31974R1400

6 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 149 / 13

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1400/74 OF THE COMMISSION

of 5 June 1974

on private storage aid for table wines standing in close economic relationship with table wines of the type R I

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ship with R I type table wines are to found on the COMMUNITIES, market and are subjected to the general fall in prices ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas these red table wines standing in close Economic Community ; economic relationship with table wines of the type R I not subject to the above intervention and there­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No fore risk preventing the measures taken from having 816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional the desired effects ; whereas it must therefore be made provisions for the common organization of the market possible for such wines to be the subject of storage in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No contracts ; 2592/73 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 5 (7) ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5 (3) of ment Committee for Wines, Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that, if the state of the market so requires, a decision may be taken to HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : grant aid also for table wines of a type other than that for which the average price remains less than the acti­ al rticle 1 vating price for two consecutive weeks, where such table wines stand in close economic relationship with 1 . The aid for private storage provided for in the latter type ; Article 6 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 shall Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No be granted for red table wines which stand in close 1206/74 (3 ) of 14 May 1974 on private storage aids for economic relationship to table wines of type R I. table wines of the type R I , noted that private storage 2 . Red wines shall be considered to stand in close aid should be granted to wines of that type ; whereas economic relationship to table wines of type R I the amount of such aid is fixed in Article 6 (3) of where they have an actual alcoholic strength of not Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 (4) of 20 less than 9-5° and not more than 12-5° and are not of July 1970 on storage contracts for table wine, as last type R II or type R III . amended by Regulation (EEC) No 341 1 /73 (5) ;

Article 2 Whereas the prices of table wines on the Community market are at present showing a downward trend ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day whereas this tendency is demonstrated by the fact that following its publication in the Official Journal of intervention measures have had to be activated for R I the European Communities. type of table wines ; whereas important quantities of red table wine standing in close economic relation­ It shall apply from 20 May 1974.

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

Done at Brussels , 5 June 1974.

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 269 , 26 . 9 . 1 973 , p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 132, 15 . 5 . 1974, p. 11 . («) OJ No L 160 , 22. 7. 1970, p. 16 . 5) OJ No L 349, 19 . 12 . 1973 , p. 25 .