31973R3304

No L 338 / 34 Official Journal of the European Communities 7 . 12. 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3304/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 December 1973 derogating to Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 on storage contracts for table wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN would result in intervention measures, being with­ COMMUNITIES, drawn shortly after being taken ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, in the interests of market stabilization and Economic Community ; in order to avoid a collapse in prices Article 13 should be suspended from operation for a determined time Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ( J ) of period ; 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine, as Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2592/73 (2), and are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ in particular Article 6 (4) thereof ; ment Committee for Wines,

Whereas Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 (3) of the Commission of 20 July 1970, on HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : storage contracts for table wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 753/73 (4), lays down that Article 1 contract shall stipulate that the intervention agency will terminate the payment of aid when for two The application of Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No consecutive weeks, the average prices for a type of 1437/70 is suspended from operation until 30 April 1974 . table wine are equal to or higher than the guide price for that type of wine ; Article 2 Whereas application of that provision at the present time, when for certain types of wine or in certain This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day production zones there is a situation of surplus following its publication in the Official Journal of combined with prices higher than the guide prices, the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(>) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5. 1970 , p. 1 . I1) OJ No L 269, 26. 9. 1973, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 160, 22. 7. 1970, p . 16. (4) OJ No L 69, 16. 3 . 1973 , p. 32.