CELEX: 51984PC0020(31)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF FIXING THE GUIDE PRICES FOR WINE FOR THE 1984/85 WINE-GROWING YEAR

No C 62/28                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              5.3.84
Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria           — for Greece, at 96,33 ECU,
entails fixing the amount of aid at the level men-
tioned below,                                                — for the other Member States, at 108,65 ECU.
                                                                                     Article 2
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                             day following its publication in the Official Journal
                       Article 1                             of the European Communities.
For the 1984/85 rearing year, the amount of aid in           It shall apply from 1 April 1984.
respect of silkworms as referred to in Article 2 of
Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 shall be fixed per box            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
of silkworm eggs used:                                       directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the guide prices for wine for the 1984/85
                                                 wine-growing year
                                                    (84/C 62/29)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas it is therefore essential not to increase the
COMMUNITIES,                                                 present gap between production and demand;
                                                             whereas, accordingly, the guide prices for the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-            1984/85 wine year should be fixed at the same level
pean Economic Community, and in particular                   as in 1983/84;
Article 43 thereof,
                                                             Whereas the guide prices must be fixed for each
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                 type of table wine representative of Community
337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organ-               production as defined in Council Regulation (EEC)
ization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by        No 340/79 ('),
Regulation (EEC) No . .., and in particular Article 2
thereof,
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-
sion,
                                                                                     Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
                                                             For the 1984/85 wine-growing year, the guide prices
liament,
                                                             for table wines shall be:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                Type of wine                Guide price
Whereas, when the guide prices for the various types
of table wine are fixed, account should be taken              RI                3,45 ECUper%vol/hl
both of the objectives of the common agricultural
                                                              RII               3,45 ECUper%vol/hl
policy and of the contribution which the Com-
munity wishes to make to the harmonious develop-              R III           53,84 ECU/hl
 ment of world trade; whereas the objectives of the           AI                3,20 ECUper%vol/hl
 common agricultural policy are, in particular, to                             71,74 ECU/hl
                                                              All
 ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural
 community and to ensure that supplies are available          A III            81,93 ECU/hl
 and reach consumers at reasonable prices;
 (')  OJNoL54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.                              (')  OJNoL54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 60.
 ---pagebreak---  5. 3. 84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No C 62/29
                          Article 2                                It shall apply from 1 September 1984.
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 day following its publication in the Official Journal            directly applicable in all Member States.
 of the European Communities.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 on the
                                         common organization of the market in wine
                                                        (84/C 62/30)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       concluding contracts for delivery into preventive
COMMUNITIES,                                                      distillation, thus jeopardizing the market; whereas
                                                                  these measures must be kept separate if they are to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-                fulfil their purpose of improving the market situa-
pean Economic Community, and in particular                        tion; whereas the buying-in price for wines
Article 43, thereof,                                              delivered for preventive distillation should be fixed
                                                                  at 65 % of the guide price, in order that the measure
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                    should possess the desired incentive effect;
sion,
                                                                  Whereas in years where there is a surplus the results
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                 achieved by preventive distillation play a major role
liament,                                                          in establishing balance on the market at the begin-
                                                                  ning of the marketing year; whereas steps should be
                                                                 taken to ensure that all the quantities of wine cov-
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 ered by delivery contracts are distilled; whereas
Social Committee,                                                therefore, where high-price distillation as referred to
                                                                  in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 is
Whereas experience has shown that the ratio                      decided upon, provision should be made for restrict-
between the guide price and the activating price                  ing it to producers who have concluded contracts or
referred to in Articles 2 and 3 respectively of Coun-            made declarations of delivery for preventive distilla-
cil Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 ('), as last                      tion;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1595/83 (2), has
remained fairly steady from one year to another;                  Whereas the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (1) of
whereas the buying-in price for wine delivered for                Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 lays down that, where
the various distillation operations is a percentage of            wines are presented in containers of two litres or
the guide price fixed by the Council, and whereas,                less, the reference price is to be increased; whereas
therefore, instead of activating prices being fixed               in order for this measure to achieve its purpose the
annually, an appropriate constant ratio between the               price should also be increased where the wine is pre-
two prices should be laid down;                                   sented in containers of somewhat more than two
                                                                  litres; whereas provisions should also be made for
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 11 (2)                 altering the reference price for those regions of the
of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 lays down that the                  Community whose distance involves additional
buying-in price for wine delivered for preventive                 costs in bringing Community wines to the same
distillation as provided for in that Article is to be             marketing stage as imported wine;
raised from 60 to 65 % of the guide price where com-
pulsory distillation as referred to in Article 41 has
                                                                  Whereas, in order to make it possible to assess the
not been decided upon; whereas the last two wine                  yield per hectare of each wine producer, as laid
years have shown that the uncertainty as to whether               down in Article 41 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
distillation as referred to in Article 41 would be                337/79, even where the producer makes the wine
decided upon has tended to deter producers from                   from grapes which he has bought in, producers of
 (') OJNoL54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.                                   grapes for vinification should also be required to
 (2)  OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 48.                            submit the annual harvest declaration;