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onregistrationofcontractsandcommunicationofdatawithrespecttohops
(OJ L 74, 22.3.1973, p. 14)
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►M1Commission Regulation (EEC) No 209/77 of 31 January 1977 L 28 35 1.2.1977
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►M3Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1188/77 of 3 June 1977 L 138 12 4.6.1977
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REGULATION(EEC)No776/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of20March1973
on registration of contracts and communication of data with
respect tohops
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July
1971 on the common organization of the market in hops(
1), and in
particular Article 6 (5) and Article 18 thereof;
Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 requires that all
contracts to supply hops produced in the Community, concludedbetween a producer or association of producers and a buyer, be regis-tered; whereas it is accordingly necessary for Member States toinstitute arrangements for the registration of such contracts;
Whereas to facilitate the registration of contracts concluded in advance
it is necessary to provide that these should be concluded in writing and
communicated to the body designated by each Member State;
Whereas in the case of contracts not concluded in advance it is suffi-
cient, failing any other supporting documents, that they be registeredon the basis of duplicates of the receipted invoices of the deliverieseffected;
Whereas deliveries effected under contracts concluded in advance may
not tally, particularly in amount, with the provisions agreed; whereas itis accordingly necessary, in order to have precise particulars of the
marketing of hops, that these deliveries be likewise registered;
Whereas the registration arrangements are to be applied for the first
time to all contracts in respect of the 1973 harvest, including contractsconcluded in advance at an earlier date;
Whereas to facilitate the preparation of the annual report on the situa-
tion regarding the production and marketing of hops referred to inArticle 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 it is necessary thatMember States should communicate the relevant data to the Commis-
sion, including in particular those obtained pursuant to Article 1 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1350/72 of 28 June 1972 on therules for granting aid to hop producers(
2);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accor-
dance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Hops;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The producer Member States shall institute arrangements for the regis-
tration of contracts to supply hops concluded between a producer orrecognized producer group and a buyer. Suchregistration sh all applysolely to contracts in respect of hops harvested in the Member Stateconcerned.
Article 2
Contracts concluded in advance shall be concluded in writing. A copy
of each contract concluded in advance shall be communicated by the
producer or recognized producer group to the bodies designated by
eachMember State to register contracts with in one monthof itsconclusion.1973R0776 — EN — 01.10.1977 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 148, 30. 6. 1972, p. 11.
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Article 3
The body referred to in Article 2 shall register all deliveries effected,
distinguishing in so doing between contracts concluded in advance
and contracts not so concluded. Registration shall be on the basis of aduplicate of the receipted invoice to be communicated by the seller tothe said body. The seller may communicate such duplicates either asand when deliveries are effected or all together, but must in any eventcommunicate them by 15 March.
Article 3a
EachMember State sh all communicate eachyear:
(a) before 1 February of the harvest year for which the production aid
may be granted, the list of regions referred to in the first subpara-
graphof Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71;
(b) before 31 March of the harvest year for which the production aid
may be granted, the varieties of hops cultivated on the registeredarea referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 for
the preceding harvest, and their alpha-acid content.
Article 4
Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission at the latest
by 31 Marchof eachyear th e following data:
1. for eachrecognized production region and eachvariety:
(a) for the harvest of the current calendar year and each succeeding
harvest:
— the quantities of hops for which contracts have been
concluded in advance,
— the average prices per 50 kilograms;
(b) for all deliveries effected from the harvest of the previous
calendar year, distinguishing between contracts concluded inadvance and contracts not so concluded:
— the quantities of hops delivered,
— the average prices per 50 kilograms;
(c) the marketing stage at which the average prices were obtained;
and distinguishing between recognized producer groups and indivi-
dual producers;
2. for all deliveries effected from the previous calendar year:
(a) the average costs of the initial preparation of the hops (first
drying and first packing) borne by producers on the farm per
50 kilograms;
(b) the average costs of the second preparation of the hops
(sulphuring, final drying, final baling, marking) per 50 kilo-
grams;
(c) the average costs of storing hop cones borne on behalf of produ-
cers by producer groups, whether or not they have qualified forrecognition under Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/
71, and by merchants, per 50 kilograms;
(d) the average marketing costs borne by producer groups, per 50
kilograms;
3. where the preparation of hops is carried out as a single operation,
the Member State concerned may communicate one figure for thecosts referred to in paragraph2 (a) and (b).1973R0776 — EN — 01.10.1977 — 001.001 — 3
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Article 5
Registration of contracts shall apply for the first time to all contracts in
respect of the 1973 harvest.
Article 6
Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission by 31
Marchof eachyear at latest for eachrecognized producer region andeachvariety:
(a) the total area planted (in hectares) declared under Article 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1350/72,
(b) the amounts harvested,
distinguishing between areas in their first production year, those in
their second production year and other areas,
and distinguishing between recognized producer groups and individual
producers.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1973R0776 — EN — 01.10.1977 — 001.001 — 4
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