30.7.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L199/7 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1676/1999 of 19 July 1999 fixing the guide price for wine for the 1999/2000 wine year THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine ("), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (%), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas: (1) when the guide prices for the various types of table wine are fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy; the objectives of the common agricultural community, to assure the avail- ability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; (2)  if these objectives are to be achieved, it is of prime importance that the gap between production and demand should not be opened further; to that end, the guide prices for the 1999/2000 wine year should be set at the same levels as the previous year; (3)  the guide prices, as defined in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, must be fixed for each type of table wine representative of Community production, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 1999/2000 wine year, the guide prices for table wine shall be as follows: Type of wine Guide price RI EUR 3,828/% vol/hl RII EUR 3,828/% vol/hl R I EUR 62,15/hl Al EUR 3,828/% vol/hl ATl EUR 82,81/hl ATl EUR 94,57/hl Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 September 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 July 1999. (') OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 (O] L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 8). (® O] C 59, 1.3.1999, p. 12. () O] C 219, 30.7.1999. () O] C 169, 16.6.1999. For the Council The President K. HEMILA