The representative markets of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be:    (a) for table wines of the R III type : Rheinpfalz-Rheinhessen (Hügelland);(b) for table wines of the A II type : Rheinpfalz (Oberhaardt), Rheinhessen (Hügelland);(c) for table wines of the A III type : Mosel-Rheingau. The representative markets of the French Republic shall be:    (a) for table wines of the R I type : Bastia, Béziers, Montpellier, Narbonne, Nîmes, Perpignan;(b) for table wines of the R II type : Bastia, Brignoles;(c) for table wines of the A I type : Bordeaux, Nantes. The representative markets of the Italian Republic shall be:    (a) for table wines of the R I type : Asti, Firenze, Lecce, Pescara, Reggio Emilia, Treviso, Verona (for local wines);(b) for table wines of the R II type : Bari, Barletta, Cagliari, Lecce, Taranto;(c) for table wines of the A I type : Bari, Cagliari, Chieti, Ravenna (Lugo, Faenza), Trapani (Alcamo), Treviso. The representative market of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shall be the wine-growing region of the Luxembourg Moselle for table wines of the A II and A III types. A special board for the recording of quotations (hereinafter called 'board') shall be set up by the Member States, where it does not exist already, for each of the representative markets as set out in Articles 1 to 4 corresponding to an area under vines exceeding 2 000 hectares. When setting up a board, Member States shall ensure that all the parties concerned are represented in proportion to their importance on the representative market concerned. 1. Every board shall, at least once a week, compile a return of the transactions concluded between producers and purchasers in the period since the previous return. The transactions recorded must must relate to quantities of at least:    - 200 hl for table wines of the R I and A I types,- 100 hl for table wines of the R II type,- 30 hl for table wines of the A II, A III and R III types.2. The various boards shall forward to the competent agency the information referred to in paragraph 1. 1. Member States shall, not later than the Monday of each week, forward to the Commission by telex the information received from each board during the previous week, together with their comments as appropriate, in particular in respect of the trend of quotations.Where Monday is a public holiday in a Member State the deadline for the communication of that Member State shall be extended to the first following working day.Where there is no board for a representative market, the information specified in paragraph 2 shall be collected by the Member State concerned.2. The information shall relate to:    (a) prices;(b) the colour or, where appropriate, the type of wine under consideration;(c) the alcoholic strength, in the case of table wines quoted per degree/hl;(d) the vine variety, in the case of table wines of the R III, A II and A III types;(e) the quantity covered by the transactions for the period under consideration. 1. Every Tuesday and for the first time on 20 December 1977 the Commission shall fix and publish in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the European Communities:     - the average price, per degree/hl or per hl as appropriate, for each representative market for the type of wine question,- the representative prices, per degree/hl or per hl as appropriate, as referred to in Article 4 (1) (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 and calculated on the basis of the quotations recorded for the week in question.2. When Tuesday is a public holiday, the average price and the representative prices referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed on the first following working day.In the case referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 8 (1) the average price and the representative prices shall be fixed on the first working day following the communication. 0The Commission shall fix the average price as referred to in the first indent of Article 9 (1) on the basis of the average of the quotations notified, taking account in particular of the extent to which they are representative, the comments of the Member States and the alcoholic strength and quality of the table wines concerned.Quotations shall be disregarded if they relate to transactions in respect of total quantities of less than:    - 2 000 hl for table wines of the R I and A I types,- 1 000 hl for table wines of the R II type,- 500 hl for table wines of the A II, A III and R III types. 1Where no representative price for a type of wine is fixed for two consecutive weeks this shall be no bar to the suspension pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 of the right to conclude storage contracts. 2Member States shall notify the Commission without delay of the measures taken to implement this Regulation. 3Regulation (EEC) No 2108/76 is hereby repealed. 4This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 1977.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Output: Commission Regulation on the recording of quotations and the fixing of average prices and representative prices for table wines