31978R2777

? 30 . 11 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 333/3

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2777/78 of 23 November 1978 fixing the activating prices for table wines for the period 16 December 1978 to 15 December 1979

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the different trends on the markets in red COMMUNITIES, and white wines justify the introduction of selectivity in fixing activating prices and in particular an increase Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in the activating prices for white wines of less than Economic Community, that adopted for red wines and that adopted by the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Council for the guide prices ; 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­ Whereas the guide prices for the period 16 December sions for the common organization of the market in 1978 to 15 December 1979 were fixed by Regulation wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No (EEC) No 1299/78 (3) ; whereas Article 3 (3) of Regula­ 1861 /78 (2), and in particular Article 3 (1 ) thereof, tion (EEC) No 816/70 provides that the activating Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, price shall be fixed at the same stage and shall be valid during the same period as the guide price ; Whereas an activating price must be fixed annually whereas Regulation (EEC) No 945/70 (4) determined for each type of wine for which a guide price is fixed, the types of table wine to which these prices apply, taking into consideration the factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the quality of the 1978/79 harvest can gener­ ally be regarded as slightly below average ; Article 1 Whereas the current prices for R I and R II table The activating prices for table wines for the period 16 wines are at least equal to the activating prices ; December 1978 to 15 December 1979 are hereby whereas, however, the prices for A I table wines have fixed as follows : been consistently lower than the activating prices for the past four wine years, with the exception of a short period at the end of 1977 ; whereas in the last wine Type of wine Activating price year the prices for A II and A III table wines settled at a level well below their respective activating prices ; R I 1.93 u.a./degree per hectolitre R II 1.93 u.a./degree per hectolitre Whereas, although the harvest was more plentiful R III 30.00 u.a./hectolitre than in the previous wine year, the quantity available A I 1.79 u.a./degree per hectolitre is, because of relatively low stocks, slightly lower than A II 39.66 u.a./hectolitre that recorded for the 1977/78 wine year ; A III 45.29 u.a./hectolitre Whereas the level of the activating prices must take account of the factors mentioned above ; whereas the Article 1 activating prices fixed for the previous wine year should therefore be increased, without, however, en­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 couraging production ; December 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1978 . For the Council The President J. ERTL

0) OJ No L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 160, 17. 6. 1978, p. 11 . (2) OJ No L 215, 4. 8 . 1978 , p. 1 . («) OJ No L 114, 27. 5. 1970, p. 1 .