31973R2744

No L 283 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 10 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2744/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 9 October 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 related thereto are specified in Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1020/70 ; whereas, where this information is not avail­ Economic Community ; able 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 Whereas the average price for the type of wine in provisions for the common organization of the market question must be fixed per degree/hi or per hi as in wine as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No appropriate ; whereas, if the Tuesday is a public 2592/73 (2 ), and in particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof ; holiday, the average price must be fixed on the Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 following working day ; provides that an average producer price must be fixed Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed ; information at present available to the Commission whereas this average price must be fixed for each that the average price should be fixed as shown in the marketing centre for the type of wine in question on the basis of all the facts available ; Annex to this Regulation ;

Whereas the marketing centres for table wines are determined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1020/70 (3) 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 (4) ; Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1020 /70 The average prices referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regu­ provides that the average price must be fixed on the lation (EEC) No 816/70 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation . basis of the average of the quotations notified, parti­ cular account being taken of the extent to which these quotations are representative , the comments of the Article 2 Member States, and the alcoholic strength and quality of table wines which have been the subject of transac­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October tions : 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 9 October 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(>) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 269 , 26 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 118 , 1 . 6 . 1970, p . 16 . (4 ) OJ No L 89 , 15 . 4. 1972, p . 31 .

10 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 283 /9

ANNEX

Average prices for table wines at the various marketing centres

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

R I A I

Béziers 1-628 Bordeaux 1-532 Montpellier No Nantes No quotation quotation Narbonne 1-577 Bari No Nîmes No quotation quotation Cagliari No No quotation (*) Perpignan quotation Chieti No Asti 2-106 quotation Ravenna ( Lugo, Faenza) 2-040 Firenze 2-160 Trapani ( Alcamo ) 1-520 Lecce No quotation Treviso No No quotation ( x ) Pescara quotation Reggio Emilia . 1-840 Treviso No quotation (*) u. a. / hi AΛ TT11 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 ( x ) Barletta No_ quotation Cagliari No quotation Lecce No quotation Taranto No quotation A III 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 (*)

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