CELEX: 31977R2689
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2689/77 of 5 December 1977 fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1977 to 15 December 1978

8 . 12 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 314/ 3
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2689/77
                                                    of 5 December 1977
                fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1977 to
                                                     15 December 1978
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the guide prices for the period 16 December
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     1977 to 15 December 1978 were fixed by Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 1 171 /77 (3) ; whereas Article 3 (3) of Regula­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           tion (EEC) No 816/70 provides that the activating
 Economic Community,                                              price shall be fixed at the same stage and shall be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    valid during the same period as the guide price ;
 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­           whereas Regulation (EEC) No 945/70 (4) determined
 sions for the common organization of the market in              the types of table wine to which these prices apply,
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
221 1 /77 (2), and in particular Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof,        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas an activating price must be fixed annually
 for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed,         The activating prices for table wines for the period 16
taking into consideration the factors set out in Article          December 1977 to 15 December 1978 are hereby
 3 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 ;                          fixed as follows :
Whereas the quality of the 1977/78 harvest can gener­
ally be regarded as slightly below average ;                        Type of wine                     Activating price
Whereas the current prices for R I , R II and A I table
                                                                 R I                   1-89 u.a./ degree/ hectolitre
wines are at least equal to the activating prices ;
                                                                 R II                  1 -89 u.a./degree/hectolitre
Whereas, in spite of the considerable stocks brought             R III               29-43 u.a./ hectolitre
 forward from the previous wine year, the quantity               AI                    1-77 u.a./degree/hectolitre
                                                                 All                 39-23 u.a./ hectolitre
available is, because of a poor harvest, lower than that
                                                                 A III               44-79 u.a./ hectolitre
 recorded for the previous wine year ;
Whereas the level of the activating prices must take
account of the factors mentioned above ; whereas the                                          Article 2
activating prices fixed for the previous wine year
should      therefore    be increased , without,    however,     This     Regulation       shall   enter into         force on  16
encouraging production ;                                         December 1977 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 5 December 1977 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                  A. HUMBLET
(') OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .                            (3) OJ No L 137, 3 . 6. 1977, p. 12.
(2) OJ No L 256, 7 . 10 . 1977, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No L 114, 27. 5 . 1970, p. 1 .