CELEX: 51983PC0675
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Date: 1983-11-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1983 to 31 August 1984 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                     C O M ( 83) 675 final
                                                                     Brus sel s, 17 N o v e m b e r 1983
                                            Proposal for a
                                   C O UN CIL R E G U L A T I O N (EEC)
           fixing the a c t i v a t i n g p r ic es for ta bl e wines for the pe r i o d
                          16 Dece mbe r 1 9 8 3 to 31 August 19 84
                   (s ub mitted to the Council by the Commission)
 CO M (83) 675 final
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I.  Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) no. 337/79 on the common organization of
    the market in wine provides for the annual fixing of a threshold price
    activating the intervention system (termed the "activating price") for
    each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed.
    This is the last occasion on which these prices are to be fixed before
    16 December since, under the changes in Regulation (EEC) no 337/79 made
    last June by Regulation (EEC) no 1595/83, from next marketing year onwards
    they must be fixed before 1 September, the date when the new marketing
    year begins.
II. The 1982/83 harvest was a large one, approximately 170 million
    hectolitres. This was 30 million hi more than the 1982/83 harvest, which
    admittedly could be considered relatively low and produced end-of-year
     stocks which were much lower than in 1980/81 and also lower than in
     1978/79:
                    1981/82: 76.4 million hi
                    1980/81: 91.4 million hi
                    1978/79: 78   million hi
     In spite of a fairly favourable position at the beginning of the marketing
     year and the considerable results achieved by the use of the intervention
     mechanisms throughout the year, the size of the harvest has resulted in an
     increase in the end-of-year stock level to approximately 85 million
     hectolitres, owing to a swelling of stocks of quality wine psr, production
     of which was particularly high.
     The continuing improvement in the market has therefore not been as
     considerable as in the previous year, though since it has been more marked
     in Italy and in France, the market is now more unified than it was.
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1) Quotations for red table wines have in general continued to improve.
   a) Italian quotations for type R I increased slowly but steadily and from
      July onwards were slightly higher than French quotations and almost 80%
      of the guide price. The differences in Italian quotations between the
      last two marketing years range from 6% to 28%.
      For the year as a whole average French quotations, despite a slight
      falling off at the end of the year that took them just below Italian
      quotations, have been approximately 2% higher than those for the
      previous year.
   b) Italian quotations for wines of type R II have increased sharply (+18%,
      i.e. around 72% of the guide price) and although from April onwards
      they lost ground they have been higher than French quotations, which
      have dropped steadily from 87% of the guide price at the beginning of
      the year to 71% of the new guide price.
   c) The prices of wines of type R III have dropped because of the size of
      the harvest but are still finishing the year above the guide price.
2) Quotations for white table wines
   a) Quotations for wines of type A I have shown a continued narrowing of
      the gap between French and Italian prices, a trend that began last
      year. Although the gap was still considerable at raid-point of the
      1981/82 marketing year it has steadily narrowed since then to become
      only a few decimal points at the end of 1982/83. The reasons for this
      change are on the one hand the persistent upward trend
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           of Italian prices, which have increased by 15 to 25% compared with
           1981/82 and have fluctuated around 78% of the guide price, and on
           the other a falling off of French quotations, which were
           comfortably above the guide price at the beginning of the year but
           have dropped to 80% of the new guide price at the year's end.
           Greek quotations have remained fairly poor (around 70% of the guide
           price), slightly down on 1981/82.
        b) Quotations for wines of types A II and A III tumbled as soon as a
           very abundant harvest was announced. At the beginning of the year
           they were comfortably above the guide price but fell in November to
           around 50% of it for wines of type A II and around 80% for wines of
           type A III and are finishing the year poorly, at 45% of the guide
           price for A II and 60% for A III.
III. 1) When fixing the guide prices for 1983/84 (Regulation (EEC) no 1596/83
        of 14 June 1983, OJ no L 163, 22 June 1983) the Council decided to
        increase guide prices by 5.5% for all types of table wine except A I,
        for which it considered a 6% increase was called for in order to
        prevent an increase in absolute terms in the gap between prices for
        wines of that type and those for types R I and R II and thus permit
        the improvement in the market for type A I to continue.
