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►B REGULATION(EEC)NO1037/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of18May1972
layingdowngeneral rulesforgrantingandfinancingaidforhopproducers
(OJ L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 19)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EEC) No 1604/91 of 10 June 1991 L 149 13 14.6.1991
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REGULATION(EEC)NO1037/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of18May1972
laying down general rules for granting and financing aid for hop
producers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71(
1) of 26 July
1971 on the common organization of the market in hops, and in parti-
cular Article 13 (3) thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70(2) of 21 April
1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, and in parti-cular Article 3 (2) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
WhereasArticle 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 providesfor the
granting of aid for hopsproduced in the Community; whereasit istherefore necessary to lay down the general rules of application
provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation;
Whereas it is necessary for administrative reasons to grant aid, in each
Member State, solely for areas planted to hops in the territory of thatState;
Whereas aid is only granted in respect of registered areas planted to
hops; whereas, consequently, provision should be made for the intro-duction by the Member States, of a system of declarations andregistration of such areas;
Whereas the system of aid cannot work properly without checks
ensuring that the aid is only granted for areas which are planted tohopsand which are harves ted;
Whereas it should be aid down that areas for which aid is requested
must be planted to hops in accordance with normal practice;
Whereasthisaid entailsexpenditure; whereasArticle 17 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1696/71 states that regulations on the financing of the
common agricultural policy are applicable to this aid; whereas, conse-
quently, it should be specified that this aid is to be financed pursuant toArticle 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The general ruleslaid down in the following Articless hall be applic-
able to aid for hop producerswhich can be granted under►
M1Articles12 and 12a ◄of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.
Article 2
1. Each Member State shall grant aid solely for areas planted to
hopsin itsterritory.
2. The aid shall be granted, on application by the producer, under
conditionswhich ens ure equality of treatment for the beneficiariesirre-spective of the place of their establishment in the Community.1972R1037 — EN — 17.06.1991 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
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Article 3
1. Member States shall introduce a system of declarations and regis-
tration of areasplanted to hops .
2. Member Statess hall arrange for the verification of:
(a) the accuracy of declarationsof areasplanted to hopswhich are
submitted by the producers,
(b) the areasharves ted.
Producer groupss hall not be appointed to carry out thisverification.
Article 4
Areas planted to hops for which aid is requested must have a normal
density of hop plants suitable for production.
Article 5
1. The aid provided for in ►M1Articles12 and 12a ◄of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1696/71 isan intervention within the meaning of Article3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.
2. Expenditure on the aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to
amountspaid under Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 and
provisions pursuant thereto.
Article 6
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1972R1037 — EN — 17.06.1991 — 001.001 — 3