31976R0458

No L 53/82 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 2. 76

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 458 /76 of 27 February 1976 on private storage aid for table wines standing in close economic relationship with table wines of the type R II

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas these red table wines standing in close COMMUNITIES, economic relationship with table wines of the type R II are not subject to the above intervention measures Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and may therefore prevent the measures taken from Economic Community, having the desired effects ; whereas it must therefore Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No be made possible for such wines also to be the subject 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ of storage contracts ; sions for the common organization of the market in wine (')," as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1932/75 (2), in particular the second subparagraph of are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Article 5 (7) thereof, ment Committee for Wine, Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that, if the state HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of the market so requires, a decision may be taken to grant aid also for table wines of a type other than that for which the average price remains less than the acti­ Article 1 vating price for two consecutive weeks, where such table wines stand in close economic relationship with 1 . Aid for private storage as specified in Article 6 the later type ; (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 shall be granted in respect of red table wines which stand in Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 330/76 of 16 close economic relationship with table wines of the February 1976 concerning the private storage subsidy type R II. for the R II type of table wine (3), the Commission made a formal finding that there are grounds for 2. Red wines shall be considered to stand in close granting private storage aid to wines of that type ; economic relationship with table wines of the type R whereas the amount of such aid is fixed in Article 6 II where they have an actual alcoholic strength of (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1437/70 of more than 12-50° and not more than 14-50° and are 20 July 1 970 on storage contracts for table wine (4), as not type R III . last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 546/75 (5) ; Whereas the prices of table wines on the Community Article 2 market are at present showing a downward trend ; whereas this tendency is demonstrated by the fact that Regulation (EEC) No 719/75 is hereby repealed from intervention measures have had to be activated for 29 February 1976. table wines of the type R II ; whereas important quan­ tities of red table wine standing in close economic Article 3 relationship with R II type table wines are to be found on the market and are subjected to the general fall in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March prices ; 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 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 41 , 17 . 2. 1976, p . 6. («) OJ No L 160, 22. 7 . 1970, p. 16. 5) OJ No L 58 , 4. 3 . 1975, p. 5.