CELEX: 31974R3157
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3157/74 of the Commission of 13 December 1974 fixing the reference prices for wines for the period 16 December 1974 to 15 December 1975

No L 334/34                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              14 . 12 . 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3157/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 13 December 1974
               fixing the reference prices for wines for the period 16 December 1974 to 15
                                                          December 1975
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       ristics or which are intended for special uses ; whereas
COMMUNITIES,                                                         in pursuance of this provision reference prices should
                                                                    be fixed for wines of the Riesling or Sylvaner variety,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                for liqueur wines, for wine fortified for distillation and
Economic Community ;                                                 for liqueur wines to be used in the preparation of
                                                                     products other than those falling within heading No
                                                                     22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
816/70 ( !) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional
provisions for the common organization of the market                 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 947/70
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      provides that the level of reference prices for those
1 532/74 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof ;              products must be established with reference to the
                                                                     level of the prices ruling within the Community for
                                                                     the wines in question and, where a wine distillate has
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70                been added, account must also be taken of the prices
provides that a reference price for red wine and a refer­            of wine distillates within the Community and of the
ence price for white wine must be fixed annually ;                   cost of preparation ;
whereas these reference prices must be fixed on the
basis of the guide prices for the types of red and white
table wine most representative of Community produc­                  Whereas the costs incurred in bringing Community
tion, plus the costs incurred in bringing Community                  wines to the same marketing stage as imported wines,
wines to the same marketing stage as imported wines ;                which are to be established as provided in Article 4 of
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 947/70, may, with the exception
                                                                     of those in respect of losses, be assessed at a standard
Whereas the types of table wine most representative                  rate ; whereas neither these costs, nor the other factors
of Community production are types R I and A I, as                    to be considered have varied appreciably since the last
defined in Articles 1 and 2 of Council Regulation                    occasion on which prices were fixed, with the excep­
(EEC) No 945/70 (3) of 26 May 1970 determining the                   tion of transport costs, which have increased by some
types of table wines ; whereas the guide prices for                   13% ;
these types of wine are set out in Article 1 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2496/74 (4) of 2 October 1974
fixing the guide prices for wine for the period from 16              Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has
December 1974 to 15 December 1975 ;                                  not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                     its Chairman ,
Whereas, moreover, in fixing the reference prices, the
factors set out in Article 2 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 947/70 (5) of 26 May 1970 laying down
general rules for fixing the reference price and levying             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the countervailing charge for wine must be taken into
consideration so as to ensure that the level of prices is
adequately safeguarded and that priority of outlet on
the internal market goes to Community-produced                                                Article 1
wines ; whereas it is necessary to take account of these
factors, notably for the wine growing year 1974/75, for
which it appears from forward estimates that the quan­               For the period 16 December 1974 to 15 December
tities available are very substantial ;                               1975 the reference prices for wines shall be as
                                                                     follows :
Whereas pursuant to the third subparagraph of Regula­                 1 . Red wine : 2-22 u.a./degree/ hl ;
tion (EEC) No 816/70 , Article 9 ( 1 ), reference prices
are to be fixed for wines which have special characte­
                                                                     2. White wine other than that specified in point 3
(')  OJ No  L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970, p.  1.                                    below : 2-12 u.a./degree/ hl ;
(*)  OJ No  L  166, 21 . 6. 1974,  p.  1.
(3 ) OJ No  L  114, 27 . 5 . 1970, p.  1.
(4)  OJ No  L 268 , 3 . 10 . 1974, p.  1.                            3 . White wine presented for importation under the
 5)  OJ No  L  114, 27. 5. 1970,   p.  4.                                 name Riesling or Sylvaner : 45-00 u.a./hl ;
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4. Liqueur wine : 4-30 u.a./degree/hl ;                                              Article 2
5. Liqueur wines intended for processing into               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
   products other than those falling within heading         publication in the Official Journal of the European
   No 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff : 2-40
                                                             Communities.
   u.a./degree/hl ;
6. Wine fortified for distillation : 1 -55 u.a./degree/hl.   It shall apply with effect from 16 December 1974.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 13 December 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI