31973R2687

No L 276/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 10 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2687/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 October 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 ( J ) 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 the 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 3 October 1973 . Member States , and the alcoholic strength and quality

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

Done at Brussels, 2 October 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 . i2 ) OJ No L 7.5 , 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 . (5 ) OJ No L 89 , 15 . 4 . 1972, p . 31 .

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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 1.664 Bordeaux 1.890 No Nantes No Montpellier quotation quotation Narbonne No Bari No quotation quotation Nîmes 1.806 1.680 Cagliari No Chieti No Perpignan quotation quotation Asti No 1.880 Ravenna ( Lugo, Faenza) quotation 1.520 Trapani ( Alcamo) Firenze 2.160 Treviso No Lecce No quotation quotation Pescara No quotation 1.840 Reggio Emilia Treviso No u.a . /hi quotation A 11 Verona ( for local wines) 2.000 Rheinpfalz ( Oberhaardt) No quotation R II Rheinhessen ( Hügelland ) No quotation Bari No The wine-growing region of the No quotation (*) Luxembourg Moselle quotation (*) Barletta No quotation Cagliari No quotation Lecce No quotation Taranto No quotation A 111 u.a . /hi Mosel No R 111 quotation Rheinpfalz No Rheingau No quotation quotation Rheinhessen ( Hügelland ) No The wine-growing region of the No quotation Luxembourg Moselle quotation (*)

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