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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 359 , 15 . 12 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 200 , 21 . 7 . 1981 , P . 1 .

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

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3592/81

OF 15 DECEMBER 1981

FIXING THE ACTIVATING PRICES FOR TABLE WINES FOR THE PERIOD 16 DECEMBER 1981 TO 15 DECEMBER 1982

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 3577/81 ( 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 1981/82 WINE YEAR CAN GENERALLY BE REGARDED AS AVERAGE ;

WHEREAS THE PRICES FOR TABLE WINES FOR TYPES R I , R II AND A I HAVE INCREASED IN RECENT WEEKS BUT ARE STILL BELOW THE ACTIVATING PRICE ; WHEREAS THE PRICES FOR R III , A II AND 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 AVERAGE , 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 THE GUIDE PRICES FOR THE PERIOD 16 DECEMBER 1981 TO 15 DECEMBER 1982 WERE FIXED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2027/81 ( 3 ); WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 PROVIDES THAT THE ACTIVATING PRICES SHALL BE FIXED AT THE SAME STAGE AND SHALL BE VALID DURING THE SAME PERIOD AS THE GUIDE PRICES ; 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 16 DECEMBER 1981 TO 15 DECEMBER 1982 SHALL BE FIXED AS FOLLOWS :

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TYPE OF WINE // ACTIVATING PRICE //

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R 1 // 2.73 ECU/% VOL/HL //

R II // 2.73 ECU/% VOL/HL //

R III // 42.56 ECU/HL //

A I // 2.47 ECU/% VOL/HL //

A II // 55.62 ECU/HL //

A III // 63.51 ECU/HL //

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 16 DECEMBER 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER