31974R1793

No L 187 / 28 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 7 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1793/ 74 OF THE COUNCIL of 10 July 1974 concerning aid for the transportation of quality wines p.s.r. of wine-growing zone A

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN table wine prices ; whereas in order to remedy the situ­ COMMUNITIES, ation provision should be made for aid for the trans­ portation of the wine concerned ; whereas it would Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European not be enough to provide aid for table wines alone, Economic Community ; since these represent only a small part of the 1973 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No harvest ; whereas provision should therefore be made 816/70 0 °f 28 April 1970 laying down additional for transporting quality wines p.s.r. of wine-growing zone A, provisions for the common organization of the market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 532/74 (2), and in particular Article 33 (2) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Article 1 Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that intervention measures may be taken in At the request of those concerned aid shall be granted respect of wines other than table wines in order to for the transportation to other storage localities of support the market in table wines ; quality wines p.s.r. of the 1973 harvest originating in wine-growing zone A, and situated there , provided Whereas there has been a general slump in the prices such transportation takes place between 1 August and of quality wines p.s.r. as a result of the abundant 1973 31 August 1974. harvest in wine-growing zone A of quality wines p.s.r., in particular, and a resultant drop in the prices quoted for table wines from that zone ; Article 2

Whereas since storage capacity is limited, difficulties This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day may be expected in storing the wine from the next following its publication in the Official Journal of harvest ; whereas this situation is already depressing the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 July 1974 .

For the Council The President J. SAUVAGNARGUES

(!) OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 : 1970 , p. 1 . 2 OJ No L 166, 21 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .