31974R2137

14 . 8 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 225/ 9

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2137 /74 OF THE COMMISSION

of 13 August 1974

fixing the average producer prices for wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN able for any marketing centre, the average price for COMMUNITIES, the preceding week must be maintained ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the average price for the type of wine in Economic Community ; question must be fixed per degree/hi or per hi as appropriate ; whereas, if the Tuesday is a public Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No holiday, the average price must be fixed on the 816/70 0 28 April 1970 laying down additional following working day ; provisions for the common organization of the market in wine as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, under Article 4 (b) (5) of Council Regulation 1 532/74 (2 ), and in particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof ; (EEC) No 974/71 (5) of 12 May 1971 , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3450/73 (6), in the case Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 where, when the Regulations laying down the rules for provides that an average producer price must be fixed the common organization of the agricultural markets for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed ; are applied, the prices on the Italian markets are whereas this average price must be fixed for each concerned , the influence of the measures forseen in marketing centre for the type of wine in question on paragraph 1 of the same Article is taken into consider­ the basis of all the facts available ; ation ; Whereas the marketing centres for table wines are Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the determined in Commission Regulation ( EEC) No information at present available to the Commission 1020/70 (3 ) of 29 May 1970 on recording quotations that the average price should be fixed as shown in the and fixing average prices for table wines, as last Annex to this Regulation , amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 528 /74 (4) ;

Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : provides that the average price must be fixed on the basis of the average of the quotations notified , parti­ cular account being taken of the extent to which these Article I quotations are representative, the comments of the The average prices referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regu­ Member States, and the alcoholic strength and quality lation ( EEC) No 816 / 70 are hereby fixed as shown in of table wines which have been the subject of transac­ tions ; the Annex to this Regulation .

Whereas arrangements for the notification by the Article 2 Member States of quotations and information related thereto are specified in Regulation (EEC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 August 1020 / 70 ; whereas , where this information is not avail­ 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels , 13 August 1974 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5. 1970 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 166, 21 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 1 1 8 , 1 . 6 . 1 970, p. 1 6 . ( 5 ) OJ No L 106 , 12 . 5 . 1971 , p. I. (4) OJ No L. 64, 6 . 3 . 1974, p. 8 . (b) O'l No L 353, 22 . 12 . 1973 , p. 25 .

No L 225 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 14 . 8 . '74

ANNEX

Average prices for table wines at the various marketing centres

u.a . per u.a . per Type degrce/hl Type degree/hi

II I A 1

Béziers 1-57.0 Bordeaux No Montpellier 1-545 quotation Narbonne 1-597 Nantes 1-503 Nîmes 1-538 Bari 1-170 Perpignan 1-552 Cagliari No 1-883 quotation Asti Chieti No Firenze 1-558 quotation Lecce No Ravenna ( Lugo , Faenza ) 1-351 quotation Trapani ( Alcamo) 1-102 l' escara 1-309 T reviso 1-632 1-671 Reggio Emilia Treviso 1-639 Verona ( for lo cal wines) No quotation

u.a ./hl

Λ 11 Rheinpfalz ( Oberhaardt) 15-54 Rheinhessen ( Hügelland) No K II quotation (*) The wine-growing region of the No Bari 1-728 Luxembourg Moselle quotation (') Balletta 1-759 Cagliari No quotation Lecce No quotation Taranto No quotation A III

Mosel-Rheingau 30-96 R IH u. a. /hi The wine-growing region of the No Rheinpfalz-Rheinhessen ( Hügelland ) No Luxembourg Moselle quotation (') quotation (')

(M Quotation riot taken into account in accordance with Article 10 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70.