CELEX: 31973R3339
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3339/73 of the Council of 11 December 1973 fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period from 16 December 1973 to 15 December 1974

13 . 12 . 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 342/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 3339/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 11 December 1973
              fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period from 16 December
                                                 1973 to 15 December 1974
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       previous wine year ; whereas, because of the market
COMMUNITIES,                                                      situation, a larger increase is justified for wines of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             types R I and R II ;
Economic Community ;                                              Whereas the guide prices for the period from 16
                                                                  December 1973 to 15 December 1974 were fixed by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                Regulation (EEC) No 1352/73 (3) ; whereas Article
provisions for the common organization of the market              3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that the
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   activating price shall be fixed at the same stage and
2592/73 (2), and in particular Article 3 (1 ) thereof ;           shall be valid during the same period as the guide
                                                                  price ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 945/70 (4)
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               determines the types of table wine to which these
Whereas an activating price must be fixed annually                prices apply,
for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed ;
whereas that activating price must be fixed in the                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
light of the factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­
                                                                                            Article 1
tion (EEC) No 816/70 ;
Whereas the quality of the 1972/73 harvest can gener­             The activating prices for the period from 1 6
ally be described as good ;                                       December 1973 to 15 December 1974 are hereby
                                                                  fixed as follows
Whereas there has been a general falling off in wine
prices since the wine year 1972/73 ; whereas this has              1. 1.41 u.a per degree/hi for table wine of type R I,
already led to the conclusion of private storage                  2.  1 -35 u.a. per degree/hi for table wine of type R II,
contracts for one type of wine ;                                  3.  21.80 u.a. per hi for table wine of type R III,
                                                                  4.  1.32 u.a. per degree/hi for table wine of type A I,
Whereas the forward estimates show that, on the basis             5.  28.40 u.a. per hi for table wine of type A II,
of supplies in the previous wine year, there will be              6.  32.40 u.a. per hi for table wine of type A III .
greater quantities available than there were in that
year ;                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas the level of the activating price must take               This Regulation shall enter into force on             16
account of the factors mentioned above ; whereas it               December 1973 .
seems appropriate therefore to increase the activating
price for the period from 16 December 1973 to 15
December 1974 in comparison with the price for the
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 11 December 1973 .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                               lb FREDERIKSEN
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .                            (3) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 17.
(2) OJ No L 269, 26. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No L 114, 27. 5. 1970, p. 1 .