89/417/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1989 approving an amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the United Kingdom pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 (only the English text is authentic)
Date: 1989-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: hops, production aid, redirection of production













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89/417/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1989 approving an amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the United Kingdom pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 (only the English text is authentic)  


Official Journal L 192 , 07/07/1989 P. 0031 - 0032 





*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 22 June 1989  approving an amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the United Kingdom pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87  (Only the English text is authentic)  (89/417/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 1809/89 (2), and in particular Article 2 (5) thereof,  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87 of 22 September 1987 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for certain regions of hops production (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 619/88 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,  Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87, on 17 March 1988 the United Kingdom forwarded to the Commission a varietal conversion programme for hops; whereas that programme, as amended on 26 July 1988, was approved by Commission Decision 89/17/EEC (5);  Whereas on 12 December 1988 the United Kingdom forwarded to the Commission further amendments to that programme;  Whereas the proposed amendments relate on the one hand to the plan which was the subject of the programme approved by the Commission and on the other hand to the introduction of the plan lodged by a second producer group in the conversion programme;  Whereas the programme as amended meets the objectives laid down in the Regulation in question and contains the information required in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87;  Whereas the special aid for varietal conversion may also be granted for areas under other varieties where the latter are present on areas under mainly bitter varieties covered by a conversion plan;  Whereas the programme lodged by the United Kingdom 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 data for accessing the net loss of revenue as a result of the implementation of the conversion plan; whereas, however, only data relating to the net loss of income suffered from the date of adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may enter 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 to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 by the United Kingdom on 12 December 1988 is hereby approved. The main aspects of that programme as amended are summarized in the Annex hereto.  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.  Done at Brussels, 22 June 1989.  For the Commission  Ray MAC SHARRY  Member of the Commission  (1) OJ No L 284, 7. 10. 1987, p. 19.  (2) OJ No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 6.  (3) OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1987, p. 41.  (4) OJ No L 60, 5. 3. 1988, p. 33.  (5) OJ No L 8, 11. 1. 1989, p. 15.  ANNEX  1. List of producer groups covered by the programme and 1986 reference areas  - English Hops Limited: 3 050 ha  - Hawkbrand hops: 313,6 ha  2. Duration of programme: from 22 September 1987 to 30 August 1990.  At all events the last planting must be carried out before 31 December 1990.  3. Areas covered by the programme:  - English Hops Limited: 717 ha,  - Hawkbrand hops: 70 ha.  4. Varieties involved in conversion and areas concerned:  (in hectares)  1.2.3 //  //  //  //  // English Hops Limited   // Hawkbrand hops   //    //   //   // Aromatic varieties   //   //  // Bramling Cross   // 8   // -   // Challenger   // 58   // 1   // Fuggle   // 15   // -   // Goldings   // 11   // -  // Progress   // 4   // -   // WGV   // 5   // 4   //    //  //   // Total  // 101   // 5   //    //   //  // 'Super-alpha' varieties (1)   //   //   // Target   // 593  // 63   // Yeoman   // 23   // 2   //    //   //   // Total  // 616   // 65   //    //   //  (1) Within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 and Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87.