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19 . 12 . 73 No L 349 / 23 Official Journal of the European Communities
REGULATION ( EEC) No 3410/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 December 1973 on long-term private storage aid of certain table wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN sion of long-term contracts should be authorized for COMMUNITIES , wine which has been the subject of a short-term contract concluded between 1 December 1973 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No ment Committee for Wines , 816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 , laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2592/73 (2), and in particular Articles 5 (6) and 6 (4) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof ;
Whereas the forward estimates for the 1973/74 wine Article 1 year show that the quantities of table wine found to be available at the beginning of that wine year exceed Long-term storage contracts for table wines of types total demand for the wine year by more than four RI , R II and A I , as well as the table wines which are month 's consumption ; whereas the situation in which economically closely linked with these types of table long-term storage contracts may be concluded wines, may be concluded on condition that their pursuant to Article 5 (5) of the Regulation aforesaid actual alcoholic strength is not inferior to 10 ° . These thus obtains ; whereas under Article 5 (4) of the same contracts shall be valid for a period of nine months. Regulation the conclusion of short-term contracts for the relevant wine is to be suspended ;
Article 2 Whereas the forward estimates aforesaid show that there are surpluses, in particular, for Types RI , R II and A I table wines as well as for table wines which The amount of aid fixed in Article 6 (3) of Regulation are economically closely linked with these types of ( EEC) No 1437/70 shall be increased by 20 % in table wines ; whereas provision should therefore be respect of the contracts provided for in Article 1 above . made for concluding long-term contracts for those wines ;
Article 3 Whereas under Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 the amount of the long-term private storage aid may be increased by up to 20 % ; whereas in view Should the person concerned so request, short-term of the circumstances for the present wine year, and in storage contracts concluded between 1 December particular of the quantities available, which warrant 1973 and the date of entry into force of this Regula the conclusion of long-term storage contracts, a 20 % tion shall be terminated for those quantities in respect increase seems appropriate in the amount of the aid of which the person concerned concluded a long-term under Article 6 (3), of Commission Regulation ( EEC) storage contract. No 1437/ 70 (3 ) of 20 July 1970 , on storage contracts for table wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) In this case, for the volume thus placed under long No 753 / 73 (4 ) ; term storage contract, the right to short-term storage aid remains vested for the period during which it has been placed under such a contract. Whereas, to relieve the market of a long-term excess of supply as well as to eliminate the possibility of fresh difficulties arising upon the expiry of the short term storage contracts already concluded , the conclu Article 4
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day (-') OJ No L 269 , 26 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 160 , 22. 7 . 1970 , p. 16 . following its publication in the Official Journal of (4) OJ No L 69 , 16 . 3 . 1973 , p. 32 . the European Communities.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels , 18 December 1973 .
For the Commission The President
François-Xavier ORTOLI