31973R3272

5 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 334/9

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3272/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 4 December 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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the preceding week must be maintained ; 816/70 ( J ) 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 Annex to this Regulation ; the basis of all the facts available ;

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) ;

The average prices referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regu­ Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 lation (EEC) No 816/70 are hereby fixed as shown in provides that the average price must be fixed on the 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 5 December tions ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 4 December 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-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 .

No L 334/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 12 . 73

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 1·469 Bordeaux 1·518 1·548 Nantes No Montpellier quotation Narbonne 1·530 Bari 1·585 Nîmes 1·529 Cagliari 1·569 1·719 Perpignan Chieti No Asti No quotation quotation Ravenna ( Lugo , Faenza ) No Firenze 2·046 quotation Lecce No Trapani ( Alcamo ) No quotation quotation Pescara 2·154 Treviso No No Reggio Emilia quotation quotation Treviso No quotation Verona ( for local wines) 1·962 u.a . / hi

A II

Rheinpfalz ( Oberhaardt) 19·99 Rheinhessen ( Hügelland ) No quotation (*) R II The wine-growing region of the No Bari Luxembourg Moselle quotation (') 2·077 Barletta 2·192 Cagliari No quotation Lecce No quotation Taranto No quotation

u.a . / hi R III A III

Mosel 32·79 Rheinpfalz 19·13 Rheingau 34·84 Rheinhessen ( Hügelland ) No The wine-growing region of the No quotation ( x) Luxembourg Moselle quotation (')

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