     2) In view of:
        -  the facts set out above,
        -  the position as regards supplies, which are expected to be higher
           than average because of the stocks carried over from the 1982/83
           marketing year and the anticipated size and good quality of the
            1983 harvest,
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        -  the increase in the guide prices for the period 16 December to
           31 August 1984 of 6% for table wines of type A I and 5.5% for all
           other types of table wine,
        it is proposed that for each type of table wine the activating price
        be increased by the same percentage as the corresponding guide price
        was, the ratios between the activating prices and the guide prices
        remaining more or less the same as in the past year.
                                      1982/83
                           1                       2                    3
 Type of wine        Guide price          Activating price        Ratio between
                      1982/83                  1982/83             1 and 2 (%)
  R I - R II       3,27 Ecu/% vol hi      3,02 Ecu/% vol/hl           92,4
  R III           51,03 Ecu/hl           47,24 Ecu/hl                 92,6
  A I              3,02 Ecu/% vol hi      2,75 Ecu/% vol/hl           91,1
  A II            68,00 Ecu/hl           61,73 Ecu/hl                 90,8
  A III           77,66 Ecu/hl           70.49 Ecu/hl                 90,8
                               Proposition 1983/84
                     1                 2               3                4    :    5
  Type          Guide price       Increase         Proposed        Increase :   Ratio
   of                            in 1983/84    activating price   in 1983/84: between
  wine           1983/1984          guide          1983/84        activating: 3 and 1
                                 price over                       price over:    (%)
                                 1982/83(%)                         1982/83 :
R I - R II    3,45 Ecus/%vol/hl      5,5       3,19 Ecus/% vol/hl     5,5    :   92,5
R III        53,84 Ecus/hl           5,5     49,84 Ecus/hl            5,5    :   92,6
A I           3,20 Ecus/%vol/hl      6,0       2,92 Ecus/% vol/hl     6,0    :   91,3
A II         71,74 Ecus/hl           5,5     65,13 Ecus/hl            5,5    :   90,8
A III        81,93 Ecus/hl           5^5      74,37 Ecus/hl            5,5   :   90,8
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
           fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period
                        16 December 1983 to 31 August 1984
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) no 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the
common organization of the market in w i n e \ as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) no 1595/832 , and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas an activating price is to be fixed annually, in the light of the
 factors listed in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) no 337/79, for each type of
wine for which a guide price is fixed;
Whereas the quality of the harvest for the 1983/84 wine marketing year must,
 generally speaking, be regarded as good;
 Whereas the prices for table wines of types R I and R II have on the whole
 increased but are still below the activating price; whereas the prices for
 table wines of type A I, although in general continuing the improvement begun
 several years ago, have finished the marketing year below the activating
 price; whereas the fall in prices for table wines of types A II and A III
 below the activating prices is a result of the exceptionally large harvest in
 the regions where they are produced; whereas the prices for table wines of
 type R III have for the same reason fallen considerably but have finished the
 marketing year still comfortably above the activating price,
 W hereas, because o f th e   Large     1983 harvest and the stocks, the total
 quantity available is higher than for an average m arketing y e a r;
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Whereas the factors mentioned above must be reflected in the activating prices; whereas the
activating prices fixed for the past marketing year should therefore be
increased but not to such an extent as to stimulate production;
Whereas the guide prices were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1596/833 for the
period 16 December 1983 to 31 August 1984; whereas under Article 3(3) of
Regulation (EEC) no 337/79 the activating prices are to be fixed at the same stage
and are valid for the same period as the guide prices; whereas the types of
table wine to which these prices apply were determined by Council Regulation (EEC)
no 340/794 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                     Article 1
The activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1983 to
31 August 1984 shall be as follows:
                 Type of wine            Activating price
                 R I                    3,19 Ecu/£ vol/hl
                 R II                   3,19 Ecu/56 vol/hl
                 R III                 49,84 Ecu/hl
                 AI                     2,92 Ecu/Î vol/hl
                 A II                  65,13 Ecu/hl
                 A III                 74,37 Ecu/hl
                                     Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 1983·
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at                                              For the Council
^OJ  No L 54, 5-3.1979, p. 1
ilOJ No L 163, 22.6.1983, p. 48
50J  No L 163, 22.6.1983, p. 52
40J  No L 54, 5.3.1979, p· 60
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