COMMISSION DECISION of 26 March 1993 approving an amendment of the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 (Only the German text is authentic)

(93/220/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 of 22 September 1987 laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1986 harvest and providing for special measures for certain regions of production (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3338/92 (2), and in particular Article 2 (5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87 of 22 December 1987 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for certain regions of hops production (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 345/91 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany transmitted to the Commission on 28 March 1988 a varietal conversion programme for the hops sector in accordance with Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87; whereas this programme, as amended on 3 July 1989, was approved in Commission Decision 89/482/EEC (5);

Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany transmitted to the Commission on 22 December 1989 amendments of this programme which were approved, following further amendments adopted on 4 May 1990, in Decision 90/341/EEC (6);

Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany transmitted to the Commission on 8 January 1993 further amendments of this programme;

Whereas the proposed amendments cover, on the one hand, the inclusion of the new Laender in the Elbe-Saale region in the German conversion programme, and, on the other hand, the updating of the plans under the programme approved by the Commission;

Whereas this programme is in line with the objectives pursued by that Regulation and contains the information required under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87;

Whereas the programme submitted by the Federal Republic of Germany does not provide for any financial contribution from the national budget; whereas the actual costs referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may include factors making it possible to assess the net loss of income resulting from the implementation for the conversion plan; whereas, however, only factors relating to the net loss of income suffered from the date of adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may be introduced into the calculation of the actual costs;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The amendment of the varietal conversion programme for the hops sector submitted pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 by the Federal Republic of Germany on 8 January 1992 is hereby approved. The main features of that programme as amended are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

The Federal Republic of Germany shall inform the Commission of the progress of the programme every six months.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 284, 7. 10. 1987, p. 19.

(2) OJ No L 336, 20. 11. 1992, p. 3.

(3) OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1987, p. 41.

(4) OJ No L 41, 14. 2. 1991, p. 18.

(5) OJ No L 235, 12. 8. 1989, p. 33.

(6) OJ No L 162, 28. 6. 1990, p. 46.

ANNEX

1. List of producer groups covered by the programme

- Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft Spalt e.G.

- Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft Hallertau e.G.

- Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft Jura e.G.

- Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft Elbe-Saale e.G.

2. Duration of the programme

From 1 April 1988 to 31 December 1994.

In all cases, the last plantations must be made before 31 December 1994.

3. Area covered by the programme

HVG Spalt e.G. 15 ha (1)

HVG Hallertau e.G. 758 ha

HVG Jura e.G. 27 ha

HVG Elbe-Saale e.G. 200 ha

Total 1 000 ha

4. Varieties to be converted to and the areas involved

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(1) Already completed in March 1991.