CELEX: 31973R3410
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3410/73 of the Commission of 18 December 1973 on long-term private storage aid of certain table wine

19 . 12 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 349 / 23
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 3410/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 18 December 1973
                                   on long-term private storage aid of certain table wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        sion of long-term contracts should be authorized for
COMMUNITIES,                                                          wine which has been the subject of a short-term
                                                                      contract concluded between 1        December 1973 and
                                                                      the date of entry into force of this Regulation ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          ment Committee for Wines ,
816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 , laying down additional
provisions for the common organization of the market
in wine as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2592/73 (2), and in particular Articles 5 (6) and 6 (4)
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof ;
Whereas the forward estimates for the 1973/74 wine
                                                                                               Article 1
year show that the quantities of table wine found to
be available at the beginning of that wine year exceed
total demand for the wine year by more than four                      Long-term storage contracts for table wines of types
month 's consumption ; whereas the situation in which                 RI , R II and A I , as well as the table wines which are
long-term storage contracts may be concluded                          economically closely linked with these types of table
pursuant to Article 5 (5) of the Regulation aforesaid                 wines, may be concluded on condition that their
thus obtains ; whereas under Article 5 (4) of the same                actual alcoholic strength is not inferior to 10 ° . These
Regulation the conclusion of short-term contracts for                 contracts shall be valid for a period of nine months.
the relevant wine is to be suspended ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas the forward estimates aforesaid show that
there are surpluses, in particular, for Types RI, R II
and A I table wines as well as for table wines which                  The amount of aid fixed in Article 6 (3) of Regulation
are economically closely linked with these types of                   ( EEC) No 1437/70 shall be increased by 20 % in
table wines ; whereas provision should therefore be                   respect of the contracts provided for in Article 1
made for concluding long-term contracts for those                     above .
wines ;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas under Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
816/70 the amount of the long-term private storage
aid may be increased by up to 20 % ; whereas in view                  Should the person concerned so request, short-term
of the circumstances for the present wine year, and in                storage contracts concluded between 1 December
particular of the quantities available, which warrant                  1973 and the date of entry into force of this Regula­
 the conclusion of long-term storage contracts, a 20 %                tion shall be terminated for those quantities in respect
 increase seems appropriate in the amount of the aid                  of which the person concerned concluded a long-term
under Article 6 (3), of Commission Regulation (EEC)                   storage contract.
 No 1437/70 (3) of 20 July 1970, on storage contracts
 for table wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                   In this case, for the volume thus placed under long­
 No 753/73 (4) ;                                                      term storage contract, the right to short-term storage
                                                                      aid remains vested for the period during which it has
Whereas, to relieve the market of a long-term excess                  been placed under such a contract.
 of supply as well as to eliminate the possibility of
 fresh difficulties arising upon the expiry of the short­
 term storage contracts already concluded, the conclu                                          Article 4
(')  OJ  No  L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(-') OJ  No  L 269 , 26 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(3 ) OJ  No  L 160 , 22. 7 . 1970 , p. 16 .                            following its publication in the Official Journal of
(4)  OJ  No  L 69 , 16 . 3 . 1973 , p. 32 .                            the European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels , 18 December 1973 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                       The President
                                                                  François-Xavier ORTOLI