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of22September1987
laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1986 harvest and
providingforspecialmeasuresforcertainregionsofproduction
(OJ L 284, 7.10.1987, p. 19)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EEC) No 1809/89 of 19 June 1989 L 177 6 24.6.1989
►M2Council Regulation (EEC) No 3837/90 of 20 December 1990 L 367 2 29.12.1990
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 199, 13.7.1989, p. 23 (1809/89)
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COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No2997/87
of22September1987
layingdown,inrespectofhops,theamountofaidtoproducersfor
the 1986 harvest and providing for special measures for certain
regionsofproduction
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July
1971 on the common organization of the market in hops(
1), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3800/85 (2), and in particular Article
12 (7) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 provides that aid
may be granted to hop producers to enable them to achieve a fairincome; whereas the amount of this aid is fixed per hectare and differs
according to varieties, taking into account the average return on the
areas in full production compared withth e average returns for previousharvests, the current position of the market and trends in costs;
Whereas an examination of the results of the 1986 harvest shows the
need to fix aid for certain groups of varieties of hops cultivated in theCommunity;
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 105 and 299 of the Act of Accession of
Spain and Portugal, aid for hops cultivated in Spain and Portugal isgranted as from the 1986 harvest;
Whereas the Community market in bitter varieties of hops is in dise-
quilibrium because it is not these varieties that are in demand;
whereas in certain regions production consists mainly of bitter varieties
and is declining: whereas measures aimed at changing the productionstructures in these regions through conversion to more sought-aftervarieties should therefore be adopted; whereas the granting of aid toenable producers to carry out varietal conversion work seems an appro-
priate measure; whereas the aid should be granted to recognized
producer groups in the regions concerned whose members undertaketo carry out the measures in question; whereas these measures shouldbe laid down for a specified period; whereas, for the sake of imparti-ality and so that the intended measure will be effective, the maximumexpansion of the area which in each Member State concerned, must be
converted, should be laid down; whereas, in order to achieve the
desired results, it should be laid down that there may not be any expan-sion of the areas under hops cultivated by producer groups eligibleunder the intended measures;
Whereas Member States should be allowed to make a limited financial
contribution to varietal conversion plans,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For the 1986 harvest, aid shall be granted to the producers of
hops cultivated in the Community for the groups of varieties set outin the Annex.1987R2997 — EN — 01.01.1991 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 32.
(3) Opinion delivered on 18 September 1987 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
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2. The amount of the aid shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
1. A special aid of ECU 2 500 per hectare shall be granted for areas
under bitter hop varieties, on terms to be determined in accordance
withth e procedure referred to in paragraph6, to producer groups
recognized under Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71, the members of whichundertake to implement before 31 December 1992 a plan for conver-sion to aromatic or super-alpha type varieties. This special aid mayalso be granted in respect of areas under other varieties where the latterare present on areas essentially under bitter hop varieties. This special
aid shall be granted for an overall area not exceeding 800 hectares in
eachMember State concerned.
In the case of the Kingdom of Spain, the members of the producer
groups concerned shall undertake to implement the conversion plansbefore 31 December 1994.
2. The Member State concerned may make a financial contribution
to the conversion plan referred to in paragraph 1. However, the aidgranted by the Member State, plus the special aid indicated in para-graph 1, may not exceed 50 % of the actual cost of the conversionplan. This percentage may reach 75 % of the costs in the less-favouredareas of the Community within the meaning of Directive 75/268/
EEC (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (2).
3. Member States shall notify the Commission of the legislative,
regulatory and administrative provisions that they intend to adopt inorder to apply this Regulation.
5. Plans for conversion must be incorporated in programmes. The
programmes shall be transmitted by the Member States concerned to
the Commission. Programmes shall be approved by the procedurereferred to in paragraph 6 on the basis of the economic value of theplanned conversion.
The Commission may decide to approve programmes the execution of
which has been started after their transmission to the Commission.
6. Rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted by the
procedure laid down in Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1987R2997 — EN — 01.01.1991 — 002.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.
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ANNEX
Aidgrantedtohopproducersforthe1986harvest
Aidamount(ECU/ha)
Group of varieties Community of Twelve
Aromatic 310
Bitter 390
Others 3901987R2997 — EN — 01.01.1991 — 002.001 — 4