CELEX: 51989PC0040(53)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE GUIDE PRICES FOR WINE FOR THE 1989/90 WINE YEAR

No C 82/72                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    3. 4. 89
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at...
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                            Proposal for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                 of...
                                    fixing the guide prices for wine for the 1989/90 wine year
                                                             (89/C 82/53)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               vinification practices and the delivery of disproportionate
                                                                       volumes of red wine for distillation; whereas it should
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  therefore be eliminated by lowering the guide price for red
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       wine of types RI and RII and increasing that for white wine
thereof,                                                               of type AI by such amounts that the mean financial impact
                                                                       on both producers and the Community budget is nil;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     whereas, however, it is necessary to avoid excessively large
Portugal, and in particular Article 89(1) thereof,                     price changes by effecting the elimination over two wine
                                                                       years;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market
in wine (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No ... (2),
and in particular Article 27 thereof,                                  Whereas the level of prices in Spain differs from that of the
                                                                       common prices; whereas pursuant to Article 70 of the Act
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     of Accession these prices should be aligned with the
                                                                       common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,               marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid
                                                                       down give the Spanish prices set below;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,
Whereas, when the guide prices for the various types of                Whereas the guide prices must be fixed for each type of
table wine are fixed, account should be taken both of the              table wine representative of Community production as
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the                defined in Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/
contribution which the Community wishes to make to the                 87,
harmonious development of world trade; whereas the
objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in
particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the
agricultural community and to ensure that supplies are                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
available and reach consumers at reasonable prices;
Whereas until now the guide prices have been set at
differing levels for white and for red wines in order to
reflect differing market prices; whereas since prices have
moved closer together this difference in levels is no longer                                    Article 1
justified; whereas, furthermore, it occasions unwarranted
(!) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.                                     1. The guide prices for table wines for the 1989/90 wine
(2) See page 71 of this Official Journal.                              year shall be:
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     Type        Guide price in the         Guide price            2. For the 1990/91 wine year a single guide price in the
    of wine     Community of Ten             in Spain              Community of Ten for table wine of types RI, RII and AI
                                                                   shall be set.
RI             3,27 ECU/%,vol/hl        2,69 ECU/%, vol/hl
RII             3,27 ECU/%, vol/hl      2,69 ECU/%, vol/hl                                   Article 2
R III          52,23 ECU/hl            42,23 ECU/hl
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
AI              3,17 ECU/%, vol/hl      2,53 ECU/%, vol/hl
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
AH             69,60 ECU/hl            56,24 ECU/hl
                                                                   European      Communities.
A III          79,49 ECU/hl            64,23 ECU/hl
                                                                   It shall apply from 1 September 1989.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Done at...
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                        Proposal for a
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                             of...
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the common organization of the market in raw
                                                           tobacco
                                                         (89/C 82/54)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           at the same time as prices and premiums, for a specific
                                                                   harvest; whereas in order to allow planting to be planned
                                                                   the maximum guaranteed quantity for each variety or
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              group of varieties should be fixed each year for the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,          following year's harvest; whereas on the present occasion
                                                                   the quantities for both the 1989 and 1990 harvests should
                                                                   therefore be fixed;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   Whereas, in view of the differences of quality in a variety
                                                                   depending on the characteristics of the soil and the climate,
                                                                   it may be necessary to subdivide those maximum
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,           guaranteed quantities by specific production areas;
                                                                   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 should therefore be
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social            amended,
Committee,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 727/70 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                      Article 1
No 2267/88 (2), there is fixed within an overall Community
quantity a maximum guaranteed quantity for each of the             Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is amended as follows.
tobacco varieties or groups of varieties grown in the
Community, overshooting of which gives rise to a
proportional reduction in prices and premiums; whereas              1. The first subparagraph of Article 4(5) shall read:
these maximum guaranteed quantities are fixed every year,
                                                                       'The Council, acting as indicated in Article 43(2) of the
                                                                       Treaty, shall lay down every year for each tobacco
                                                                       variety or group of varieties produced in the Com-
(!) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1                                      munity for which prices and premiums are fixed a
 (2) OJ No L 199, 26. 7. 1988, p. 18.                                  maximum guaranteed quantity for the following year's