31973R0381

No L 41 /8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14 . 2 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 381 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 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 for the preceding week must be maintained; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 14 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, 13 February 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(*) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970, p. 1 . (*) 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. («) OJ No L 89 , 15.4 . 1972, p . 31 .

No L 41 /9 14 . 2 . 73 Official Journal of tine European Communities

ANNEX

Average prices for table wines at the various marketing centres

u . a . per u . a . per Type Type degree/hi degree/hi

R I A I Béziers 1·671 Bordeaux 2·251 Montpellier 1·709 Nantes 1·730 Narbonne 1·646 Bari 1·960 Nîmes 1·629 Cagliari 1·920 Perpignan 1·743 Chieti No Asti 2·106 quotation Firenze 2·080 Ravenna (Lugo, Faenza) 1·920 Lecce 2·000 Trapani (Alcamo) 1·968 Pescara Treviso 2·240 No _ quotation Reggio Emilia 1·920 Treviso 2·160 Verona (for local wines) 2·000 u.a./hl

A II

No Rheinpfalz ( Oberhaardt) quotation R II No Bari Rheinhessen (Hügelland ) 2·320 quotation Barletta 2·320 The wine-growing region of the Cagliari No No Luxembourg Moselle 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 No quotation ( x Rheinhessen (Hügelland) quotation (*) Quotation not taken into account in accordance with Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70.