31973R2468

No L 255/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 9 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2468 /73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 11 September 1973

fixing the average producer prices for wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of table wines which have been the subject of transac­ COMMUNITIES, tions ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas arrangements for the notification by the Economic Community ; Member States of quotations and information related thereto are specified in Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 ; whereas, where this information is not avail­ 816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional able for any marketing . centre, the average price for provisions for the common organization of the market the preceding week must be maintained ; in wine as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to Whereas the average price for the type of wine in the European Economic Community and the Euro­ question must be fixed per degree/hi or per hi as pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels appropriate ; whereas, if the Tuesday is a public on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 4 ( 1 ) holiday, the average price must be fixed on the thereof ; following working day ;

Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the provides that an average producer price must be fixed information at present available to the Commission for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed ; that th£ average price should be fixed as shown in the whereas this average price must be fixed for each Annex to this Regulation ; marketing centre for the type of wine in question on the basis of all the facts available ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the marketing centres for table wines are determined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 1020/70 (4) of 29 May 1970 on recording quotations and fixing average prices for table wines, as last The average prices referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regu­ amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 765/72 (5) ; lation (EEC) No 816/70 are hereby fixed as shown in Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 the Annex to this Regulation . provides that the average price must be fixed on the basis of the average of the quotations notified, parti­ Article 2 cular account being taken of the extent to which these quotations are representative, the comments of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 Member States, and the alcoholic strength and quality September 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 11 September 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

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No L 255 /9 12 . 9 . 73 Official Journal of the 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 1·937 Bordeaux 1·961 No Montpellier Nantes No quotation (*) quotation No Narbonne 1·760 Bari quotation Cagliari 1·600 1·977 Nîmes Chieti No No Perpignan quotation quotation Ravenna ( Lugo, Faenza ) 1·984 No Asti Trapani ( Alcamo) 1·680 quotation 2·160 T reviso No Firenze quotation Lecce No quotation No Pescara quotation 1·840 Reggio Emilia No Treviso quotation u.«. /hi 2·160 A II Verona ( for local wines)

Rheinpfalz ( Oberhaardt) No quotation R II Rheinhessen ( Hügelland ) No quotation Bari No The wine-growing region of the No quotation ( l ) Luxembourg Moselle quotation (*) Barletta No quotation No Cagliari quotation Lecce No quotation Taranto No quotation A 111 u.a . /hi Mosel No R III quotation Rheinpfalz No Rheingau No quotation quotation Rheinhessen ( Hügelland ) No The wine-growing region of the No quotation Luxembourg Moselle quotation (*)

(') Quotation not taken into account in accordance with Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1020/70 .