CELEX: 31976R2108
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2108/76 of 26 August 1976 on the recording of quotations and the fixing of average prices and weighted average prices for table wines

No L 236/ 14                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             27 . 8 . 76
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2108/76
                                                           of 26 August 1976
                 on the recording of quotations and the fixing of average prices and weighted
                                                     average prices for table wines
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, in order that the market survey may be as
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          uniform as possible throughout the Community, it is
                                                                       advisable that the relevant information should be
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                collected in the various Member States by special
  Economic Community,                                                  boards set up by them to monitor the trend of prices
                                                                       for each representative market serving an area of a
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         certain size ; whereas representation on such boards
  816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­                should be determined by reference to the economic
 sions for the common organization of the market in                    importance of the parties concerned ;
 wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
  11 67/76 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (3) and 35
  thereof,                                                             Whereas, in order that the transactions recorded may
                                                                       be representative, those relating to a quantity below a
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70                        specified minimum should be excluded ; whereas this
 of 29 May 1970 on recording quotations and fixing                     minimum should be fixed solely by reference to
 average prices for table wiAes (3), as last amended by                average transactions in respect of the different types of
  Regulation (EEC) No 528/74 (4), lays down detailed                   wines ;
 rules governing the fixing of average prices for table
 wines ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1160/76 of 17 May 1 976 (5) amended Article 4 of
                                                                       Whereas the average prices are producer prices ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 by introducing a
                                                                       whereas it is therefore advisable to limit the recording
 weighted average price to be determined by the
                                                                       of prices to Member States which produce table wines,
 Commission ; whereas both the average and weighted
                                                                       and to prices applied between producers and
 average prices must be published in the 'C' series of
                                                                       purchasers ; whereas, in order that such prices may be
 the Official Journal of the European Communities ',                   assessed, the information relating to them should be
 whereas it is therefore necessary to replace Regulation               as precise as possible ;
 ( EEC) No 1020/70 ;
 Whereas Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70
 provides that for each type of wine for which a guide                 Whereas, to avoid difficulties as regards the publica­
 price is fixed the Commission must determine each                     tion of the said prices, a time limit should be set for
                                                                       the transmission to the Commission of the relevant
 week, for the type of wine in question on the basis of
 all facts available to it, an . average producer price                information ;
 (hereinafter called 'average price') for each representa­
 tive market and a weighted average price ;
                                                                       Whereas the various quotations forwarded to the
 Whereas it is therefore necessary to specify the repre­               Commission are to serve as a basis for the calculation
 sentative markets for the different types of wine ;                   of weighted average prices in accordance with Article
                                                                       4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ; whereas it is
 Whereas paragraph 2 of the same Article 4 provides                    therefore necessary that the said quotations reflect the
 that Member States shall supply the Commission with                   actual situation of the market ;
 all relevant information for fixing these prices, and in
 particular the producer prices recorded on the repre­
 sentative markets for each type of wine ;                             Whereas average prices are to be determined by the
                                                                       Commission having regard, in particular, to the extent
 Whereas it is necessary to specify in detail the manner               to which quotations notified are representative, the
 in which quotations are to be recorded and both                       comments of the Member States , and the alcoholic
 average and weighted average prices determined ;                      strength and quality of the table wines concerned ;
                                                                       whereas, in order that the average prices fixed may
(')  OJ No   L  99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . I.                             give a true picture of the situation , it should be
(2)  OJ No   L  135 , 24 . 5 . 1976, p . 42 .                          provided that only quotations recorded at one repre­
(J)  OJ No   L  118 , 1.6. 1970, p. 16.
(■») OJ No   L  64, 6 . 3 . 1974, p . 8 .                              sentative market in respect of a specific quantity of
(5)  OJ No   L  135, 24. 5. 1976, p. 1 .                               the type of wine in question are to be taken into
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 consideration ; whereas this quantity should be fixed          Luxembourg Moselle for table wines of the A II and A
 by reference to the average quantities involved in all         III types.
 transactions in respect of the different types of wine ;
Whereas it seems justifiable to prohibit the conclusion                                  Article 5
of storage contracts even in the case where no
weighted average price has been fixed for a certain             A special board for the recording of quotations here­
 period ;                                                       inafter called 'board') shall be set up by the Member
                                                                States, where it does not exist already, for each of the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation            representative markets as set out in Articles 1 to 4
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­               corresponding to an area under vines exceeding 2 000
ment Committee for Wine,                                        hectares .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                           Article 6
                           Article 1
                                                                When setting up a board, Member States shall ensure
                                                                that all the parties concerned are represented in
The ' representative markets of the Federal Republic of         proportion to their importance on the representative
                                                                market concerned .
Germany shall be :
(a) for table wines of the R III type :
     Rheinpfalz-Rheinhessen (Hiigelland) ;                                               Article 7
(b) for table wines of the A II type :
                                                                 1.     Every board shall at least once a week compile a
     Rheinpfalz (Oberhaardt), Rheinhessen           (Hügel­     return     of  the   transactions    concluded    between
     land) ;                                                    producers and purchases in the period since the prev:
(c) for table wines of the A III type :                         ious return . The transactions recorded must relate to
     Mosel-Rheingau .                                           quantities of at least :
                                                                — 200 hi for table wines of the R I and A I types,
                           Article 2                            — 100 hi for table wines of the R II type,
The representative markets of the French Republic               — 30 hi for table wines of the A II , A III and R III
shall be :                                                          types .
(a) for table wines of the R I type :                           2. The various boards shall forward to the compe­
     Bastia, Beziers, Montpellier, Narbonne, Nîmes,             tent agency the information referred to in para­
                                                                graph 1 .
     Perpignan ;
(b) for table wines of the R II type :
                                                                                         Article 8
     Bastia, Brignoles ;
(c) for table wines of the A I type :                            1.     Member States shall, not later than the , Monday
     Bordeaux, Nantes .                                         of each week, forward to the Commission by telex the
                                                                information received from each board during the prev­
                                                                ious week , together with their comments as appro­
                           Article J
                                                                priate, in particular in respect of the trend of quota­
                                                                tions .
The representative markets of the Italian Republic
shall be :
                                                                Where there is no board for a representative market,
(a) for table wines of the R I type :                           the information specified in paragraph 2 shall be
     Asti , Firenze, Lecce, Pescara, Reggio          Emilia,    collected by the Member State concerned .
     Treviso, Verona (for local wines);                         2.      The information shall relate to :
(b) for table wines of the R II type :
                                                                (a) prices ;
     Bari , Barletta, Cagliari , Lecce, Taranto ;
                                                                (b) the colour or, where appropriate, the type of wine
(c) for table wines of the A I type :                               under consideration ;
     Bari , Cagliari, Chieti , Ravenna ( Lugo, Faenza),         (c) the alcoholic strength , in the case of table wines
     Trapani (Alcamo), Treviso.                                     quoted per degree/hi ;
                                                                (d) the vine variety, in the case of table wines of the R
                         • Article 4
                                                                    III , A II and A III types ;
The representative market of the Grand Duchy of                 (e) the quantity covcred by the transactions for the
Luxembourg shall be the wine-growing region of the                  period under consideration .
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                         Article 9                             relate to transactions in respect of total quantities of
                                                               less than :
 1 . Every Tuesday, and for the first time on 7
September 1976, the Commission shall fix and                   — 2 000 hi for table wines of the R I and A I types,
publish in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the       — 1 000 hi for table wines of the R II type,
European Communities :                                         — 500 hi for table wines of the A II, A III and R III
— the average price, per degree/hi or per hi as appro­             types .
     priate, for each representative market for the type
     of wine in question ,                                                            Article 11
— the weighted average price as defined in the                 Where no weighted average price for a type of wine is
     second indent of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)      fixed for two consecutive weeks this shall be no bar to
     No 816/70, expressed per degree/hi or per hi as           the suspension pursuant to the second indent of
     appropriate and calculated on the basis of the            Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 of the
     quotations recorded for the week in question .            right to conclude storage contracts.
2. Where Tuesday is a public holiday, the average                                     Article 12
price and weighted average price as referred to in para­
graph 1 shall be fixed on the following working day.           Member States shall notify the Commission without
                                                               delay of the measures taken to implement this Regula­
                        Article 10                             tion .
The Commission shall fix the average price as referred                                Article 13
to in the first indent of Article 9 ( 1 ) on the basis of
the average of the quotations notified, taking account         Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 is hereby repealed .
in particular of the extent to which they are represen­                               Article 14
tative, the comments of the Member States and the
alcoholic strength and quality of the table wines              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
concerned . Quotations shall be disregarded if they            1976 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 26 August 1976.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission