31974R3146

No L 334/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 12. 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3146/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 10 December 1974 fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period from 16 December 1974 to 15 December 1975

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN previous wine year, without, however, offering an COMMUNITIES, inducement to production by too large an increase ; whereas, because of the market situation, a larger Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European increase is justified for wines of type R II ; Economic Community ; Whereas the guide prices for the period from 16 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No December 1974 to 15 December 1975 were fixed by 816/70 ( J ) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional Regulation (EEC) No 2496/74 (3) ; provisions for the common organization of the market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 1532/74 (2), and in particular Article 3(1 ) thereof ; provides that the activating price shall be fixed at the same stage and shall be valid during the same period Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; as the guide price ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No Whereas an activating price must be fixed annually 945/70 (4) determines the types of table wine to which for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed ; these prices apply, whereas that activating price must be fixed in the light of the factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion ( EEC) No 816/70 ;

Whereas the quality of the 1974/75 harvest can gener­ Article 1 ally be considered as average ; The activating prices for the period from 16 Whereas there has been a slight increase in average December 1974 to 15 December 1975 are hereby wine prices since the 1973/74 wine year ; whereas, fixed as follows : however, for all other wine types with the exception of 1 . 1-60 u.a. per degree/hi for table wine of type R I, type R II the prices recorded in at least one trading 2. 1 -56 u.a. per degree/hi for table wine of type R II, centre are below the activating prices ; 3 . 24-99 u.a. per hi for table wine of type R III, Whereas on the basis of stocks carried over from the 4. 1-50 u.a. per degree/hi for table wine of type A I, previous wine year, the forward estimates show that 5. 33-30 u.a. per hi for table wine of type A II, the same quantity will be available as in that year ; 6. 38-02 u.a. per hi for table wine of type A III. Whereas the level of the activating price must take account of the factors mentioned above ; whereas it Article 2 therefore seems appropriate to increase the activating price for the period from 16 December 1974 to 15 This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 1975 in comparison with the price for the December 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 10 December 1974 .

For the Council

The President

Ch . BONNET

(>) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5. 1970, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 268 , 3 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . Q OJ No L 166, 21 . 6. 1974, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 114, 27 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .