Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2682/77 of 5 December 1977 on the recording of quotations and the fixing of average prices and representative prices for table wines

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2682/77  of 5 December 1977  on the recording of quotations and the fixing of average prices and representative prices for table wines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2211/77 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (3) and 35 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2211/77 amended Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 by introducing, instead of a weighted average price, a representative price to be established by the Commission ; whereas it is therefore necessary to replace Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2108/76 of 26 August 1976 on the recording of quotations and the fixing of average prices and weighted average prices for table wines (3);
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed the Commission must determine each week for the type of wine in question, on the basis of all facts available to it, an average producer price (hereinafter called "average price") for each representative market and a representative price;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to specify the representative markets for the different types of wine;
Whereas paragraph 2 of the same Article 4 provides that Member States are to supply the Commission with all relevant information for fixing the average prices, and in particular the producer prices recorded on the representative markets for each type of wine;
Whereas it is necessary to specify in detail the manner in which quotations are to be recorded and both average and representative prices determined;
Whereas, in order for the survey to be as uniform as possible throughout the Community, it is advisable that the relevant information be collected in the various Member States by special boards set up by them to monitor the trend of prices for each representative market serving an area of a certain size ; whereas representation on such boards should be determined by reference to the economic importance of the parties concerned;
Whereas, in order for the transactions recorded to be representative, those relating to a quantity below a specified minimum should be excluded ; whereas this minimum should be fixed solely by reference to average transactions in respect of the different types of wine;
Whereas the average prices are producer prices ; whereas it is therefore advisable to limit the recording of prices to Member States which produce table wines, and to prices applied between producers and purchasers ; whereas, in order for such prices to be assessed, the information relating to them should be as precise as possible;
Whereas, to avoid difficulties as regards the publication of the said prices, a time limit should be set for transmission to the Commission of the relevant information;
Whereas the various quotations forwarded to the Commission are to serve as a basis for the calculation of the representative prices referred to in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ; whereas it is therefore necessary for the said quotations to reflect the actual market situation;
Whereas average prices are to be determined by the Commission having regard, in particular, to the extent to which quotations notified are representative, the comments of the Member States, and the alcoholic strength and quality of the table wines concerned ; whereas, in order for the average price fixed to give a true picture of the situation, it should be provided that only quotations recorded at one representative market in respect of a specific quantity of the type of wine in question are to be taken into consideration;
Whereas this quantity should be fixed by reference to the average quantities involved in all transactions in respect of the different types of wine;  (1)OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 256, 7.10.1977, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 236, 27.8.1976, p. 14.
Whereas it seems justifiable to prohibit the conclusion of storage contracts even where no representative price has been fixed for a certain period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,