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( 1 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 305 , 14 . 11 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 160 , 26 . 6 . 1980 , P . 11 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 60 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3195/80

OF 8 DECEMBER 1980

FIXING THE ACTIVATING PRICE FOR TABLE WINES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 16 DECEMBER 1980 TO 15 DECEMBER 1981

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2930/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS AN ACTIVATING PRICE MUST BE FIXED ANNUALLY FOR EACH TYPE OF WINE FOR WHICH A GUIDE PRICE IS FIXED , TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACTORS SET OUT IN ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ;

WHEREAS THE QUALITY OF THE HARVEST FOR THE 1980/81 WINE YEAR CAN GENERALLY BE REGARDED AS BELOW AVERAGE ;

WHEREAS THE CURRENT PRICES FOR R I TABLE WINES ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE ACTIVATING PRICE ; WHEREAS THE PRICES FOR R II TABLE WINES , ALTHOUGH 10 % BELOW THE ACTIVATING PRICE , SHOULD RISE APPRECIABLY IN VIEW OF THE RELATIVE SHORTAGE , IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE 1980/81 WINE YEAR , OF WINES OF HIGH ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE PRICES FOR A I TABLE WINES HAVE REMAINED WELL BELOW THE ACTIVATING PRICE THROUGHOUT THE 1979/80 WINE YEAR , ONCE AGAIN CONFIRMING THE FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESS OF THIS SECTOR OF PRODUCTION OWING TO AN IMBALANCE BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND ; WHEREAS THE PRICES FOR R III , A II AND A III TABLE WINES ARE ABOVE THEIR RESPECTIVE ACTIVATING PRICE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF SUCH WINES ;

WHEREAS , AS A RESULT OF THE FAR MORE PLENTIFUL STOCKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WINE YEAR THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR , THE QUANTITY AVAILABLE IS CONSIDERABLY GREATER THAN THAT RECORDED IN AN AVERAGE WINE YEAR ;

WHEREAS THE LEVEL OF THE ACTIVATING PRICES MUST TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE FACTORS MENTIONED ABOVE ; WHEREAS THE ACTIVATING PRICES FIXED FOR THE PREVIOUS WINE YEAR SHOULD THEREFORE BE INCREASED , WITHOUT , HOWEVER , ENCOURAGING PRODUCTION ;

WHEREAS , WHEN THE ACTIVATING PRICES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 16 DECEMBER 1979 TO 15 DECEMBER 1980 , WERE FIXED , SELECTIVITY WAS INTRODUCED IN THE FIXING OF PRICE LEVELS , IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERING MARKET TRENDS BETWEEN RED AND WHITE WINES ; WHEREAS DURING THE PAST WINE YEAR THE SAME PRICE TRENDS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED ; WHEREAS IT WOULD THEREFORE AGAIN APPEAR TO BE DESIRABLE FOR THE ACTIVATING PRICE FOR A I WHITE WINES TO BE INCREASED BY AN AMOUNT WHICH IS SMALLER THAN THAT FOR RED WINES AND THAN THE INCREASE DECIDED UPON BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE GUIDE PRICE ;

WHEREAS THE GUIDE PRICES FOR THE PERIOD 16 DECEMBER 1980 TO 15 DECEMBER 1981 WERE FIXED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1591/80 ( 3 ); WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 PROVIDES THAT THE ACTIVATING PRICE SHALL BE FIXED AT THE SAME STAGE AND SHALL BE VALID DURING THE SAME PERIOD AS THE GUIDE PRICE ; WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 340/79 ( 4 ) DETERMINED THE TYPES OF TABLE WINE TO WHICH THESE PRICES APPLY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE ACTIVATING PRICES FOR TABLE WINES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 16 DECEMBER 1980 TO 15 DECEMBER 1981 SHALL BE FIXED AS FOLLOWS : // // //

TYPE OF WINE // ACTIVATING PRICE //

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R I // 2.49 ECU/% VOL/HL //

R II // 2.49 ECU/% VOL/HL //

R III // 38.87 ECU/HL //

A I // 2.27 ECU/% VOL/HL //

A II // 50.79 ECU/HL //

A III // 58.00 ECU/HL //

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 16 DECEMBER 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

C . NEY