Council Regulation (EC) No 1514/2001 of 23 July 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops
Date: 2001-07-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: aid system, common organisation of markets, hops

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1514/2001

of 23 July 2001

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof,

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 is amended as follows:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas:

stipulates

Article 12(5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/
71 (4)
the amount of aid for hops
produced in the Community is fixed for a period of five
years from the 1996 to the 2000 harvests.

that

As laid down in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No
1696/71, the Commission presented to the Council a
report on the development of the hops sector in the
European Community. The report shows that produc-
tion is gradually being adapted to the requirements of
demand both from the point of view of quantity,
through a reduction in surface areas and quantities
produced, and from that of quality, through a change in
variety,
in
demand by the brewing industry.

towards the varieties most

in particular

1. Article 12(5)(a) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(a) The aid per hectare shall be the same for all groups of
varieties. For a period of eight years from the 1996
harvest,

it shall amount to EUR 480/ha.’;

2. Article 12(5)(d) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(d) The aid withheld may be accumulated for a maximum
period of three years; at the end of that period all aid
withheld must have been spent.’;

3.

in the second paragraph of Article 18, ‘1 September 2000’
shall be replaced by ‘31 December 2003’;

4. Article 19 shall be deleted;

5. Article 20 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 20

The Commission shall be assisted by a “management
“the

referred to as

(hereinafter

1.
committee for hops”
committee”).

2. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The amount of aid currently being provided should be
continued for a period of three years and there should
be a report covering this new period.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/
468/EC shall be set at one month.

3.

The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.’

The measures necessary for the implementation of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1696/71 should be adopted in accord-
ance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June
1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5),

Article 2

(1) OJ C 96 E, 27.3.2001, p. 345.
(2) Opinion delivered on 13 June 2001, not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal.

(3) Opinion delivered on 25 April 2001, not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal.

(4) OJ L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 191/2000 (OJ L 23, 28.1.2000, p. 4.).

(5) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 2001.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2001.

For the Council

The President

A. NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK