CELEX: 51981PC0658
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Date: 1981-11-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the activating price for table wines for the period 16 December 1981 to 15 December 1982 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                  ■ Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          fixing the activating price for table wines for the period 16 December
                                1981 to 15 December 1982
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(81 ) 658 final
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                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM :
                                                                     «
 Article 3(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 337/79 on the common organisation of
 the Eiarkst in wine makes provision for fixing , annually , "before
 16 December a threshold price for activating the interventon mechanism ,
hereinafter referred to as "activating price " for each type of wine for
 which a guide price is , fixed .        -                              -
 Provision is made for the activating price to be fixed , taking account
 of :                                           _              , '
a . the. market situation and , in particular , the extent of fluctuations
      in rates , .
b . the need to ensure stability in market rates while avoiding the
      creation of structural surpluses' within the Community , .
 c . the quality of the harvest ,
 d . data from the forecast referred to in Article 5 of Regulation ( EEC )
- No 337/79 . '              '    '                '        >
 The exceptionally high output from the 1979 harvest meant that the
 1980/81 wine ye^r opened with extremely high carry over stocks .          As
 production was above average , the quantities available at the outset of
 the wine year were , together with those the previous year , the highest
 since the market organisation was set-up . The prices of red wines of
 types R I and R II , which at the beginning of the wine year were, already
below the activating price , therefore fell until April/May .          From that
 time the price of red wines of type R I rose to just the activating
 price .   The prices of wines R II also underwent an increase , although
 this was lower-' than for R I.     Prices of white table " wines of type : A I.
were in the same situation as . for red wines , but the level was
 proportionally lower than the activating price . - The slight increase in
 prices - during the latter period is explained by Community intervention ,
 on a very large scale , during the 1980/81 wine year , and by forecasts of
 a subs tan tially less abundant' harvest for lS'8l/82 than the preceding "
year .                                                             .    .
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       The . situation fcr taole wines of types R III , A II and A III is
       satisfactory as rates remained practically all through the season above
       the respective guifie prices , on aocouiit of the b ma 3.1 quantities of auoh
       wine available .
  3 -, a ) When fixing the guide prices for 1981/82 ( Regulation ( EEC ) I!o 2027 /61
           of 13 July 1581 - OJ Ho L 200 , 21 . 7 - 1981 , p-l ) the Council , to take
           accchftit of a situation created by differing trends in the
                                                            S
           representative prices for tne various types of table vine , increased
           the guide prices for table wines of type A I by less than for the
           other types of table nine . , In practice , this Decision transferred to
           the guide price system the policy of selectivity which had been            • .
           followed during the two previous wine years in respect of the
           activating price .
       b ) In view of
           -   tr.e above comments ,
           -   the quantities available which are subs tan tiall ;/ lower than in the
               previous wine year but still higher than the average which stock
               levels and the volume of the harvest " suggest and of an average
               product quality ,
           -   the increase in guide prices v/hich , for the period 16 December
               1S81 to 15 December 1982 , was 10% for all table wines except A I ,
               for v/hich the increase v/as 8-5# ,
           it is proposed that the activating price for all types of table wine
           b6 increased by the percentage adopted for the guide price and that
           the existing relationship between the activating and guide prices for
           the previous year be retained , namely 93# for red wines , 91«2f, for
           white v/ines of types A II and A III and 90-5# for white wines of type
           A I.
                     ■Z                1981/81
                           Guide     : Proposed activating      1980/81 activating :
  :R I - R II         :    2-95           2.74     : 93-00 %      2.49   : + 10 %   :
  : "R III            :   45.97      :   42.76     : 93.00 %     38.87   : + 10 7'  :
  • A
  • XL I              :    2.72      :    2.46     : 90.5 *       2.27   : +   8,5 %i
  : A II              :   61.26      :   55.07     : 91.2 f      50.79   : + 10 %   :
  : A III             :   69-96      :   63 - BO   : 91.2 %      58.00   : + 10 J6  :
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 ---pagebreak---                             Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
       fixing the activating price for table wines for the period
                    1 6 December 1 98 1 to 15 December 1982
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 /79 of 5 February 1979
                                                   .   (1)
on the common organization of the market m wine .          , as last amended by
                                  (2)
Regulation (EEC) No 3^56/80 , and in particular Articlp 3( 1 ) thereof, ,
                               "              '                     *
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,            •'     -
Whereas an activating price must be fixed annually 1 for each type of wine
for which a guide price is fixed , taking into consideration the factors
set out in Article 3(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 /79 ;
Whereas the quality of the harvest for the 1981 /82 wine year can
generally be regarded as average ;              _
Whereas the prices for table wines of types RI , RII and AI have increased
in recent weeks but are still below the activating price ; whereas the
prices for R III , A II and A III table wines are above their respective
activating price as a consequence of the limited availability of such
wines :                         :
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 54 ,   5.3.1979 , p.1 -
 ( 2 ) 0J No L 360, 31 . 12.1980, p. 18
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas , as a result of the far more plentiful stocks at the "beginning of
the wine year than average , the quantity available is considerably greater
than that recorded in an average vine year ;
Whereas the level of the activating prices must take account of the factors
mentioned above ; whereas the activating prices fixed for the previous
wine year should therefore be increased , without , however , encouraging -
production ;
Whereas the guide prices for the period 16 December 1981 to 15 December 1982
were fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2027/81 ^; whereas " Art ic le 3(3 )
Regulation ( EEC ) No 337 /79 provides that the activating price shall be
fixed at the same stage and shall be valid during the same period as the
                                                                 (4)
guide price ; whereas Council. Regulation ( EEp.) No 340/ 79         determined the
types of table wine to which these prices apply ,,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
The activating prices for table wines for the period from 16 December 1981
to 15 December 1982 shall be fixed as follows :
      : Type of wine      :               Activating price               :
              if
            1 ^
      : R I               :            2.7 ^ ECU/ # vol Ail
      : R II              :            2.7^  ECU/ % vol/hl               :
        R III             :           I+2.76 ECU/hl                      :
      ' A I               :            2.U6  ECU/% vol/hl                :
      : A II              :           55.87  ECU/hl            ,         :
      : A III             ;           63.80  ECU/hl                      :
                                      Article 2 ^
This Regulation shall enter into force - on 1 6 December 1 98 1 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council                »
                                                    The President
( 3 ) OJ No L 200, 21.7.1981 , p. 1
( h ) OJ No L 54 , 5.3.1979 , p - 60
 ---pagebreak---                           FINANCIAL 'STATEMENT
                                                                                           Date : 19 . ! 0.1 9°1
         1 , Bg»Gir HtAojNfl           : CftaP"ter 69                                   • apprô C ftlATioNS : 1 93 1 A.B. no 2
                               1982    : Chapter 1 6                                                           ' 6l 8 M ECIf"
        2. T 1 TL € : Draft Council Regulatidn fixing, the activating price- for . table' wines for , the
            period from 16 December 195.1 to 15 December 1982 ■ -
        3 . L ÉGAL BAS 15 :
                               Council Regulation No 337 /79
        I.- AIMS OF PROJECT .-;     Setting the activating1 prices for table vines'
       5 . FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                   PERIOD OF . 12 MONTHS CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR        FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                                   (  U 1    ■>               (    82   >
       5.0 EXPENDITURE
             - CHARGED TO THE FC BUDGET                  >0)
                ( REFUNDS / INTERVENTIONS)'
                                                                                                                (D
             - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
          •  - OTHER
       5.1 RECEIPTS
             - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
             , ( LEVIES / CUSTOMS DUTIES )
             - NATIONAL
                                                        1983
       5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE '                        1)              1)
       5.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
       5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
      6.0 CAN - THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET .?
                                                                                                                           YES / NO
      6.1 CA.'-j THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF . THE . CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                                           YES / NO
      0-2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                                           YES / NO
      6.3 WILL 'fijruRE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                                (1)        YES /*IS>
 j j OBSERVATIONS : A i ) As it .is proposed to increase the activating prices by the same
 ij percentage as that adopted in April by the Council for the guide price ('thereby .
IFJ maintaining            tne exist3 ng- relationship between these prices ), the financial impact
     OJ. this proposal is neutral 'and indirect . Its effect was incorporated when prepar­
     ing the 1982 budget . 'An appropriation of U61+ M ECU is entered in Chapter 1 6 of',
     the draft. 1982 budget.' -                                    . , ;. 1