CELEX: 31974R1221
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1221/74 of the Commission of 15 May 1974 on private storage aid for table wines standing in close economic relationship with table wines of the type A I

No L 133 / 20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              16 . 5 . 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1221 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 15 May 1974
              on private storage aid for table wines standing in close economic relationship
                                                 with table wines of the type A I
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        on the market and are subjected to the general fall in
COMMUNITIES,                                                          prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas these white table wines standing in close
Economic Community ;                                                  economic relationship with table wines of the type A
                                                                      I are 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
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5 (3) of                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      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
grant aid also for table wines of a type other than that              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
for which the average price remains less than the acti­
vating price for two consecutive weeks, where such                                              Article 1
table wines stand in close economic relationship with
the latter type ;                                                     1 . The aid for private storage provided for in
                                                                      Article 6 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 shall
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 847/74 (3)
                                                                      be granted for white table wines which stand in close
of 9 April 1974 on private storage aids for table wines
                                                                      economic relationship to table wines of type A I.
of the type A I, noted that private storage aid should
be granted to wines of that type ; whereas the amount                 2.    White wines shall be considered to stand in
of such aid is fixed in Article 6 (3) of Commission                   close economic relationship to table wines of type A I
Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 (4) of 20 July 1970 on                    where they have an actual alcoholic strength of not
storage contracts for table wine, as last amended by                  less than 9-5° and not more than 14° and are not of
Regulation (EEC) No 341 1 /73 (5) ;                                   type A II or type A III .
Whereas the prices of table wines on the Community
                                                                                                Article 2
market are at present showing a downward trend ;
whereas this tendency is demonstrated by the fact,                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
that intervention measures have had to be activated
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
for A I type of table wines ; whereas important quanti­                the European Communities.
ties of white table wine standing in close economic
 relationship with A I type table wines are to be found                It shall apply from 1 May 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 May 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 . 1973 , p. 1 .
 (3 ) OJ No L 100 , 10 .  4. 1974, p. 11 .
 (4)  OJ No L 160 , 22.   7. 1970, p. 16.
 (5)  OJ No L 349, 19 .   12. 1973, p. 25.