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15.4.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 89/31

REGULATION (EEC) No 765 /72 OF THE COMMISSION

of 14 April 1972

on a second amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 on recording quotations and fixing average prices for table wines

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ transactions which do not relate to a specific MUNITIES, minimum quantity should be excluded; whereas this minimum quantity should be fixed solely by reference to average transactions in respect of the different Having, regard to the Treaty establishing the types of wines ; European Economic Community ;

Whereas Article 8 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No that Member States shall, without delay, forward to 816/701 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional the Commission by telex the information received provisions for the common organization of the from each commission set up for recording market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) quotations; whereas, to avoid difficulties during the No 2722/712, and in particular Articles 4 (3 ) and 5 publishing of prices by the Commission, a time limit (7) thereof; should be set for information to reach the Commission ; Whereas Articles 2 ( 1 ) (b) and 3 ( 1 ) (c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1020/703 of 29 Whereas the Italian version of Article 8 (2) (c) of that May 1970 on recording quotations and fixing average Regulation differs from the texts in the other prices for table wines, as amended by Regulation languages of the Community; whereas the Italian (EEC) No 1184/704, determined the representative version should therefore be brought into line with the markets for wines of the A I type in the French and other versions ; Italian Republics ; whereas recent experience has shown that hardly any transactions were effected at Whereas Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Montpellier, Lecce and Rome in respect of that type of wine; whereas those representative markets should 1020/70 provides that the Commission must fix the therefore be deleted from the list and Bari and Chieti average price taking account in particular of the substituted for Lecce and Rome respectively ; extent to which the quotations notified are whereas, in view of the importance of Florence as a representative, the comments of the Member States, marketing centre for wines of the R 1 type, this the alcoholic strength and the quality of table wines centre should be included in the list of representative which have been the subject of the transactions ; markets for wines of the R I type for the Italian whereas, so that the average prices fixed may give a Republic which appears in Article 3 ( 1 ) (a) of that true picture of the situation, provision should be Regulation ; made for only quotations recorded at one marketing centre in respect of a specific quantity of. the type of wine in question to be taken into consideration ; Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 whereas this quantity should be fixed by taking provides that the commissions collect at least once a account of the average quantities in respect of which week information relating to the transactions which all transactions for the different types of wine have took place between producers and purchasers and been carried out; forward it to the competent agency; whereas, in order to make quotations more representative, Whereas paragraph 2 of that Article provides that when the Commission has no information regarding 1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p . 1 . any one marketing centre, it shall maintain the 2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p . 1 . average - price for the preceding week; whereas, in 3 OJ No L 118, 1.6.1970, p. 16. order to avoid the last published price being 4 OJ No L 138, 25.6.1970, p. 15 . constantly maintained in cases where quotations are

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not communicated over a long period, a time limit on Article 3 the application of this rule should be provided for in order to ensure that prices remain representative; Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 shall be amended to read as follows . Whereas, furthermore, experience has shown that ' 1 . Member States shall, not later than Monday quotations commissions are sometimes unable to each week, forward to the Commission by telex record prices over fairly long periods ; whereas a the information received from each commission provision should therefore be laid down whereby during the previous week together, where only those rfiarketing centres for which quotations appropriate, with their comments, in particular in have been recorded during a . certain period should be respect of the trend of quotations. taken into consideration for the suspension of the conclusion of storage contracts ; Where there is no commission for a marketing centre, the information provided for in paragraph Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 2 shall be collected by the Member State are in accordance with the Opinion of the concerned.' Management Committee for Wine ;

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Article 1 In the Italian version of Article 8 (2) (e) of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70, the words 'per il periodo in questione le transazioni considerate' shall be 1 . The centre 'Montpellier' shall be deleted from substituted for the words 'le transazioni per il the list in Article 2 ( 1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No periodo considerato.' 1020/ 70 .

2. The centre ' Firenze' shall be inserted after 'Asti' Article 5 in Article 3 ( 1 ) ( a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70.

Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 shall be 3 . Article 3 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No amended as follows : 1020/70 shall be amended to read as follows : ' 1 . The Commission shall fix the average price '(c) for table wines of the A I type referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) on . the basis of the Bari, Cagliari, Chieti, Ravenna (Lugo, Faen­ average of the quotations notified, taking account za), Trapani (Alcamo), Treviso.' in particular of the extent to which they are representative, the comments of the Member States, the alcoholic strength and the quality of Article 2 table wines which have been the subject of transactions. Quotations shall be disregarded if Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 shall be they relate to transactions of total quantities of amended to read as follows : less than :

' 1 . The commissions shall collect at least once — 2 000 hi for table wines of the R I and A I a week information relating to the transactions types ; which took place between producers and purchasers during the days following their — 1 000 hi for table wines of the R II type; previous recording. They shall only consider — 500 hi for table wines of the A II, A III and information relating to quantities of: R III types . — at least 200 hi for table wines of the R I and A I types ; 2 . Where the Commission has no information — at least 100 hL for table wines of the R II regarding any one marketing centre, it shall type ; maintain the average price of the previous fixing. However, if no quotations for that marketing — at least 30 hi for table wines of the A II, A III centre are communicated for three consecutive and R III types. weeks, that marketing centre shall not, as long as this situation continues, be taken into 2 . The commissions shall forward to the consideration when average prices are being fixed. competent agency the information referred to in This shall not prevent the conclusion of storage paragraph 1 .' contracts from being suspended.

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3 . "Where no quotation is recorded for a Article 6 marketing centre for three consecutive weeks, this This Regulation shall enter into force on the third shall not prevent the conclusion of storage day following its publication in the Official Journal contracts from being suspended .' of the European Communities .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 14 April 1972.

For the Commission

The President

S. L. MANSHOLT