CELEX: 51977PC0579
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1977 to 15 December 1978 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(77 ) 579 final .
                                                   Brussels . 14 November 1977
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
       fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period
                   16 December 1977 to 15 December 1978
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 579 final.
 ---pagebreak---                      EXPLANATORY MMORAMXJM
Article 3 ( l ) of Regulation (EEC ) N° 816/70 laying down additional
provisions for the common organization of the market in wine provides
that a threshold price activating the intervention system for each
type of wine for whioh a guide price is fixed ( thereafter called the
activating price ) is to be fixed annually before 16 December.
It is laid down in particular that the activating price shall be
fixed in the light of the following factors :
(a) the state of the market and in particular the extent of price
      fluctuations 5
(b) the need to ensure price stability on the markets without causing
      structural surpluses to build up in the Community ;
( c ) the quality of the harvest {
(d ) the information contained in the forward estimates provided for in
      Article 3 of Regulation F° 24 on the progressive establishment of
      a common organization of the market in wine .
(a ) Observation of the Community markets reveals an upward trend in
      the weighted average prices at the beginning of the 1977/78 wine
      year . Prices for table wines of types R I , R II and A I are at
      least equal to the corresponding activating prices , while the
      average prices for other types of table wine are well above these
      levels .
(b ) The need to guarantee price stability on the markets without
      causing structural surpluses to build up in the Community makes
      it difficult to select whioh measures will ensure an equitable
      income for producers without acting as an inducement to expand
      production .
                                                            y.
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         Because of the recent general price increase a slight increase
         in the activating prices was considered justified in order to
         guarantee an adequate income for the producer without causing
         any risk of structural surpluses * Too great an increase would be
         a burden for the future and oould contravene the guidelines on
         the adjustment of production potential to market needs *
    ( o) The quality of the harvest in general may be considered slightly
         below average , but in oertain regions of the Community it is
         good .
                                                                           /
    (d ) The latest information in the forward estimates shows a drop in
         available wine stocks compared with the previous wine year .
 CONCLUSIONS
       An increase in the activating price for eaoh type of table wine
appears justified , especially as the guide prices for all wine^for the
period between 16 December 1977 and 15 December 1978 have been increased
"by 3.5% ( Council Regulation     1171/77 of 17 May 1977 - OJ N° L 137 of
 3 June 1977 » page 12 )*
       Given the existing market situation , increasing the activating
prioe by the same percentage as the guide price appears justified ;
this will keep the relationship between the guide price and the
activating price the same as last year , i.e * the activating price will
be 93$ of the guide prioe *
         ♦
 ---pagebreak---                            Proposal for
             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )    '
   filing the activating prices for table wines for the period
   16 December 1977 to 15 December 1978
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                                                              /
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economio Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) N° 816/70 of 28 April 1970
laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the
market in wine , as list amended by Regulation (EEC ) N° 2211/77 * and
in particular Article 3 ( l ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas, an activating prioe must be fixed annually for eaoh type of wine
for which a guide prioe is fixed , taking into account the factors
set out in Article 3 (2 ) of Regulation (EEC) N# 8I6/7O ;
Whereas the quality of the 1976/77 harvest can generally be regarded as
slightly below average |
Whereas the current prioes for R I , R II and A I table wines axe at least
equal to the activating prioes ;
Whereas , in spite of the considerable stocks brought forward from the prev*-
ious wine-growing year , the quantity available is , beoau.se of a poor harvest ,
lower that that recorded for the previous wine-growing year :
1 0J *• L 99 , 5.5.1970 , p. 1
2 OJ N® L 256 , 7.10.1977 » P. 1
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   Whereas the level of the activating priceB must take account of the
   factors mentioned above j whereas the activating prices fixed for
   the previous wine-growing year should therefore be increased , without ,
 ' however , enoouraging production ;
   Whereas the guide prices for the period 16 December 1977 to 15 December
   1978 were fixed by Regulation (EEC) N° 1171/77^ » whereas Article 3 ( 3)
   of Regulation (EEC ) N® 816/70 provides that the activating price shall
   be fixed at the same stage and shall be valid during the same period as
   the guide price ; whereas Regulation (EEC) N® 945/70^ determines the
   types of table wine to whioh these prioes apply ,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 1
                               .  Artide 1
        The activating prioes for table wines for the period 16 December 1977
I to 15 December 1978 shall be as follows t
            Type of wine                       Activating price
            R I                              I.89 u.a./degree/hl
            R II                             1.89 u.a./degree/hl
            R III                           29.43 u.a./hl .
            A I                              1.77 u.a./degree/hl
            A II                            39.23 u.a./hl
            A III                           44.79 u.a./hl
                                  Article 2
         This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 Deoember 1977 •
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
   applicable ^in all Member States .
   Done at Brussels ,                                     For the Council ,
                                                           The President
     OJ K® L 137 . 3.6.1977 » P. 12
     OJ F® L 114 , 27.5.I97O , p . i