31976R0334

18 . 2. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 42/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 334/76

of 17 February 1976

fixing the average producer prices for wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas arrangements for the notification by the COMMUNITIES, Member States of quotations and information related thereto are specified in Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1020/70 ; whereas, where this information is not avail­ Economic Community, able for any marketing centre, the average price for Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the preceding week must be maintained ; 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ Whereas the average price for the type of wine in sions for the common organization of the market in question must be fixed per degree/hi or per hi as wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No appropriate ; whereas, if the Tuesday is a public 1932/75 (2), and in particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof, holiday, the average price must be fixed on the Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 following working day ; provides that an average producer price must be fixed Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed ; information at present available to the Commission whereas this average price must be fixed for each that the average price should be fixed as shown in the marketing centre for the type of wine in question on the basis of all the facts available ; Annex to this Regulation,

Whereas the marketing centres for table wines are determined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1020/70 of 29 May 1970 on recording quotations and fixing average prices for table wines (3), as last Article 1 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 528/74 (4) ;

Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1020/70 The average prices referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regu­ provides that the average price must be fixed on the lation (EEC) No 816/70 are hereby fixed as shown in basis of the average of the quotations notified, parti­ the Annex to this Regulation . cular account being taken of the extent to which these quotations are representative, the comments of the Article 2 Member States, and the alcoholic strength and quality of table wines which have been the subject of transac­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February tions ; 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(<) OJ No L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7. 1975, p. 19. (3) OJ No L 118 , 1 . 6. 1970, p. 16. h) OJ No L 64, 6. 3. 1974, p. 8 .

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ANNEX

Average prices for table wines at the various marketing centres

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

R I A I

Béziers No Bordeaux 1-649 quotation Nantes 1-619 Montpellier No Bari 1-284 quotation Cagliari No Narbonne No quotation quotation Chieti No Nîmes No quotation quotation Ravenna ( Lugo, Faenza ) 1-400 No Perpignan quotation Trapani ( Alcamo) 1-225 1-616 Treviso No Asti No quotation Firenze quotation

Lecce 1-400 Pescara 1-284 1-634 Reggio Emilia u . a. /h) Treviso No quotation 1-453 Verona ( for local wines) A II

Rheinpfalz ( Oberhaardt) 23-25 R II Rheinhessen (Hügelland) No 1-546 quotation Bari Barletta 1-546 The wine-growing region of the Luxembourg Moselle No Cagliari No quotation ( ' quotation Lecce 1-470 Taranto 1-517

A III

Mosel-Rheingau 35-77 R III u.a. /hl The wine-growing region of the Luxembourg Moselle No Rheinpfalz-Rheinhessen ( Hügelland) 23-77 quotation (*)

(') Quotation not taken into account in accordance with Article 10 ( 1) of Regulation (EEC ) No 1020/70.