , ONCE AGAIN CONFIRMING THE FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESS OF THIS SECTOR OF PRODUCTION OWING TO AN IMBALANCE BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND ; WHEREAS THE PRICES FOR R III , A II AND A III TABLE WINES ARE ABOVE THEIR RESPECTIVE ACTIVATING PRICE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF SUCH WINES ;   WHEREAS , AS A RESULT OF THE FAR MORE PLENTIFUL STOCKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WINE YEAR THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR , THE QUANTITY AVAILABLE IS CONSIDERABLY GREATER THAN THAT RECORDED IN AN AVERAGE 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 , WITHOUT , HOWEVER , ENCOURAGING PRODUCTION ;   WHEREAS , WHEN THE ACTIVATING PRICES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 16 DECEMBER 1979 TO 15 DECEMBER 1980 , WERE FIXED , SELECTIVITY WAS INTRODUCED IN THE FIXING OF PRICE LEVELS , IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERING MARKET TRENDS BETWEEN RED AND WHITE WINES ; WHEREAS DURING THE PAST WINE YEAR THE SAME PRICE TRENDS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED ; WHEREAS IT WOULD THEREFORE AGAIN APPEAR TO BE DESIRABLE FOR THE ACTIVATING PRICE FOR A I WHITE WINES TO BE INCREASED BY AN AMOUNT WHICH IS SMALLER THAN THAT FOR RED WINES AND THAN THE INCREASE DECIDED UPON BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE GUIDE PRICE ;   WHEREAS THE GUIDE PRICES FOR THE PERIOD 16 DECEMBER 1980 TO 15 DECEMBER 1981 WERE FIXED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1591/80  ( 3 ); WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 PROVIDES THAT THE ACTIVATING PRICE SHALL BE FIXED AT THE SAME STAGE AND SHALL 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 ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :   ARTICLE 1   THE ACTIVATING PRICES FOR TABLE WINES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 16 DECEMBER 1980 TO 15 DECEMBER 1981 SHALL BE FIXED AS FOLLOWS :  //   //   // TYPE OF WINE  //  ACTIVATING PRICE //   // R I  //  2.49 ECU/% VOL/HL // R II  //  2.49 ECU/% VOL/HL // R III  //  38.87 ECU/HL // A I  //  2.27 ECU/% VOL/HL // A II  //  50.79 ECU/HL // A III  //  58.00 ECU/HL //   ARTICLE 2   THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 16 DECEMBER 1980 .   THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 DECEMBER 1980 .   FOR THE COUNCIL   THE PRESIDENT   C . NEY