CELEX: 31973R0897
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-04
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 897/73 of the Commission of 3 April 1973 fixing the average producer prices for wine

No L 88/8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             4. 4. 73
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 897/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 3 April 1973
                                             fixing the average producer prices for wine
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas arrangements for the notification by the
  COMMUNITIES,                                                        Member States of quotations and information re­
                                                                      lated thereto are specified in Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    1020/70 ; whereas, where this information is not
 pean Economic Community;                                             available for any marketing centre, the average price
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         for the preceding week must be maintained;
 816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional
  provisions for the common organization of the mar­                  Whereas the average price for the type of wine in
 ket in wine as last amended by the Act (2 ) annexed                  question must be fixed per degree/hi or per hi as
  to the Treaty (8) on the Accession of new Member                    appropriate ; whereas this price must be fixed every
  States to the European Economic Community and                       Tuesday; whereas, if the Tuesday is a public holi­
 the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at                      day, the average price must be fixed on the follow­
 Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article               ing working day;
 4 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                      Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
 Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70                      information at present available to the Commission
 provides that an average producer price must be                      that the average price should be fixed as shown in
 fixed for each type of wine for which a guide price                  the Annex to this Regulation;
 is fixed; whereas this average price must be fixed
 for each marketing centre for the type of wine in
 question on the basis of all the facts available ;
Whereas the marketing centres for table wines are                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 determined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 1020/70 (4) of 29 May 1970 on recording quotations
 and fixing average prices for table wines, as last                                          Article 1
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 765/72 (5);
                                                                      The average prices referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No                             Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 are hereby fixed as
 1020/70 provides that the average price must be                      shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
fixed on the basis of the average of the quotations
notified, particular account being taken of the ex­
 tent to which these quotations are representative,                                          Article 2
the comments of the Member States, and the alcoho­
lic strength and quality of table wines which have                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 April
 been the subject of transactions ;                                   1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 3 April 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(*)  OJ   No  L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
(8)  OJ   No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.
(4)  OJ   No  L 118, 1 . 6. 1970, p. 16.
(«)  OJ   No L 89, 15 . 4. 1972, p. 31 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                     Average prices for table wines at the various marketing centres
                                                             u.a . per                                            u.a . per
                         Type                               degree/hi                                 Type        degree/hi
 RI                                                                             A I
 Béziers                                                      1-705
                                                                                Bordeaux                             No
 Montpellier                                                  1-707                                            quotation (J )
 Narbonne                                                     1-700             Nantes                               No
 Nîmes                                                        1-660                                              quotation
                                                                                Bari                               2-200
 Perpignan                                                    1-656
 Asti                                                        2-213
                                                                                Cagliari                             No
                                                                                                                 quotation
 Firenze                                                       No               Chieti                              No
                                                          quotation                                            quotation (*)
 Lecce                                                       2-240
                                                                                Ravenna (Lugo, Faenza)             2-208
 Pescara                                                       No
                                                                                Trapani (Alcamo)                     No
                                                          quotation                                             quotation
 Reggio Emilia                                               1-920              Treviso                            2-320
 Treviso                                                     2-440
 Verona (for local wines)                                    2-320
                                                                                                                   u . a . /hi
                                                                                A II
 R II                                                                           Rheinpfalz (Oberhaardt)             No
 Bari                                                        2-320                                              quotation
 Barletta                                                      No               Rheinhessen (Hügelland)             No
                                                        quotation                                               quotation
 Cagliari                                                      No               The wine-growing region of the      No
                                                          quotation             Luxembourg Moselle             quotation (M
 Lecce                                                       2-400
Taranto                                                        No
                                                         quotation
                                                                                A III
                                                             u.a./hl           Mosel                                No
R III
                                                                                                                quotation
Rheinpfalz                                                    No               Rheingau                             No
                                                         quotation                                              quotation
Rheinhessen (Hügelland)                                       No               The wine-growing region of the       No
                                                         quotation             Luxembourg Moselle              quotation ('
(*) Quotation not taken into account in accordance with Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70.