CELEX: 31975R3220
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3220/75 of the Council of 9 December 1975 fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1975 to 15 December 1976

11 . 12. 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 320/3
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3220/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 9 December 1975
              fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1975 to
                                                    15 December 1976
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     therefore, the activating prices fixed for the previous
COMMUNITIES,                                                    wine year should be increased, without, however,
                                                                encouraging production ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                            Whereas the guide prices for the period 16 December
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    1975 to 15 December 1976 were fixed by Regulation
816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional              (EEC) No 661 /75 (3) ; whereas Article 3 (3) of Regula­
provisions for the common organization of the market            tion (EEC) No 816/70 provides that the activating
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 price shall be fixed at the same stage and shall be
1 932/75 (2), and in particular Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof ;       valid during the same period as the guide price ;
                                                                whereas Regulation (EEC) No 945/70 (4) determines
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;             the types of table wine to which these prices apply,
Whereas an activating price must be fixed annually
for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed,         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
taking into consideration the factors set out in Article
3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas the quality of the 1975/76 harvest can gener­
ally be regarded as average ;                                   The activating prices for the period 16 December
                                                                 1975 to 15 December 1976 are hereby fixed as
Whereas there has been a slight increase in average             follows :
wine prices since the end of the 1974/75 wine year ;
whereas, however, for all other wine types with the              1 . 1-71 u.a. per degree/hi for table wine of type R I,
exception of type R II the prices recorded in at least          2. 1-71 u.a. per degree/hi for table wine of type R II,
one trading centre are below the activating prices ;            3 . 26-70 u.a. per hi for table wine of type R III,
                                                                4. 1-61 u.a. per degree/hi for table wine of type A I,
Whereas, because of the lower level of stocks brought           5. 35-58 u.a. per hi for table wine of type A II,
forward from the previous wine-growing year and the             6 . 40-63 u.a. per hi for table wine of type A III .
fact that the harvest is of average quantity, forward esti­
mates show that the quantity available is lower than
that recorded for last year ;                                                             Article 2
Whereas the level of activating prices must take                This Regulation shall enter into          force on   16
account of the factors mentioned above ; whereas,               December 1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 9 December 1975 .
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                                M. RUMOR
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5. 1970, p. 1 .                             (3) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 10 .
 2 OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7. 1975, p. 19 .                            4 OJ No L 114, 27. 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .