CELEX: 31978R0898
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 898/78 of 28 April 1978 enabling short-term private storage contracts to be concluded for table wines closely related economically to the A I type of table wine

No I 117/ 62                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 4. 78
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 898/78
                                                      of 28 April 1978
               enabling short-term private storage contracts to be concluded for table wines
                             closely related economically to the A I type of table wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    not covered by the said intervention measures, and
COMMUNITIES,                                                      consequently may prevent the measures taken from
                                                                  having the effect desired ; whereas, therefore, storage
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             contracts should be allowed to be concluded for such
Economic Community,                                               table wines ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
sions for the common organization of the market in                ment Committee for Wine,
wirte I1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2560/77 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 5 (7) thereof,                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5 (2)
thereof provides that, if the state of the market so                                       Article 1
requires, a decision may be taken to allow short-term
storage contracts to be concluded in respect of table             1 . The power to conclude short-term private
wines other than those of the type for which this possi­          storage contracts for the A I type of table wine
bility exists, where such table wines are closely related         granted by Regulation (EEC) No 844/78 is hereby
economically to that type of table wine ;                         extended to white table wines that are closely related
                                                                  economically to the A I type of table wine.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 844/78 of
                                                                  2.      White   table wines   with an  actual  alcoholic
26 April 1 978 (3) enabled short-term private storage
contracts to be concluded for the A I type of table               strength of not more than 14° , and which do not fall
wine ;                                                            within type A II and type A III, shall be considered to
                                                                  be closely related economically to the A I type of
Whereas table wine prices on the Community market                 table wine .
are at present falling ; whereas this trend has been
marked by the fact that intervention measures have                3 . The power referred to in paragraph 1 shall
had to be brought into effect for the A I type of table           continue for as long as the same power exists under
wine ; whereas, however, large quantities of white table          Regulation (EEC) No 844/78 for the A I type of table
                                                                  wine .
wines that are closely related economically to the A I
type of table wine are on the market and are subject
to the general decline in prices ;                                                         Article 2
Whereas these white table wines that are closely                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April
related economically to the A I type of table wine are             1978 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 April 1978 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(-') OJ No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p . 1 .
(•') OJ No L 115, 27. 4. 1978 , p. 38 .