CELEX: 31973R0485
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 485/73 of the Commission of 20 February 1973 fixing the average producer prices for wine

No L 48/ 8                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             21 . 2. 73
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 485/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 20 February 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 (3 ) 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 21 February
 been the subject of transactions ;                                       1973 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 20 February 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 .
  (3) OJ  No   L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
  (4) OJ  No   L 118 , 1 . 6. 1970, p. 16.
  (5) Of  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                                                      1·665
                                                                               Bordeaux                          2·369
Montpellier                                                  1·723
                                                                               Nantes                              No
Narbonne                                                     1·768                                            quotation ( l)
Nîmes                                                        1·638             Bari                              1·960
Perpignan                                                    1·714             Cagliari                            No
Asti                                                         2·106
                                                                                                               quotation
                                                                               Chieti                              No
Firenze                                                       No
                                                                                                              quotation (*)
                                                         quotation
                                                                               Ravenna (Lugo, Faenza)             1·968
Lecce                                                        2·160
                                                                               Trapani (Alcamo)                  1·968
Pescara                                                      2·032
                                                                               Treviso                           2·240
Reggio Emilia                                                 No
                                                         quotation
Treviso                                                      2·160
                                                                                                                 u.a./hl
Verona (for local wines)                                      No
                                                         quotation             A II
                                                                               Rheinpfalz (Oberhaardt)             No
R II                                                                                                           quotation
                                                                               Rheinhessen (Hügelland)             No
Bari                                                         2·320
                                                                                                               quotation
Barletta                                                     2·320
                                                                               The wine-growing region of the
Cagliari                                                      No
                                                                               Luxembourg Moselle                  No
                                                        quotation (*)                                         quotation (*)
Lecce                                                         No
                                                         quotation
Taranto                                                       No
                                                                               A III
                                                         quotation
                                                                               Mosel                               No
                                                                                                               quotation
                                                             u.a./hl
R III                                                                          Rheingau                            No
                                                                                                               quotation
Rheinpfalz                                                    No               The wine-growing region of the
                                                         quotation             Luxembourg Moselle                  No
Rheinhessen (Hügelland)                                       No                                              quotation (*)
                                                         quotation
(') Quotation not taken into account in accordance with Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70.